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MY FATHER ONCE TOLD ME
~+~IN MEMORANDUM~+~
He brought home a dented helmet
And a rifle from Japan...
A few ribbons and some medals...
Placed them all within my hand.
With a far off look within his eyes
He began his story...
A sobering saga of survival...
The fear, the prayers, the glory.
He spoke about an army buddy...
His voice rose, oh, so strong
To praise this wartime warrior...
To tell us what went on.
Buddy pulled him from a burning jeep
While bombs burst all around...
While shots and shells were screaming
On that blood stained battle ground!
Buddy watched out for my father.
He always had his back.
When the enemy ambushed the camp
Buddy answered the attack.
I guess he never saw the one
Who sneaked up from behind.
My father saved his buddy's life,
But he couldn't save his mind.
The story went that Buddy cracked
From the stress and strain of war.
They awarded him a plane ride home...
Gave my father a bronze star.
Yes, my father did once tell me
He'd heard his country's call...
Said friendships formed on battle fields
Were the best friendships of all.
He said men laid down their lives
Just to save their fellow man.
He reminded me of Jesus Christ...
Of God's sacrificial plan.
He once taught me just how sacred
God meant friendship to be.
To have a friend is to be a friend...
Or so my father once told me.
In Loving Memory Of All Fallen Heroes,
Doris Jacobs-Covington
May 28, 2010
"This is my commandment, That you love
one another, as I have loved you.
Greater love hath no man than this, that
a man lay down his life for his friends."
John 15:12-13
"A young Ish Covington while serving his country."
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