STARS&STRIPES SALUTES`:@ IN THE ARMS OF ANGELS @ (`*SPECIAL SALUTE`*)
STARS&STRIPES SALUTES`:
@ IN THE ARMS OF ANGELS @
Special Salute to:
Bill Needham SSgt U.S. MARINE CORPS RET
`In Appreciation for feedback acknowledgement`
'GOD BLESS ALL VETERANS ON THIS SPECIAL DAY!
IN THE ARMS OF OUR ANGELS
WE PLACE THEIR TRUST IN YOU
OH HEAR OUR PRAYERS FOR ALL TROOPS
FIGHTING FOR THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE!
PROTECT THEM LORD ABOVE
GUIDE THEM WITH YOUR LOVE
BRING THEM SAFELY HOME TO LOVED ONES
RIDING ON THE WINGS OF YOUR PEACE DOVE!
I lost my brother to a foreign land;
I was too young to even understand
There was a knock at the front door,
then Momma wasn't smiling anymore.
The man at the door was a Marine;
the first I've ever seen.
Momma told me to go out and play,
then the preacher came
and they started to pray.
Tears ran down Momma's eyes,
and I heard her say, "Why, Lord, Why"?
Father stood there seemingly mindless,
all he said was, "We've lost another of
America's finest."
The Marine handed Momma a small velvet case,
inside was a Purple Ribbon, attached to a
gold heart with Washington's face.
I asked Momma if it were mine,
but she said, "It's your brother's, Sunshine."
"Momma can we send it to Kevin?"
She answered, "They don't wear Purple Hearts in Heaven."
