Poem: "Forgotten Warriors" by Dr. Douglas Rokke
"Forgotten Warriors":
One moment an individual was walking through a
meadow of flowers.
In the next moment sons, daughters, husbands, and
wives became soldiers.
They defended our nation and paid with their life
or health.
The Citizen Soldier -- The Minuteman.
Our nation is built on their willingness to
respond to our nation's call.
Some fought in the jungles of Vietnam, yet many
responded to fight in a distant desert war.
They fought with skill and determination and
freed a land.
Then our nation's warriors returned home to
parades and parties and joy spread from shore to
shore.
But when the glow subsided the warriors remained
alone and forgotten.
We asked them to fight and then forgot to provide
them medical care.
We research and study and search for a cause
delaying response through ignorance and fear.
Yet the forgotten warriors suffer in silence with
honor and hope.
For all the forgotten warriors want is medical
care.
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