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Posted by Russell Robison Generations It’s hard to speak of how it was He saw Tarawa and Iwo Sometimes after too much scotch He spoke about the good times But when I came home from the war
on 4/14/2007, 10:17 pm
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I heard my father say
I didn’t understand it then
I understand today
Fought at Okinawa too
He often sat in silence
Thinking of those times he knew
He’d get that certain look
And speak in very measured tones
With a voice that sometimes shook
His shipmates and the sea
Never spoke of all the battles
Always kept that part from me
My eyes told him I knew
So we both sat drinking scotch
‘Cause there was nothing else to do
Delta Blue
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