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Posted by Russell on 9/7/2008, 12:55 pm
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River War
In Memory of
SN Tom Paquette U.S. Navy
T-111-8 RVN
April 67-April 68
There was no retreat attempted
No quarter given there
Just a mutual exchange between
Two countries on a tear
Not one step back was taken
As each side spoke hard and clear
Won’t speak of conversations
Held inside that world of fear
No time to reconsider
No time to circumvent
We did just what we had to do
In that land of discontent
The look upon our faces
Said it was best to let it be
I tried to keep from thinking
What was happening to me
So much for young and foolish
On that day the river bled
There are far too many faces etched
Inside our souls instead
We were all in it together
As each day we shared the load
‘Until the end, I’m here my friend’
Indeed that was our code
The quiet found at battles end
A silence we still hear
Just another rite of passage
In the land of sudden fear
Delta Blue
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