Some Things That We Are NOT....
... NOT Militia ...
... NOT Hired Guns ...
... NOT Spys ...
... NOT Still Angry About
The Vietnam War
...NOT Just Another Jump
Team.
Once the Purple Heart Parachutists
land, they often present Purple Heart memorial plaques to the
families of killed in action War Veterans donated by the local
chapters of the Military Order of the Purple Heart.
The combat wounded Veterans,
also, speak aspirations about the military and explain the importance
of the Purple Heart to Americas freedom; i.e. "The Road to
Americas Freedom is Paved with Purple Hearts". The para-commando's
authentic Purple Hearts are displayed and touched by the moved
onlookers.
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- PURPLE HEART
- By Korean Veteran,
S/Sgt. James G. Harris, U.S. Army
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- There is a time
in some men's lives
their country calls in time of war,
and asked to heed what they deplore.
These gallant men who fight with pride
with pain that lives and dies inside.
They place their lives in danger's way
to face the enemy each day.
Some wounds severe with loss of limb
while some will heal and try again.
To suffer wounds with death at hand
to fight a war in many lands.
They do their duty and beyond
they're swift to act and to respond.
They shed their blood, some live, some die
to keep OLD GLORY flying high.
Their children cry, their widows weep,
the blood that's shed runs very deep.
They live with pain for many years
and suffer stress that brings the tears.
To HONOR THOSE WHO PLAYED THE PART
We give, with thanks, THE PURPLE HEART.
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