SOLDIER

By JoAnn M. Whitacre

S is for the STRENGTH you have to carry on.
O is for the OUTRAGEOUS places you have gone.
L is for the LIVES that are lost for doing what you believe in.
D is for the DEATH you must see before you can win.
I is for the IMPACT this has on the rest of your life.
E is for EVERYONE, those who could and could not survive.
R is for the REFUGE you must seek deep inside.
 Sometimes there just is no place to hide.

All the emotions you must have for all you have done
and everything you must see.
That is what a true SOLDIER is and that spells HERO to me.

JoAnn M. Whitacre
Daughter of WW2 Veteran
Wife of Naval Veteran
Member & Historian of Rolling Thunder, Ohio Chap. 3rch 17, 1824) Capt. William Driver was given a flag by his mother and a group of hometown girls. He called the flag "Old Glory."

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