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There were strange things done under the jungle sun
By the men with the "Matty Mattel",

The jungle trails have their secret tales,

Of men who’ve had a glimpse of Hell.

There were memories clear of loved ones dear,

Who resided on Stateside sod,

By the sweating veterans of jungle fights,

As they cleared their jams with a rod.

These were the Marines of the Infantry line

Who offered the country their souls.

Of men who tried and fought and died

And here their story is told.

‘Twas a different time and men of a different breed.
Their story’s of danger in a different clime,

Of jungle fights where they fought and died,

With a plastic toy and a cleaning rod...

-- for McNamara’s bottom line!

With apologies to Robert Service

In Support of Veterans' Issues

http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/home/

https://iris.va.gov/scripts/iris.cfg/php.exe/enduser/home.php

´You sleep well in your bed at night only because a few rough men

are willing to do violent things on your behalf´

George Orwell paraphrase

The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their nation.

George Washington, President/Commander-in-Chief