FOR THE TROOPS

IF YOU CALL THE ARMED FORCES
YOUR HOME
IF AT TIMES YOU FEEL ALONE
REMEMBER THERE ARE PEOPLE
BACK AT HOME,
WHO ARE PROUD TO CALL YOU
ONE OF OUR OWN
IT IS NOBLE TO SERVE OUR COUNTRY;
YOU GIVE US A FEELING OF SECURITY.
EVEN THOUGH WE MAY NOT KNOW YOUR FACE,
IN OUR HEARTS THERE IS A PLACE,
FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO PUT THEIR
LIVES ON THE LINE,
YOU ARE THOUGHT OF DURING THIS TIME.
OUR COUNTRY IS NOT JUST A PIECE OF LAND;
IT IS WHAT IT IS BECAUSE OF THE
BELIEFS ON WHICH WE STAND,
THAT WE ARE ONE TOGETHER
IN A FREE LAND.
WHEN YOU ARE IN YOUR BUNKER
AND WEARY FROM THE FIGHT,
CLOSE YOUR EYES AND LET YOUR
THOUGHTS TAKE YOU HOME.
ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU ARE PART OF ONE
AND ARE NEVER ALONE.
                                          

                                                     -Jeanette thommes

"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty." --(Inaugural Address - John F. Kennedy - January 20, 1961)