When I was a kid, I thought the WW2 vets were old already. They were my generation's fathers -- the grand and great grandfathers of the present generation. In slang D-Day means "something really BIG is happening". Today, June 6, is D-Day. Please pause a moment to remember the young men who fell by the thousands so that millions may live free today.
I stand here now
I stand here now
Amongst ... brave men
With whom ... I've stood before
The last time ... when we landed
On June 6th of '44
Back then ... we were all young men
Eighteen or little more
Their lives ... cut short ... that morning
On this distant ... windswept shore
I stand here now ... and wonder
What would they ... have become
Had they survived ... that morning
Their lives ... allowed full run
One thing ... I know ... for certain
Of which ... there is ... no doubt
These brave young men
My pals ... from then
Would be ... old
White haired ... with wrinkled brow
Just like me ...
As I stand here ... now.
(c) Mr. A Chapman.
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