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In Memory of Seven Soldiers
A tribute to soldiers who died for their country in a '69 MACVSOG, CCS helicopter crash.
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                                          “In Memory of Seven Soldiers”

                                                            By
                                                    Dennis W. Lid

                                           They died today,
                                           Those seven men,
                                           Proud soldiers
                                           But they died.

                                           Their mission was
                                           A risky one
                                           That all knew
                                           Must be done.

                                           Headlong they flew
                                           Into the void
                                           That fate
                                           Prepared for them.

                                           Yet had they time
                                           To think of it,
                                           The same they
                                           Would have done.

                                           A soldier whose
                                           A good one
                                           Asks not
                                           The reason why.

                                           He does his job
                                           No matter what,
                                           Well knowing
                                           He may die.

                                           A soldier is
                                           A mortal man,
                                           And mortals
                                           All must die.

                                           It’s cause for wonder
                                           That they knew,
                                           Yet looked death
                                           In the eye.

                                           But these were soldiers
                                           Every one,
                                            And that’s
                                            The reason why.

                                                          # # #
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