Gentlemen

I sit in a room surrounded by men
Who make me wish I was seven again
And could climb on their laps
And listen to the stories they'd tell.

Gentle Men,
Each with weathered faces
With life's wisdom and living in their eyes.
Look closely though, for if instead of seven
I were a young man beginning life's journey
They might tell a tell, for other ears…
Of strangely named places
On foreign soil.

And if I listen carefully
Without the impatience of youth
I might hear Kakazu and Yomatan
And above all, I'd hear of Sugar Loaf.
They'd speak of heroic deeds in a muddy land
Of rain ands soil and blood and sand
They could tell you of places that changed them forever.
These Gentle Men

Wouldn't boast about themselves
But about those with whom they served
They'd laugh at hardships and you'd know
That you looked into the faces of heroes.

These grandfathers and husbands
Were once sons and brothers
These Gentle Men
These Gentle Man
My Heroes

Contact Information
Bill Pierce
PR Chairman
(Weapons Co., 29th Marines - 6th USMC Div.)
gyrene629@aol.com

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