MONUMENTS AND MEMORIES
(FOR THOSE WHO NEVER CAME HOME)
by Robert A. Gannon

SOME PEOPLE SAY I SHOULD NOT WASTE
THE HOURS OF MY LIFE
ON MONUMENTS AND MEMORIES
RECALLING TIMES OF STRIFE

THEY SEEM TO THINK IT ONLY IS
NAME UPON A STONE
WHILE I REFLECT THAT EASILY
THAT NAME COULD BE MY OWN

SHOULD I FORGET THOSE MEN I KNEW
HO STOOD AND FELL BY ME?
SHOULD I FORGET THOSE TORRID ISLES
UPON THAT SULTRY SEA?

SHOULD I FORGET THAT SMILING LAD
FROM ARIZONA'S PLAIN
WHO FOUGHT ALONGSIDE ME
THOUGH WOUNDED AND IN PAIN?

OR SHOULD I JUST FORGET ABOUT
THAT CORPSMAN STANDING FAST
WHO PUT HIS BODY OVER MINE
AND TOOK THAT MORTAR BLAST?

SHOULD I FORGET THOSE COUNTLESS MEN
WHO WADED INTO SHORE
AND GAVE THEIR LIVES DEFENDING
MY COUNTRY AND MY CORPS?

I CAN'T FORGET ONE SINGLE NAME
THOSE MEN ARE WITH ME STILL
IF I DON'T REMEMBER THEM
I ASK YOU THEN, WHO WILL?

Additional information on the Quantico Memorial: Introduction - History - Site - Architect - Monument - Memories - Poem: "Monuments and Memories" - Time Capsule - Fund Raising - The Committee

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

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