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The Boys of War
 
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We must teach our boys to read about the realities of war.

In eight short years, a boy that is now twelve will be old enough to die in battle. Our children deserve our best effort in teaching American War History. We start this section with a poem.

THE BOYS OF WAR
(A Poem by Roger Heard, Vietnam Veteran)

 

As boys, they sent us off to fight,
we did as we were told.
On our return, as men, we found,
a nation bleak and cold.
As boys, we went so full of pride,
we’d be heroes on our return.

As men, we left our childhood there,
and quickly had to learn.
No heros we, the boys of war
that fought and died as men.
For honor and a heroes' welcome,
your battles you must win.

It wasn't enough to suffer and bleed,
For a country so full of pride.
It had no use for a losing cause,
So they cast us all aside.
There was no honor in saying, I served,
If I couldn't say I had won.
 

Copyright 2002 - Roger Heard
To read the rest of this poem and to learn more about The Vietnam Experience click here.

 
 
 
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Straight from the depths of embeddedness comes Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America and the New Face of American War, Evan Wright's group portrait of a Marine Corps platoon that fought in Iraq last year.


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The Marlboro Marine - Click to Watch Video The Marlboro Marine

Los Angeles Times photojournalist Luis Sinco's photograph of Marine Lance Corporal James Blake Miller became an icon of the Iraq War. This is the story of how Miller tries to heal the scars of war and how two lives became connected by a photograph.

 
 
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