B Battery 1st Battalion 27th Artillery Group  25th Infantry Div.2nd Field Force,Vietnam
Before I went to Vietnam on leave
A view thru the back hatch inside the gun
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A SOLDIER


I WAS THAT WHICH OTHERS DID NOT WANT TO BE.
I WENT WHERE OTHERS FEARED TO GO,
AND DID WHAT OTHERS FAILED TO DO.
I ASKED NOTHING FROM THOSE WHO GAVE NOTHING,
AND RELUCTANTLY ACCEPTED THE THOUGHT OF
ETERNAL LONELINESS ...SHOULD I FAIL.
I HAVE SEEN THE FACE OF TERROR;
FELT THE STINGING COLD OF FEAR;
AND ENJOYED THE SWEET TASTE OF A MOMENTS LOVE.
I HAVE CRIED, PAINED, AND HOPED ...BUT MOST OF ALL,
I HAVE LIVED TIMES OTHERS WOULD SAY WERE BEST FORGOTTEN.
AT LEAST SOMEDAY I WILL BE ABLE TO SAY THAT I WAS PROUD OF
WHAT I WAS...

"A SOLDIER"

George L. Skypeck
US Reg Tm and Copyright George L. Skypeck 1978