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Bill Faith
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Location: Lawrenceville, IL, USA

PostPosted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:58 am    Post subject: Their Veterans' Day Reply with quote

Their Veterans’ Day

Some said let you apologize
But that wouldn’t do it in our eyes.
A man astride of each position
Could we believe your true contrition?
And on deaf ears your words would fall
To those whose names are on that Wall
The vindication they now accept
In settling up this long-held debt,
Is that for them we gave our best
And denied you, John, your lifelong quest.
We fought for them, fought for our own,
To make you reap what you had sown.
Listen carefully John to what we say,
November 2d was their Veterans’ Day.

Russ Vaughn
2d Bn, 327th Parachute Infantry Regiment
101st Airborne Division
Vietnam 65-66


There's more of Russ's work around the web, including some at http://smalltownveteran.typepad.com/posts/russ_vaughn/index.html
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Navy_Navy_Navy
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 3:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

God bless you Russ Vaughan, wherever you are.

Your poems have inspired us and made us think, all along the way!

Thanks for posting that, Bill. Smile
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Bill Faith
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 3:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Navy_Navy_Navy wrote:
God bless you Russ Vaughan, wherever you are.

Your poems have inspired us and made us think, all along the way!

Thanks for posting that, Bill. :)


I emailed Russ and give him the link to my post here. I haven't even put that on my blog yet but I will within the hour.
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 4:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Airborne Russ, Airborne.
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 4:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

101st Airborne, All The Way!

Great poem Russ..........

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 8:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thank you Russ
Thank you Bill

And thank you, my 58,000 Brothers.
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 8:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rurik-

Congrats on being Daschle free!

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 7:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Did I hear somebody say airborne...??
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