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Gustav Hasvord.


The Short-Timers


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(C) Copyright Gustav Hasvord
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Dedicated to
"Penny"
John C. Pennington, Corporal
Combat Photographer, First Marine Division
KIA, June 9, 1968


Adieu to a Solider

Adieu, O soldier,
You of the rude campaigning, (which we shared,)
The rapid march, the life of the camp,
The hot contention of opposing fronts, the long manoeuvre,
Red battles with their slaughter, the stimulus, the strong terrific
game,
Spell of all brave and manly hearts, the trains of time through you and
like of you all fill'd,
With war and war's expression.

Adieu, dear comrade,
Your mission is fulfill'd-but I, more warlike,
Myself and this contentious soul of mine,
Still on our campaigning bound,
Through untried roads with ambushes opponents lined,
Through many a sharp defeat and many a crisis, often baffled,
Here marching, ever marching on, a war fight out-aye here,
To fiercer, weightier battles give expression.
Walt Whitman, Drum Taps, 1871


The Spirit of the Bayonet


I think that Vietnam was what we had instead of happy childhoods.
-Michael Herr, Dispatches


The Marines are looking for a few good men...