VIETNAM

GANG TOI VIETNAM

BATTLE OF GAMG TOI 

VIETNAM

CHRISTMAS TIME

JOHN OPENED HIS EYES ON CHRISTMAS DAY
 A SEASON OF GOODWILL TO ALL SOME SAY
OVER 30 YEARS NOW SINCE THAT CHRISTMAS DAY
 THAT HE HELD HIS FRIEND IN HIS ARMS HIS LIFE EBBING AWAY
25TH DECEMBER 1967
 A 19 YEAR OLD MARINE SLIPPED QUIETLY AWAY TO HEAVEN
JOHN CRIED SO MUCH IN THE JUNGLE THAT DAY 
THAT THEY SENT HIM TO THE REAR NOT IN A SLEIGH
BUT A HELICOPTER FULL OF INJURED DYING MARINES
 WITH IV'S IN THEIR ARMS, THEY ARE STILL IN HIS DREAMS
HIS GRANDSON SAID `GRANDPA, LOOK WHAT I GOT GRANDPA THANK'S`
AS HE TORE OPEN HIS PRESENT CONTAINING TOY SOLDIERS AND TANKS
WITH A TEAR IN HIS EYE JOHN WENT BACK TO HIS ROOM
HIS GRANDSON SAID `PLEASE PLAY WITH ME, WHY ARE YOU LEAVING SO SOON? `
JOHN OPENED A SHOE BOX INSIDE HIS MEDALS AND A CARD
HE TREMBLED AND HE SOBBED TEARS MAKING IT SO HARD
TO READ THE WORDS HIS FREIND HAD WROTE THAT DAY IN VIETNAM
HAPPY CHRISTMAS JOHN ENJOY NEW YEAR IN THE REAR
FROM A FELLOW NEW YORK YANKY
DAN.


© Tony McNally

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Mike Bowen, Army Vet, Runs 58,282 Miles, One For Every American Who Didn't Return From Vietnam War

I SALUTE YOU SIR.

Unknown soldier in Vietnam , 1965

"I salute you Sir."

Redgum - I Was Only 19 (1983)

Music from Australia and New Zealand in the year 1983: Redgum's promo-video for the Australian number one hit single 'I Was Only 19 (A Walk In The Light Green)' (March, 1983), taken from the 1983 album 'Caught In The Act'. Band Location: Adelaide, SA, Australia Track: I Was Only 19 (A Walk in the Light Green) Album: Caught In The Act Composed By: John Schumann

GOD BLESS OUR AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND BROTHERS IN ARMS

REMEMBERING VIETNAM

VIETNAM


Like our servicemen who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan you can be against the Wars but you should always back your military 100%.

Christmas Time

JOHN OPENED HIS EYES ON CHRISTMAS DAY A SEASON OF GOODWILL TO ALL SOME SAY


OVER 40 YEARS NOW SINCE THAT CHRISTMAS DAY THAT HE HELD HIS FRIEND IN HIS ARMS HIS LIFE EBBING AWAY


25TH DECEMBER 1967 A 19 YEAR OLD MARINE SLIPPED QUIETLY AWAY TO HEAVEN


JOHN CRIED SO MUCH IN THE JUNGLE THAT DAY THAT THEY SENT HIM TO THE REAR NOT IN A SLEIGH


BUT A HELICOPTER FULL OF INJURED DYING MARINES WITH IV'S IN THEIR ARMS, THEY ARE STILL IN HIS DREAMS


HIS GRANDSON SAID `GRANDPA, LOOK WHAT I GOT GRANDPA THANK'S`


AS HE TORE OPEN HIS PRESENT CONTAINING TOY SOLDIERS AND TANKS


WITH A TEAR IN HIS EYE JOHN WENT BACK TO HIS ROOM


HIS GRANDSON SAID `PLEASE PLAY WITH ME, WHY ARE YOU LEAVING SO SOON? `


JOHN OPENED A SHOE BOX INSIDE HIS MEDALS AND A CARD


HE TREMBLED AND HE SOBBED TEARS MAKING IT SO HARD


TO READ THE WORDS HIS FREIND HAD WROTE THAT DAY IN VIETNAM


HAPPY CHRISTMAS JOHN ENJOY NEW YEAR IN THE REAR


FROM A FELLOW NEW YORK YANKY


DAN.

©  Tony McNally