To The Infantry
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An excerpt from page 225-226
All rise, hats off and solemnly stand
Honor and respect a noble band
Gaze and acknowledge a special breed
See my brothers in the Infantry
All hardship borne upon our shoulders
None other, an absolute soldier
Always ignored, abused, and mislead
Just go ask our comrades who are dead
Enduring elements in all places
Procuring themselves hardened faces
Humping ordinance, gear, and rucksacks
Earning weakened knees and broken backs
Close with and destroy the enemy
Instructed as the ultimate deed
Pressing on in true roughshod fashion
The surroundings their minds abandon
Sweet memories of sweetheart or wife
How many Dear John letters tonight
Day in day out with no one but men
Absolutely we miss our women
Tossed in a world too real yet surreal
Weathering cruel hardship and ordeal
Reckon the toll for platoon and squad
Consider “Will it end dear God!”
Sudden to answer with rapid feet
Upon the holler of “Follow Me”
May God grant many blessings to thee
To my brothers in the Infantry
