Fellow Veterans and Friends of Veterans:
A fellow member of the Old Veterans Guard sent this ....
Just A Common Soldier, also known as A Soldier Died Today, is one of the most popular poems on the Internet.
Written and published in 1987 by Canadian veteran and columnist A. Lawrence Vaincourt, it now appears in numerous anthologies, on thousands of websites and on July 4, 2008, it was carved into a marble monument at West Point, New York. This year marks the poem’s 25th anniversary.
Watch it and appreciate our Freedom at the sacrifices of the proud Men and Women in Uniform who've selflessly defended our unparalleled American way of life.
Makes you wonder why there are those in the United States Government -- Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Justice -- who hate the American Flag and all the selfless Heroes for more than two centuries who've pledged their lives to defend it.
Sincerely,
Robert L. Rosebrock
Director, Old Veterans Guard
God Bless America and the Veterans Revolution!
Rosebrock is a U.S. Army Veteran, Vietnam War-era, HQ USARHAW, Schofield Barracks. He is Director of the Veterans Revolution and the Old Veterans Guard.
