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Legion of Four Thousand
by Fredrich Mohre
*It was announced that on March 24, 2008, the U.S. death
toll rose to 4,000 in Iraq.
Twas a Legion of Four Thousand
Brave warriors from this land.
Who left their homes and families
To take a stalwart stand.
Horns wailed the battle anthems
They charged into the fray.
When the battles smoke had cleared,
Wars wraiths took them away.
They fell on fields of honor
Their blood the sands imbibed.
Now gallant, brave young soldiers
Youre in our hearts, enscribed.
To this Legion of Four Thousand
We raise our torches high
In tribute to their courage,
As in flag blown fields they lie.
To all who knew this legion
Their task is still undone.
Lets honor all their sacrifice
And see this battle won.
Move forward, on to victory
Through hardship and through pain;
So our departed heroes
Will not have died in vain.
The mournful Taps is blowing.
Now home from distant lands,
Young Legion of four thousand,
Sleep well in hallowed hands
05/22/2008 Author's Note: As a retired Army paratrooper and Green Beret I feel the need to honor all of these young soldiers who have given their lives in these last years of combat in Iraq and Afghanastan. Let their memories not leave our hearts....
Posted on 05/22/2008
Copyright © 2026 Fredrich Mohre
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Charlie Morgan on 05/22/08 at 09:08 PM ...fredA, i hope there isn't an update on the number change...this is a welcome and deserved tribute to the brave, who have be-friended Freedom lo these many years form Jesus on thru all existence who try to do 'right'...when will we ever learn, when will we ever learn?, more than a 60s song, a serious question...so you hit all these buttons with your elegy...tam's off to you, charlie |
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