The Wall
by Paul I. Alfaro
I was asleep so many
years,
Trying to forget the past.
The dreams I had so long ago
Are now hidden in a misty cloud.
But sometimes a gentle wind or
A song will bring back a tear
Or two and I remember
And I hear her call.
The wall, it reaches for
me.
As I feel her grip
She embraces me with loneliness
And fills my heart with sorrow.
For I see my friends
And the names of men
That shall be forever still;
Their voices no longer heard
Except as a distant cry
From the hollows deep within
The evil soul of that
Black marbled granite wall.
Fear and death were my
companions
When I was young
(And thought I was a man)
But I escaped them so long ago
When I came home, from that
Far and distant land.
But the wall calls to me
And I cry now, as I could not then
For I love her, God help me.
But that marbled wall brought
My friends back again.
Yes, a fitting tribute to
those that died;
Simply names, row by row
With no reason why.
Just a black marbled granite wall,
That reaches out and makes you cry.
RANGER
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JAMES EDWARD KESSELHON CO E 51ST INF (LRP) |
JOHN WILLIE BENNETT CO G 75TH INF (RGR) |
STEPHEN JOHN CHANEY CO G 75TH INF (RGR) |
RAYMOND CHARLES GARCIA CO E 51ST INF (LRP) |
ROBERT JOSEPH PRUDEN CO G 75TH INF (RGR) |
SOLOMON KALUA JR CO E 51ST INF (LRP) |
ALAN FRANCIS ANGELL CO E 51ST INF (LRP) |
GEORGE THOMAS OLSEN CO G 75TH INF (RGR) |
DANIEL P McLAUGHLIN CO E 51ST INF (LRP) |
DAVID JAMES OHM CO E 51ST INF (LRP) |
HAROLD EDWARD BASEHORE CO G 75TH INF (RGR) |
TERRY ERNEST ALLEN CO E 51ST INF (LRP) |
BRADLEY KEITH WATTS CO E 51ST INF (LRP) |
EDWARD GERARD MATHERN CO G 75TH INF (RGR) |
JAMES RICHARD DAVIDSON CO E 51ST INF (LRP) |
JOSEPH JESS GAVIA CO E 51ST INF (LRP) |
LARRY ALLEN MACKEY CO G 75TH INF (RGR) |
RAMON SANCHEZ HERNANDEZ CO E 51ST INF (LRP) |
ARTHUR EDWARD SCOTT CO G 75TH INF (RGR) |
BARRY HOWARD BERGER CO G 75TH INF (RGR) |
RONALD BRYNIEL JONSSON CO E 51ST INF (LRP) |
JOEL WAYNE FORRESTER CO G 75TH INF (RGR) |
DAVID LEE MEYER CO G 75TH INF (RGR) |
EDWARD MARTIN LENTZ CO E 51ST INF (LRP) |
LARRY JOE WHITE CO G 75TH INF (RGR) |
THOMAS EDWARD SNOWDEN CO G 75TH INF (RGR) |
JOSE ENRIQUE TORRES CO E 51ST INF (LRP) |
STEVEN KARL BROOKS CO G 75TH INF (RGR) |
DANNY GERALD STUDDARD CO G 75TH INF (RGR) |
HAROLD WILLIAM KROSKE CO E 51ST INF (LRP) |
RANGER |