OnTheRocks Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Man from Grand Island - Rochester 98th Division Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SestakFan Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Man from Grand Island - Rochester 98th Division 354084[/snapback] I grew up on the Island, and I am familiar with the family. God Bless You Guys. Say a Prayer if you can tonite for the lost, and the loved ones. God Bless America!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guffalo Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 I grew up on the Island, and I am familiar with the family.God Bless You Guys. Say a Prayer if you can tonite for the lost, and the loved ones. God Bless America!!!! 354107[/snapback] He graduated from Niagara with me and my wife in 1982. He was a pretty nice guy, typical college guy, although he was in the ROTC program, he still partied and had the usual college life. A good man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swede316 Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 He Was A Mate He was a mate, a real good mate 'e was, A friendly sort of feller, liked a joke; And if it had to happen, it's a shame It had to happen to such a decent bloke. But - ah, fair dinkum, don't it make you wonder What God in Heaven's thinkin' about up there; The way He chooses who to sacrifice To me somehow it doesn't quite seem fair. You'd think He'd want to take a bloke like me Who'd be no loss to no-one here on Earth; But no, He always seems to pick the best Whose life amounts to ten times what mine's worth. But I suppose He'd say it's not His fault, It's us and how we treat our fellow man; And if too many good blokes' lives are lost We can't just blame it all on His great plan. He slung us here on Earth and said "Righto, Get on with it you blokes, the world is yours"; But all we've done is fight among ourselves And destroy each other with our endless wars. Now, there's a sort of aching here inside, I can't quite put my finger on what's wrong; But a soldier can't afford to feel this way, He's got to grit his teeth and carry on. So how's a bloke supposed to deal with this? I know they trained me well, I can't complain; But this is somethin' you don't learn about When they teach you how to play the soldier's game. They teach you how to shoot and how to kill, You even learn which enemy to hate; But nowhere in their training do you learn How to live with the loss of a real good mate. Lachlan Irvine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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