If I could have walked a mile in shoes <br />like yours, carrying a pack and rifle <br />through the sands of Iraq, <br />or the mud and snow of the Ardennes, <br />or the jungles of Guadalcanal, <br />or the rice paddies of Korea, <br />or the bloody fields of the Mekong, <br />I would have counted myself <br />among the fortunate few <br />who know better than those <br />grunts who bore the sacrifice <br />of losing life and limb <br />for the likes of you!<br /><br />Michael Pruchnicki<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/miles-and-miles-in-combat-boots/
