Strange at school <br />how all our dads had got <br />VCs in the war, <br />charging machine guns, <br />blowing up bridges, <br />shooting down Stukas, <br /> <br />except Philip's dad, <br />who (he said) <br />had won it twice <br /> <br />(which made us think he was lying) , <br /> <br />and Steve's dad, <br />who (he said) <br />had got a VD instead, <br /> <br />but then Steve <br />always was <br />crap at spelling.<br /><br />Wild Bill Balding<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/victoria-cross/
