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Poetry By, For, and About the 96th Division
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"Leyte Lament" |
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"One of the men in my company wrote the following poem. We all thought it was very appropriate. A lot of us did not appreciate the way we were treated by Gen. Douglas MacArthur. Oh yes, he was a brilliant soldier and tactician, but he was a pompous individual too, we thought." From Jacob Zimmerli in "One Soldier's Story."
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Click to get PDF version |
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Click to get PDF version of Zimmerli's "One Soldier's Story." |
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"All's Well that Ends Well"
by Cpl. Clayton Bluse, Camp Adair, Oregon
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"The Fighting Men of the 381st"
by Earl, G. Kost |
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"No New Deadeyes" |
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by Wayne M Shurley |
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The Keepsake
by Mary Buckner Brubaker |
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By Mary Brubaker for her father, General Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr.
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Until Someone Calls My Name by Raymond Baird |
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The seeds of “Always a Deadeye” were actually sown in the year 2000. This was when my son Paul and I took a tour back to the old battlegrounds of Okinawa. As we shared our combat stories, a warm realization swept over me: these men were my new buddies, and we were all Deadeyes. After returning home, and a little later on, I put these feelings of camaraderie and sacrifice into this poem. I fussed over the words and meter and when it was finished I passed it on to other members of the tour. Jim Causey read it at the following 96th Division Reunion. I was of course delighted with the acceptance. I have an illustrated copy available for you to see or to print on this site. To have a decorated copy of this poem, just click on the little Army Star at the bottom for a PDF file to copy to your desktop and print.
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Click to download a PDF Version |
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Click to get PDF version of Hill's story "Blue Star in the Window" |
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Please Feel free to submit your poetry.
This is the place to share your Deadeye Experiences in Poetry form.
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