I had been… far from the Angels Swing project that was about music and the wars.
Things related to wars are complicated. My feelings had been complicated, and things were not going well. I couldn’t face them. So, I almost closed Angels Swing. I had been in Cuba for some years. I needed to be there to know another side of the world and also escaped.
David (Valley), I am sorry I couldn’t keep in touch.
Today, I found the poem on the General MacArthur Honor Guard Association’s website.
Korean War Poem – Liberty State Park, NJ
This touching poem, written by LCDR Roberto J. Prinselaar, USCG (Ret), is etched in stone at a Korean War Veteran’s Memorial in the
Liberty State Park NJ Turnpike, Exit 14-B Jersey City, NJ
There are several sculptures and other works of art that are well worth a visit.
We didn’t do much talking,
We didn’t raise a fuss.
But Korea really happened
So please – remember us.
We all just did our duty
But we didn’t win or lose.
A victory was denied us
But we didn’t get to choose.
We all roasted in the summer
In winter, we damn near froze.
Walking back from near the Yalu
With our blackened frozen toes.
Like the surf the Chinese kept coming
With their bugles in the night.
We fired into their masses
Praying for the morning light.
All of us just had to be there
And so many of us died.
But now we’re all but half forgotten
No one remembers how we tried.
We grow fewer with the years now
And we still don’t raise a fuss.
But Korea really happened
So please – remember us.
It was like a message from David that the project title is correct.
FOR THE BOYS | We Remember You.
I’m back.