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coming home




 Were there any signs or people on the dock when you came  home ?  
  There were 100 s on the ship that brought
 me home , landing in San Francisco , there was one old lady holding up a cardboard sign with some guys name on it , that was it .
I just found this :



"FORGOTTEN"



(By Arnold A.Muniz)




Forgotten fields of dirt and snow,
Of lands so far away,
Where mountain winds still chilly blow,
And only chance holds death at bay.

Forgotten hell across the sea,
That land of snow and mud,
It lives today in memory,
In graves unmarked except by blood.

Forgotten graves, forgotten land,
Where MIA's in glory rest,
Remembered only by kin or clan,
And fellow warriors home at last.

Forgotten by a country inclined,
To put the war away,
No marching band, no welcome sign,
No thank you sir, just go your way.

Away on foreign fields they sleep,
Perhaps by mountain plot,
Remembered just by those who weep,
By kin, by veterans, and God.