[Hammarlund] The Night Before Christmas

[Radio AI2Q]

... and all American patriots should be /_very_/ concerned about what's 
happening in our White House and Trump's administration right now.


On 12/24/2018 5:52 PM, n2lxm at juno.com wrote:
> As I do every year. This is for Our Brave Men and Woman of our Armed
> Forces.
>
>              A Solders Christmas Story
>
>
>    The embers glowed softly, and in there dim light
>    I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight.
>    My wife was asleep, her head on my chest,
>    My daughter beside me, angelic in rest.
>
>    Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white,
>    Transforming the yard to a winter delight.
>    The sparkling lights in the tree, I believe,
>    Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve.
>
>    My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep,
>    Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep
>    In perfect contentment, or so it would seem.
>    So I slumbered, perhaps I started to dream.
>
>    The sound wasn't loud, and it wasn't too near,
>    But I opened my eye when it tickled my ear.
>    Perhaps just a cough, I didn't quite know,
>    Then the sure sounds of footsteps outside in the snow.
>
>    My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to hear,
>    And I crept to the door jut to see who was near.
>    Standing out in the cold and the dark of the night,
>    A lone figure stood, his face weary and tight.
>
>    A soldier, I puzzled, some twenty years old.
>    Perhaps a Marine huddled here in the cold.
>    Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled,
>    Standing watch over me, and my wife and child.
>
>    "What are you doing?"I asked without fear
>    "Come in this moment, it's freezing out here!
>    Put down your pack, brush the snow from sleeve,
>    You should be at home on a cold Christmas Eve!"
>
>    For barely a moment I saw his eyes shift,
>    Away from the cold and the snow blown in drifts,
>    To the window that danced with a warm fire's light
>    Then he sighed and he said "it's really all right,
>    I'm out here by choice. I'm here every night"
>
>    "It's my duty to stand at the front of the line,
>    That separates you from the darkest of times.
>    No one had to ask or beg or implore me,
>    I'm proud to stand here like my fathers before me.
>
>    My Gramps died at "Pearl on a day in December."
>    Then he sighed, "That's a Christmas 'Gam always remembers."
>    My Dad stood his watch in the jungles of 'Nam
>    And now it is my turn and so, here I am.
>
>    I've not seen my own son in more than a while,
>    But my wife sends pictures, he's sure got her smile.
>    Then he bent and carefully pulled from his bag,
>    THE Red White and Blue… an American Flag.
>
>    "I can live through the cold and the being alone,
>    Away from family, my house and my home,
>    I can stand at my post through the rain and the sleet,
>    I can sleep in a foxhole with little to eat,
>    I can carry the weight of killing another
>    Or lay down my life with my sisters and brothers
>    Who stand at the front against any and all,
>    To insure for all time that this Flag will not fall."
>
>    "So go back inside," he said, "harbor no fright
>    Your family is waiting and I'll be all right."
>    "But isn't there something I can do, at the least,
>    "Give you money," I asked, "or prepare you a feast?
>    It seems all too little for all that you've done,
>    For being away from your wife and your son."
>
>    Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret,
>    "Just tell us you love us, and never forget
>    To fight for our rights back at home while we're gone.
>    To stand your own watch, no matter how long.
>
>    For when we come home, either standing or dead,
>    To know you remember we fought and we bled
>    Is payment enough, and with that we will trust.
>    That we mattered to you as you mattered to us.
>
>          To all those who have served, to all those serving now and to all
> those who will hear the call, take the Oath and stand in front of Our
> Flag in the future.
>
>
>                                                                  Thank You
>   
>                                                       
>                                          Semper Fidelis
>
>
>                                                                    Jeff
> N2LXM
>                                                          Amateur Radio
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> American
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>                                                  Proud Father of Two US
> Marines
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