Your words brought tears to my eyes, thank you for sharing this.

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My Grandfather served in the Army during WW1. My father served in the Navy in the 50's. I would have proudly served our country as well but I was born blind. I wrote this poem/song to say thank you to all those who serve our great nation. I would be honored if you could help me share my sentiments with them.

Thank You!



Jack Kapanka





What They Gave To Me

By Jack Kapanka





I saw it on the TV late one night

A war broke out we were joining the fight

My head grew heavy My heart stood still

The thought of it gave me one hell of a chill

I prayed for the soldiers as they left through the night

Scared as can be yet so ready to fight

There was Mark and Bob, Billy and Joe

It damn near killed me just to see them go

They all headed out to a foreign land

Each boy carrying a gun in his hand

They fought for freedom 'cross the shinning sea

So many gave their lives just so we could see

America is the land of the free

It's the best damn place in the world to be

America is the home of the brave

I feel so lucky for

What they gave to me



They all grew up with dreams in their head

Lessons to be learned So much to be said

Told that here in the land of the free

Do what you want be who you want to be

It hasn't been so easy now the world is changing oh so fast

It's time to learn from what mistakes we've made

And try to not forget the past



My son looked up at me the other day

He asked me a question in an innocent way

Daddy what's the matter with the man next door

He's got a black and white flag hanging from his door

It says POW/MIA

Daddy why's he crying will he be ok

I turned to my boy looked in his eye

Then I told him what I'd seen in the years gone by

I said a long time ago to a foreign land

A young boy left to become that man

He fought for freedom 'cross the shinning sea

He would have given his life just so we could see

America is the land of the free

It's the best damn place in the world to be

America is the home of the brave

I feel so lucky for

What They Gave To Me

Thank you for keeping me free!





To listen to the song please visit;

www.jackkapanka.com

>> Your words brought tears to my eyes, thank you for sharing this. <<



Same here. Very, very touching, and I plan on linking to your [Jack] website as soon as I have finished adding photo pages from today's Pro-America/Support Our Troops rally we had here in Texarkana.