Tưởng Niệm Những Người Ở Lại Charlie
Requiem For Those On Charlie(Killed in Action, April 2-15, 1972)
You can walk up the mountain to "Charlie".
You are required to take a guide with you.
"Charlie" has become a tourist attraction,
A battle site from a long ago war.
Two hundred meters from "Charlie's" top,
You see the signs that indicate danger.
There are unexploded bombs above you,
Too many to clear in a safe manner.
It is just as well that this is so
As the soldiers from both sides rest above.
Some were hastily buried in shallow graves,
Others, strewed about from the fallen bombs.
These men gave their lives in battle.
Both sides, the South Vietnamese paratroopers
And the North Vietnamese Army soldiers
Fought and died in the battle for "Charlie".
The stories of struggle, combat, heroes and
death,
They were told in poetry, books and a famous
song.
The song grieves for all who died in the war,
It is sung around the world, tear drops lament
the fallen.
Salute the fallen Vietnamese of a war now long
past.
Remember a husband, your father, or a
brother.
They were men of courage who fought to their
death.
Remember the face, whisper the name of a
hero. Major John J Duffy |
Tưởng Niệm Những Người Ở Lại
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