--a battle I was in in Nam--bloody ass fight!! In May of 69--you can read it--or toss it--found it laying around!! You can tell where my mind is over half the day by reading this one!! Badger








Orders are Orders.









It's been thirty years,
Since the deed was done;
On a hill, In a place, farway.
But the courage of those,
Who fought and died
Are still talked about to this day.








The Army called them Air Assault,
They belonged to the 101st;
Just what that meant,
Would soon be known,
From the Pentagon to the Orient.








BlackJack said; Assault up the face;
But the Platoon Leaders Weren't so sure;
"It's just too damn steep,
for the Troopers to keep,
Their feet and shoot as it were"








"We think you ought
To bomb the damned thing,
Till it's dust and nothings alive."
"To send us up there-
with the Enemy and Pigs,
Don't seem to us any too Wise."








But the orders were given,
And Air Assault driven;
To obey each and every one.
And to this day,
No Sky Troopers say;
That Hamburger Hill was fun.








For ten long days,
And even more assaults,
Airborne cussed and they died,
and they bleed.








And on the twelfth Assault-
They stood on the top-
And they wondered
What was the need?








But as they grew older,
And their visions grew bolder,
And they saw History unfold;
It may have been wiser-
to bomb the damn misers,



















This is the tale,
About Hamburger Hill-
some are still around and some ain't.
And they took the damned thing-
and won Honor and fame,
but they just want their buddies back.








This is a Poem,
'Bout Hamburger Hill
Air Assault, and
I think I should know.
If there is ever another,
for History to recover-
Best call Infantry's 911.
They'll fight and they'll cuss,
They'll bleed and they'll die.
They'll watch History unfold.








It's not what they'd like;
But they have lots of Might.
They come from a hard ole mold.








Now I'm not as wise;
as those Lawyer guys-
but just between me and you.
They'd do it again-
though their chances were slim-








because Orders are Orders,
you know.

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