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SHE'S A GOOD OLD GIRL!
(TRIBUTE TO A HUEY)
In the Revolutionary War,
peaceful things were used for WAR,
Iron and steel farming tools
were fashioned into weapons,
soldiers out the door.
Simple people, civilian
soldiers
fighting for liberty
and freedom, duty calls,
Risking their lives
for a cause, Bloodied ground ,
the Patriots falls!
From the sweating hands
of the American people,
a war birds birth,
From our very own sacred soils,
metals are formed,
essence of Earth.
Bent and formed by craftsman's hands,
she takes on a grand look,
A look of a war bird,
an avenger of the weak,
a weapon blessed
by the good BOOK!
Young patriots are trained
to maintain and fly,
Many will go to war with her,
many would die!
For years, she would bring the
WAR
to the enemy horde,
She would also bring supplies and mail,
and the wounded aboard!
She saved lives
and took them too,
She would show her wear and tear,
when the fighting was through.
But she would bounce back,
on a mission of her own,
Bringing back her crew and packs,
taking them home, without a moan.
After WAR
she served us well,
Saving lives and going through hell.
All ways facing the scrap mans axe,
Something better on the way,
to replace her,
giving her no slack!
In some bone yard far away,
grass growing under her skid,
Is a HUEY,
history has pasted her by,
awaiting a bid!
Oh! Just to be able to give her a
home,
if I could,
Something a good crewmember should!
I will NEVER forget you,
Your cabin, spirit filled,
Of my bravest of the brave brothers
who flew you were killed.
I promise, Ole Girl,
Till the day I die,
For I will never forget!
The UH-1 flying in that bright blue sky!
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Copyright 2002 Marvin Camp
EMail: cobra070@earthlink.net
Member VHCMA and Heli-vets
Army, 101st Abn Div. Vietnam 70-71
4/77th ARA, HHB and Cbtry
Camp Evans I corps, Doorgunner and Crewchief
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