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9 boys left
went off to war
9 won't be returning
any more
the little town
so very sad
gave up the best
of all they had
in just 12 months
and 9 short days
those 9 boys
were taken away
9 boys went
while others stayed
seemed like
too great a price to pay
9 boys who
one at a time
were killed before
they reached their prime
so
many wept
a lesson
learned
boys go off
and don't return
9 boys died
now all you
see
9 tombstones
in the cemetery
and the little town
that gave
its best
now marks 9 graves
all they have left.
© d.knape
August
18, 2013
More "Once
Upon A Line" - Light verse and poetry by d.knape |
| Praha's
Nine (chronological by date of death)
PFC - Robert Bohuslav,
February 1944
PFC - Rudolph L. Barta, June 1944
PFC - George D. Pavlicek,
July 1944
PFC - Jerry B. Vaculik, July 1944
PVT - Joseph Lev, July 1944
PVT - Eddie Sbrusch, September 1944
PFC - Edward J. Marek, September 1944
PFC - Adolph E. Rab, December 1944
PFC
- Anton Kresta Jr., February 1945
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