But Korea really happened So please - remember us.

We didn’t do much talking,

We didn’t raise a fuss.

But Korea really happened

So please - remember us.

 

We all just did our duty

But we didn’t win or lose.

A victory was denied us

But we didn’t get to choose.

 

We all roasted in the summer

In winter, we damn near froze.

Walking back from near the Yalu

With our blackened frozen toes.

 

Like the surf the Chinese kept coming

With their bugles in the night.

We fired into their masses

Praying for the morning light.

 

All of us just had to be there

And so many of us died.

But now we’re all but half forgotten

No one remembers how we tried.

 

We grow fewer with the years now

And we still don’t raise a fuss.

But Korea really happened

So please - remember us.

 

written by LCDR Roberto J. Prinselaar, USCG (Ret)

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