Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Armistice Day



They ask me where I've been,
And what I've done and seen.
But what can I reply
Who know it wasn't I,
But someone just like me,
Who went across the sea
And with my head and hands
Killed men in foreign lands...
Though I must bear the blame,
Because he bore my name.
Wilfred Gibson

Ten verified veterans of the First World War remain. On distaste for the "Veterans Day" construction, see here, here, here, and here.

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