And May We Remember
By rv
Wed, 15 Sep 2004
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AND MAY WE
REMEMBER
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align="center">They said that this was the greatest war the world had ever
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align="center">Started August, nineteen- fourteen, and ended, November
nineteen-eighteen. class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align="center">Millions died in this terrible battle by the Kaiser, to gain
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suffered most, it was on both sides the hard working class man. style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
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align="center">Many people volunteered for the armed forces to fight the
dreaded Hun, class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align="center">Given their corps uniforms and was allotted with a
gun. style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align="center">The main theatre of this war, was called the Western
Front, style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align="center">Each side fought in trenches, backwards and forwards they did
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align="center">Commander Douglas Haig, led his troops into France, they
marched with a song, class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align="center">Regrettably encounters, killed thousands of men at battles
of the Somme. class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align="center">There were many battlefields throughout this dammed First
World War, class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align="center">Passchendaele, Marne, Mons and Flanders there was not time to
get bored. class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
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align="center">This war was fought with planes in the air and the mighty
ships at sea, class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align="center">So many men lost their lives in combat, to keep Old England
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align="center">On the home front, civilians stood there ground, against
this greedy Hun, class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align="center">Putting fires out that destroyed many homes, families,
daughters and sons. class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
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align="center">In nineteen-seventeen, America joins this war, to fight off
this terrible foe, class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align="center">They say this did turn the tide of the conflict, making way
for peace to grow. class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align="center">The people that achieved this task to make the world be
free, style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align="center">May they not be forgotten, for they gave their life for you
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