<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=414590" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Shot At Dawn</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Those deaths a shameful memory<br>Shot at dawn for cowardice.<br>Almost unbelievably<br>Young soldiers paid the final price.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They died because they chose to lie.<br>About their age to volunteer.<br>The normal rules did not apply.<br>Research has made it very clear.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">That the army bears the blame.<br>That proof exists they can't deny.<br>To their everlasting shame.<br>They did not try to verify.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The age of youthful volunteers.<br>Although they could and should have done.<br>I'm sad to say that it appears<br>They rarely checked on anyone.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The generals and the brigadiers.<br>Did not care apparently.<br>That mere schoolboys of tender years.<br>Were enlisted readily.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">To take the place of fighting men.<br>Already fallen to the foe.<br>They had to fill the ranks again.<br>So they pretended not to know.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>How many shell shocked boys were shot.<br>Accused of being cowardly.<br>The brass hats knew but they dare not<br>Admit their failings openly.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Great War ended long ago.<br>The guilty men have long since died.<br>But now at least the people know.<br>Despite the fact the army tried.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">To hide the truth but they could not.<br>New evidence has come to light.<br>Which proves that shell shocked boys were shot.<br>Because they could no longer fight.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We understand shell shock today.<br> Much better than they did back then.<br>We view the world a different way.<br>We know that stress can cripple men.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ivor+Or+Ivor.e+Hogg">Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=414590" data-title="Shot At Dawn de Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg" data-description="Those deaths a shameful memory Shot at dawn for cowardice. Almost unbelievably Young soldiers paid the final price. They died because they chose to lie. About their age to volunteer. The normal rules did not apply. Research has made it very clear..."></div> </div> </div>

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