<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=420018" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>First To Die</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">“Doc, over here.” I heard them cry.<br>I raced on black volcanic sand, <br>bullets nipping at my heels, <br>my medic-aid kit in my hand.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">“Its Mike Strank, they got him bad.”<br>Mike was down, writhing in pain.<br> He was losing blood<br> and awfully pale.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Shielding his body with my own, <br>in a depression in the ground<br>I cut away his Khaki shirt.<br>Until the entry wound was found.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A sucking wound, an evil sign-<br>red frothing bubbles from his chest.<br>A styrette of Morphine- all I had<br>to ease the pain of every breathe. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Suribachi loomed above us.<br>Barely had a week gone by<br>since this man had helped to raise<br>the Stars and stripes up to the sky.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now he was dying, fading fast.<br>A grave awaited, far from home.<br>There was nothing I could do<br>except not let him die alone.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+F.+McCullagh">John F. McCullagh</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=420018" data-title="First To Die de John F. McCullagh" data-description="“Doc, over here.” I heard them cry. I raced on black volcanic sand, bullets nipping at my heels, my medic-aid kit in my hand. “Its Mike Strank, they got him bad.” Mike was down, writhing in pain. He was losing blood and awfully pale. ..."></div> </div> </div>

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