<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=420047" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Home Coming</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">A Man who served in Vietnam<br>is coming home today.<br>He’d scarcely recognize us-<br>so long he’s been away.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He fought in the Tet offensive<br>in a city known as Hue.<br>Somehow, unaccountably, <br>when others left, he stayed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">An honor Guard escorts him, <br>descending from the Plane.<br>He is an easy burden; <br>a few bones, a soldiers’ name.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">For years he waited patiently<br>for the searchers to arrive.<br>The dead are far more patient<br>than their brothers who survive.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">With the help of Mother’s DNA, <br>to test a shard of bone, .<br>the private was identified, <br>and finally made it home.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Three volleys, fired in the air, <br>resound as Taps is played.<br>His brother, who accepts the flag, <br>with time has gone quite gray.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We make a promise to our men; <br>You’ll not be left behind.<br>The search goes on across the globe<br>another son to find.</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=420047" data-title="Home Coming de John F. McCullagh" data-description="A Man who served in Vietnam is coming home today. He’d scarcely recognize us- so long he’s been away. He fought in the Tet offensive in a city known as Hue. Somehow, unaccountably, when others left, he stayed. An honor Guard escorts him, d..."></div> </div> </div>

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