<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=544908" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>An Aged Veteran Of World War 2</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I'll tell to you a story of one I vaguely know<br>An aged veteran of World war 2 some sixty years ago<br>A poor worn out old warrior the years have left him gray<br>In the early stages of forgetfulness his memory in decay.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Part of his right leg amputated ten centimetres below the knee<br>As a result of a grenade a horrific war injury<br>It ruined his chances of finding love and winning for himself a wife<br>And all of the dreams he's ever had of enjoying a happy life.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In his electrical wheelchair on the sidewalk a sad look on his face<br>A frail and an elderly citizen and familiar to the place<br>Decorated for his bravery under fire more than six decades ago<br>An old man waiting for his end that few now wish to know.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He lives in the retirement home from the shopping centre a short drive<br>The killing fields of Europe he was lucky to survive<br>But he did not return home unscathed as his missing limb testify<br>For a lesson that's unlearned millions of young people had to die.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">An old man in his late eighties the hard life on him show<br>And I see him fairly often though me he does not seem to know<br>Yet when we meet to his sad face there comes a smile and he always says hello<br>A veteran of World war 2 some six decades ago.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Francis+Duggan">Francis Duggan</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=544908" data-title="An Aged Veteran Of World War 2 de Francis Duggan" data-description="I'll tell to you a story of one I vaguely know An aged veteran of World war 2 some sixty years ago A poor worn out old warrior the years have left him gray In the early stages of forgetfulness his memory in decay. Part of his right leg amputated ..."></div> </div> </div>

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