Posted by Brad Osborne on May 25, 2023 · 22 Comments
Duty bound, the honored few,
Stand their guarded post…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 9, 2023 · 5 Comments
We wear the medals with pride,
Fruit salad served on our chest…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on September 4, 2022 · 17 Comments
We had been in the field for 12 days. We were unshaven, dirty, tired, and still dressed in our fatigues.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 30, 2022 · 16 Comments
In the left-hand seat sat the antithesis of Sir Quixote. My driver was a stout, young man hewn directly from the heartlands of America. He looked more like Sancho.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 16, 2022 · 21 Comments
We wear the medals with pride,
Fruit salad served on our chest…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 27, 2021 · 16 Comments
For the first twenty years of my life,
I was taught not to turn on the switch…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 21, 2021 · 14 Comments
We wear the medals with pride,
Fruit salad served on our chest…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 31, 2021 · 17 Comments
And in dawn’s growing light,
Was heard the bugle’s blare…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 17, 2021 · 17 Comments
We are the sons and daughters,
Of a proud and vibrant nation…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 5, 2021 · 19 Comments
I did not set out to be brave,
My intent was much more selfish,
Just survive another day…
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