THIS IS A POEM BY MY HUBBY BOB MILLER
I WAS NEVER A HERO
I WAS NEVER A HERO IN ANYONE'S EYE'S
WHEN I GOT HOME I HEARD ONLY LIE'S
THEY SPAT ON MY UNIFORM TILL I CRIED
THEY CALLED ME NAMES I COULD NOT SEE WHY?
NO FLAGS OR BANDS DID I SEE
ONLY MAD YOUNG PEOPLE WHO DID NOT LIKE ME OR KNOW ME
OH HOW I LONG FOR THE BANDS, AND FLAG'S THAT I NOW SEE, JUST SOMEONE WHO KNEW WHAT WE DID , WE FOUGHT FOR OUR COUNTRY
ALSO
AS I REMEMBER THE DAY I GOT HOME
THE WARM SMILE FROM MY MOM AND DAD WILL ALWAYS REMAIN WITH ME
OH WHY OH WHY DID I NOT SEE THE BANDS AND FLAG'S FOR ME
I FOUGHT MY WAR IN VEITNAM, AND THE ONLY THING I SEEN IS OTHER SOLDIERS JUST LIKE ME
IF YOU SEE ME WALKING BY JUST REMEMBER ME
THAT WE FOUGHT AND DIED
BUT NO FLAG'S AND BANDS DID WE SEE