This poem is one that I made after I was assigned in my English class to find an article I liked and create a poem of it. I only did a portion of the article I chose, but it really is a great true story told by a veteran that you might enjoy. Either way, if you'd like to read it then you can find it in the external link. Enjoy!
Called to serve immediately
Four months of training done
From farm boy to soldier
Seattle port here I come
By a single ship we travel
The Far East sixteen days away
4,000 sea sick troops
5,500 miles of Pacific
Mountains, marching, medic training
Traveling to the troubled lands
Its people- lonely, hungry, weak
Its cities- broken, crumbling, deserted
At the front line stands Golden Dragon Infantry
Holding back the enemy
Six months as a medic
Forever now a hero
In 1953 the shooting finally halts
No more fighting
No more dying
Friends are left behind but home is now ahead
