If you haven't ever
Picked up your rifle
Against the most powerful
Army in the world
For freedom,
If you haven't ever
Charged a cannon crew
With only your musket and bayonet,
If you haven't ever
Hid in a crater
From an artillery bombardment
While the men you
Trained with are
Cut down like wheat stalks,
If you haven't ever
Held your ground against
A fanatical enemy who
Uses human wave attacks
And sudicial plane dives,
If you haven't ever
Lay in a filthy
Foxhole with outdated and
Untrustworthy weaponry while defending
Against an enemy that
Screeches like a banshee,
If you haven't ever
Dragged your wounded
Friend to the evac
Chopper because you
Were too weak to
Carry him,
If you haven't ever
Hid in a hut
While tracers flew
Outside the entryway and
A suicidal opponent
Was trying to kill
As many of your
Buddies as they could
Before they died,
If you haven't ever
Been there, then
Keep your mouth shut.
You can't begin to judge them.
