Trooper's Lament
(Bruce "Utah" Phillips)
I sailed from Seattle, far away from friends and home
Across the blue Pacific to the Land of Morning Calm
Here's a helmet and a rifle and your prophylactics, too
And as sure as I'm your captain, we will make a man of you.
The 105's were pounding, and their thunder shook the night;
I asked my bold commander
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