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Re: kasperhoe.
Thank you for that! Glad you like it. And, as I had said, my dad was an unsung hero, not even telling his own children for many, many years... 
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on June 3, 2016 at 9:02 PM
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Wonderful.
I can't find better word for it. I really like this one.
And I guess I can only agree with Wiley.
posted by
kasperhoe
on June 3, 2016 at 3:00 PM
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Re: Re: Re: Kabu
Yes, I can understand your poor dad feeling like that. I saw the same with mine occasionally. Sad that no one understood.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on May 31, 2016 at 4:16 PM
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Re: BC-A
Turned out like that; thank you very much, BC-A!
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on May 31, 2016 at 4:13 PM
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Re: Lanetay
I knew one person whose chopper was shot down; he was killed. I have a cousin who made it back fine. War is ugly.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on May 31, 2016 at 4:11 PM
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Re: Re: Kabu
yes much safer but in Australia we have ANZAC day as our memorial day on April 25. Well Dad once told me that he hated that day for he felt totally left out. The guys had shared something he could never understand and it left him feeling kinda wierd and lonely.
posted by
Kabu
on May 31, 2016 at 12:14 PM
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This is a beautiful portrait in words love.
posted by
BC-A
on May 31, 2016 at 9:32 AM
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I didnt have anyone in the service and only knew one person who was in Vietnam and now sufferes from agent orange
posted by
Lanetay
on May 31, 2016 at 8:21 AM
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Re: Nautikos
Thanks, Naut! Glad you liked it. He was very humble.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on May 30, 2016 at 9:18 PM
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RP
This is altogether beautiful and very touching! What a great tribute to your Dad, a gentleman who did his duty even though he wasn't in uniform! 
posted by
Nautikos
on May 30, 2016 at 8:21 PM
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"unsung heroes were they all
civilian patriots
when called upon,
each an army
serving silent
all their days,
long past the end.
no soldier would he ever be
yet a hero none did see"
In the interest of full disclosure, my father did serve his country in the manner in which he was asked, and he really was a hero.
R
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on May 30, 2016 at 7:51 PM
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Re: WilleyJohn
What a kind thing to say, Wiley! Thank you, and love the diamond! You know, Daddy always gifted us with jewelry. My mother got to the point where she didn't want any more jewelry, and he'd continue to buy it. Kinda funny.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on May 30, 2016 at 7:31 PM
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Re: TAPS
What a great commentary! He just wasn't meant for war, it appears. His daughter seems to take after him in personality traits...
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on May 30, 2016 at 7:28 PM
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Re: C_C_T
Thank you, CCT. He was a great father, the best! 
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on May 30, 2016 at 7:27 PM
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Re: shamasehar
How kind of you, and you are quite correct about that!
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on May 30, 2016 at 7:25 PM
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Re: Kabu
Thank you. I'm sure it was more important to feed the troops! Safer, too!
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on May 30, 2016 at 7:24 PM
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Re: FSI
Wow, thanks FSI!
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on May 30, 2016 at 7:23 PM
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RPresta
Your daddy became a hero with every child he fathered and you were his writing gem
posted by
WileyJohn
on May 30, 2016 at 5:17 PM
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This is very special to me. My dad left home at 15 to join the Army for WWI. He was too young. They wouldn't take him. Years later, he went to the recruiting place to fight in WWII. They wouldn't take him because he was 37 and had five children. So, he did what he had always done, "live beside the road and be a friend to man." I never knew anyone who was more loving, and giving, and helpful to others than was my Dad.
posted by
TAPS.
on May 30, 2016 at 3:40 PM
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There are different types of bravery RP. I feel he was a brave and lovely father and would have defended you all no matter what the consequence. Little things hurt when one is a child, one just wants to be the same as others. You have made this into a tribute that would have made anyone proud to receive.
posted by
C_C_T
on May 30, 2016 at 11:39 AM
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What an awesome tribute!! Not all wars are fought on a battlefield.
posted by
shamasehar
on May 30, 2016 at 10:01 AM
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S. Sister I do love it. My father never went to war either. He was a farmer and feeding the troops was his destiny.
posted by
Kabu
on May 30, 2016 at 8:29 AM
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A very fitting and powerful poem for today, Memorial Day.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on May 30, 2016 at 5:28 AM
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