Tale of Two Vets

TALE OF TWO VETS

WE BOTH HAVE TRAVELED

THE WORLD & THE SEVEN SEAS

BOTH IN SEPARATE

TIMES & IN SEPARATE MEANS

WE FOUGHT THROUGH

MODERN IRAQ & IN VIET NAM

MY FRIEND ROCKIN RON

& I ARE MODERN DAY JAMES BONDS

TAKING ON THE WORLD

WITH ALL THAT WE BROUGHT BACK

FROM HELL WE LIVE

NOW WITH NO REGRETS

WE LOVE OUR FLAG

& OUR US OF A

LEARNING FROM OUR ALLIBIES

& OUR GOALS SET HIGH

WE ARE TRAVELERS

OUT ON TOUR

ROCKIN EVERY MOUNTAINSIDE

NEVER LOOKING BACK

& WE NEVER ASK WHY

FOR OUR PASTS

WILL NEVER DEFINE US

IT WILL ONLY REFINE US

INTO BETTER MEN

BECAUSE OF WHERE WE’VE BEEN

(ROCKIN RON HOLDS FOUR BATTLE

WAR MEDALS FROM SERVING

ON THE USS WHIPPLE

DURING THE VIET NAM WAR)

THE USS WHIPPLE

CAME UNDER ATTACK

THEY HAD 26K ROUNDS

COMMANDER YELLED

LIGHT THEM VIET CONGS IN THE ****

I WON’T LET MY MEN

TAKE ANY OF THAT

WHEN YOUR THROUGH

AFTER 52

I’LL SEND YOUR ASSESS HOME

3 D DESERVES A BREAK TOO

TAKING ON THE WORLD

WITH ALL THAT WE BROUGHT BACK

FROM HELL WE LIVE

NOW WITH NO REGRETS

WE LOVE OUR FLAG

& OUR US OF A

(WHILE PROVIDING PLANE

GUARD DUTY FOR THE HANCOCK

IN THE SOUTH VIET NAMESE SEA

THE USS WHIPPLE IN AN 18 MONTH

SPAN, CONDUCTED 52 MISSIONS

AND EXPENDED OVER 2300

5” ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION

FROM IT’S DECK

ALL OF WHICH

ROCKIN RON WAS A PART OF)

WE ARE TRAVELERS

OUT ON TOUR

ROCKIN EVERY MOUNTAINSIDE

NEVER LOOKING BACK

& WE NEVER ASK WHY

FOR OUR PASTS

WILL NEVER DEFINE US

IT WILL ONLY

REFINE US INTO BETTER MEN

BECAUSE OF WHERE WE’VE BEEN

THE MORTARS FLEW HIGH

& THE ENEMY ATTACK

WITH ROADSIDE BOMBS

& CEMENT-SLABS

WITH CELL PHONES TIMERS

ALL USED AS WEAPONS

THOSE PANSY **** CHICKENS