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Hoped they'd be home this year,
but...

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THAT SPECIAL KIND

Since the Birth of our Nation
We have sent our Young to War
To do Battle for our Freedoms
For Truth, and Right, and More.
We take them from their Families
And send them all around the
World
To show all the other Peoples
How, Freedom’s flag’s unfurled.
They’re sent with a wealth of
knowledge
That they carry and spread well
Our Ambassadors to others
With a story only, they can tell.
So, as we bask in our lifestyles
And gather ‘round the Christmas
Tree
Let’s say a Prayer and Give Thanks
To those who make us Free.
Lets bring them all Home for a
moment
And hold them in our Heart and
Mind
For each and every one’s a Hero
And each, one of a very Special
kind.
Del "Abe" Jones
12-11-2003

UPDATE 2004
I wrote that one for last year
With a wish that was for nought
That maybe they'd be Home for
this year
But, guess that was just a silly
thought.
We've lost more than we care to
count
And have sent even more across
the Sea
To try to show another People how
to live
In a way they may or may not want
to be.
But we send our Sons and
Daughters
Moms and Dads, Sisters and Bros
To spend another Christmas
Holiday away
And for how many more, who
knows?
So, no matter what our feelings are
About this War they're sent to Fight
Let's keep them All in our thoughts
and prayers
On this Christmas Eve and every
other night.
Del "Abe" Jones
12-16-2004
A FOUR DAY WEEK
Another Year is closing fast
Where did the Summer go?
Time for Falling Temperatures
As the Leaves begin to Glow.
Oranges, Reds and Yellows
Some, just a paler Green
Some falling to the Earth
To paint an Autumn scene.
Seeds of Growth are set Free
To receive Nature’s Grooming
Most Flowers lose their Petals
While a few start Blooming.
The Days begin to shorten
The Dark more than the Light
Animals grow Winter’s coat
Some Birds have taken Flight.
Some “snowbirds” are heading
South
For all the Sun that they can find
Some can’t wait for the Snowfall
And Winter Sports of every kind.
Let’s all hope the Storms of
Summer
Aren’t a sign of things to be
That Old Man Winter doesn’t go
On some kind of Chilling Spree.
Mother Nature rules our Weather
And there is nothing we can do
But wait until She changes
Seasons
And this coming one is through.
Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter
Are the Four Days of Her Week
And if we only wait for them to
change
We’ll find that favorite one, we
seek.
Del “Abe” Jones
11-03-2005
THAT’S WAR!
One of the tragedies of War
That just happened to be
seen
By one of the pool cameras
But, what happens "in
between"?
We rarely see the good
things
Cause they're not "worthy"
of the "news"
And the camera's viewfinder
Only shows, very narrow
views.
Our Troops have given
Lives
And been wounded and
maimed
For the People of a foreign
land
Where now, terrorists are
trained.
Whether we think the War is
wrong
And for those who think it's
right
We must stand beside our
Soldiers
Mostly "kids" thrown into the
Fight.
War is an ugly, horrible,
thing
But, we "elected" to be there
And we can't forget the "lost
one"
When some people failed to
"care".
Some mistakes will be made
And some "innocents" will
die
But when an enemy is killed
"again"
It's not our place to
question, "Why?"
Let's leave the fighting to
the experts
That's what we are paying
for
Not second guess our
Military
Who stand face to face,
with War.
Del "Abe" Jones
11-19-2004
"BOMBS AND BALLOTS"
(Per Anderson Cooper)

Well, it’s time for the Iraqis
To Stand and to Speak out
To go to the Polling Place
To learn, what Freedom is about.
We take Voting for granted
And barely half of us do
And we don’t have to worry
About someone shooting at you.
Our Troops deposed Saddam
And they fought a Gallant Fight
And still give their lives today
For Iraq to have that Right.
Let’s hope it all was worth it
And those People turn up at the Polls
And take advantage of the chance
To be for whom Freedom’s Bell tolls.
They must learn to make their own Laws
Enforce them, to be Fair and Just
Governed by All the People’s Will
And to Earn All the People’s Trust.
Ex-Pats all around the World
And right here in the USA
Have already Cast their Ballots
Have already had their Say.
Tomorrow will be Bombs and Ballots
In that Land across the Sea
Let’s hope the Battle of Oppression
Will be, Freedom’s Victory.
Del "Abe" Jones
01-29-2005
Johnny Carson

Nearly five thousand times
He came out upon that stage
And in entertainment’s history
He wrote a very unique page.
He also "made" many a star
And launched some great
careers
And everyone who was
someone
Was his guest throughout
those years.
Some twenty thousand people
Sat across him in the "chair"
He made them all feel
welcome
And he really seemed to care.
He had his own brand of
humor
Making funny, what was not
An honest, too good
Entertainer
And what you saw is what you
got.
Millions of us stayed up late
To see what he had up his
sleeve
And now, that show is "really"
over
And we are all left here to
grieve.
And those who didn’t "know"
him
Before he left that stage in
Ninety-two
Will never know how much
they missed
Now that his time on Earth is
through.
But there will be a "Tonight
Show"
Forever, somewhere up on
high
As Johnny welcomes all those
Stars
Who have passed this World
by.
Del "Abe" Jones
January 23, 2005
THE MARINE CORPS
WAR MEMORIAL
(Iwo Jima)

Said a Vet from Nineteen
forty-five,
"Men were dying by the
score."
An eyewitness to a famous
Battle
Immortalized forever more.
Quartermaster on a LST
"Eyewitness to a sad,
horrible day."
"A slaughter right there on
the Beach"
Is what, this Veteran had to
say.
Coast Guardsman Robert
Resnick
Was more than just a
witness there
He furnished the Stars and
Stripes
In that picture all
generations share.
A symbol for the Marine
Corps
Cast in bronze for all to see
The Flag raised on that
mountain top
Is part of our Nation’s
History.
One of the bloodiest
Battles of the War
Fought for thirty-six days
and nights
More than twenty two
thousand Japanese
In one of the Marines
fiercest fights.
The first part of Japan we
invaded
And as Resnick’s ship sat
on the beach
Marine Gagnon asked him
for a Flag
And a long pipe to raise it’
s reach.
They lost their sight of the
Marine
As he headed to that
Mountain top
Amidst the gun’s bullets
flying
That never, ever seemed to
stop.
As they began to leave the
Beach
A tremendous cheer went
all around
And, "Every ship tooted it’s
horn."
As they raised the Flag that
he had found.
For years another was
credited
Until the year, Two
thousand-one
When at a Fifth Marine
Convention
The Marines learned he
really was the one.
A big, old Marine bellowed
out,
"Do you really mean to tell
me,
That you never realized that
you
Won that Battle, single-
handedly?"
The President of the Fifth
Marines
Made him an honorary
member
And as they did some
tears were shed
As they all began to
remember
About that day sixty years
ago
Up there on Mount
Surabachi
When the Stars and
Stripes were raised high
Was still a vivid, cherished,
memory.

Del "Abe" Jones
02-20-2005
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A MARINE BIRTHDAY
(November 10)
Eight years after they were formed
At the end of the Revolutionary War
All the Navy’s ships were sold
Marines and Sailors were no more.
Then, in Seventeen ninety-eight
The Marines once more came to be
And they fought Barbary pirates
Along the “Shores of Tripoli”.
During the War of Eighteen Twelve
They defended Washington
Along with many other Operations
Before that War was done.
They served in the Mexican War
And among Battles that they fought
One to the “Halls of Montezuma”
Alongside General Winfield Scott.
“Bull Run” during the Civil War
And blockades at Cape Hatteras
At New Orleans and Charleston
And Fort Fisher toward the last.
The Spanish-American War
The Boxer Rebellion in China
Fights in Cuba, Mexico, Haiti
In Nicaragua and Panama.
On the Battlefields of France
The “Devil Dogs” earned their name
And many thousands killed or wounded
In World War One’s deadly game.
And most of us know their stories
About the Heroes of WWII
There’s some seem impossible
But we all know they’re true.
During the War in Korea
Twenty-five thousand gave their all
Fighting many gallant battles
Answering our Country’s call.
“The Cold War” found them everywhere
In countries all around the Earth
Trying hard to keep the Peace
And showing all their worth.
In Sixty-Five they landed in Da Nang
With eighty-five thousand “in country”
They served with Pride and Honor
Although our Country would not see.
On their Two Hundred Thirtieth
Birthday
We have them serving in Iraq
As well as so many other places
To try to hold the Terrorists back.
Maybe someday there will be Peace
And Good Will on Earth and more
But until then lets all give Thanks
We have the United States Marine
Corps.
Del “Abe” Jones
11-07-2005
Semper Fidelis

On the tenth day of November
In Seventeen seventy-five
Two Battalions were formed
And the Marine Corps came alive.
The Continental Congress
Had passed a resolution
For a landing force for the fleet
A new Navy Institution.
Since that day so long ago
Through all conflicts of our Nation
They’ve fueled stories and folklore
And stirred the imagination.
They’re usually the first to go
The “spearhead” of the fight
Some who heard they were coming
Have turned tail and took flight.
They’ve offered up, gave their All
And that continues to this day
Standing tall, marching forth
To show others, Freedom’s way.
Del “Abe” Jones
THE MARINE CORPS WAR MEMORIAL
(Iwo Jima)

Said a Vet from Nineteen forty-five,
”Men were dying by the score.”
An eyewitness to a famous Battle
Immortalized forever more.
Quartermaster on a LST
“Eyewitness to a sad, horrible day.”
“A slaughter right there on the Beach”
Is what, this Veteran had to say.
Coast Guardsman Robert Resnick
Was more than just a witness there
He furnished the Stars and Stripes
In that picture all generations share.
A symbol for the Marine Corps
Cast in bronze for all to see
The Flag raised on that mountain top
Is part of our Nation’s History.
One of the bloodiest Battles of the War
Fought for thirty-six days and nights
More than twenty two thousand
Japanese
In one of the Marines fiercest fights.
The first part of Japan we invaded
And as Resnick’s ship sat on the beach
Marine Gagnon asked him for a Flag
And a long pipe to raise it’s reach.
They lost their sight of the Marine
As he headed to that Mountain top
Amidst the gun’s bullets flying
That never, ever seemed to stop.
As they began to leave the Beach
A tremendous cheer went all around
And, “Every ship tooted it’s horn.”
As they raised the Flag that he had
found.
For years another was credited
Until the year, Two thousand-one
When at a Fifth Marine Convention
The Marines learned he really was the
one.
A big, old Marine bellowed out,
“Do you really mean to tell me,
That you never realized that you
Won that Battle, single-handedly?”
The President of the Fifth Marines
Made him an honorary member
And as they did some tears were shed
As they all began to remember
About that day sixty years ago
Up there on Mount Surabachi
When the Stars and Stripes were
raised high
Was still a vivid, cherished, memory.
Del “Abe” Jones
Without Ceremony

We send them out to risk their lives
And then, when they give their all
We hear their names on the news
Without Ceremony, and that's all.

Each should have an Honor Guard
That's shown, for the World to see
That we pay homage to all those
Who died for us and Liberty.

Each, should have their own caisson
To slowly, carry them along
To their final resting place
Where they play, that mournful song.

But, nowadays it seems
That all the Powers that be
Want them to return unnoticed
And, Without Ceremony.

"It's too hard for the Loved Ones."
If, we Honor, their Remains
They say, "Out of sight and mind."
Will help ease all the pains.

But our Government, (and us)
Are doing something that's not right
Sometimes, Without Ceremony
Under the cover, of night.

We have Celebrations
When the rest of them return
But, it's those Brave Fallen
Who could teach us, if, we'd learn.

02-22-2004

They have finally changed the rules
And now, the Families will decide
With whom, and how they'll share
Their Hero's final, solemn, ride.

Del "Abe" Jones
02.27.2009