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| Like Everyone
You know as well as I do
We all would like to think
We could do something
That could change the world
Or be of some great help to someone
Now there are those who truly do
Most without even trying
It’s just something in them
To have done those things
That they had to do
I believe we all would like to have
Been someone special
In some kind of way to others
But that is just not meant
To be for most of us
But at least there is one thing
That we all have in conmon
We at one time or other
In our life have seen one of them
Maybe had the honor
Of having knowing them
Maybe even called them a friend
I do know this much
I have been blessed
To have known quite a few of them
Over these years in my lifetime
Some I called friend other brothers
Honored me by letting into their lives
Written By
R.C.Keckler
09/01/11
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| Yes I’ll Cry
All the tears for those who can’t cry
I’ll shed the blood for those who can’t bleed
I’ll fight the fight for those who can’t fight for themselves
I’ll stand up for those who can’t stand for themselves
I’ll be that line that no one can cross
I’ll go to those places no one wants to go
I’ll be the heart for those who are afraid
I’ll show the love where others can’t
I’ll lay down my life to keep our way of life
I’ll do all of this and a whole lot more
For I am that solder who will fight our wars
I’m that faith that most have lost
For I have given my word and taken the oath
I wrote that check to pay the price
Of all of our freedom in this world
With the blood of others and my life
Till that last breath I would ever take
You my country I’ll pay that price
For I believe it is my God given right
I’ll decide what I can do with my life
To be a solder who tried to make all things right
Yes I’ll Cry
Those tears for all who can not cry for themselves
Give that drop of blood for others to live
Fight those fights they would not
Stand up for the freedom of our way of life
For I am that one solder who believes
That is his right to do these things for others lives
Just one solder of many others
With the faith that we can make things right
Written By
R.C.Keckler
03/21/11
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| In Life
I have been one of those who
For reasons unknown to me
Having been truly blessed
To have been with some really
Remarkable people who have done
Some truly great things
For others or just something
That they had the talent to do
They have allowed me to be a part of
As hard as it is for me to believe
I seemed to have been blessed
To have been given more
Truly real brothers and friends
Then most people could have
Known in their lifetime
I do have in my life
At this very time
Who are really true
In their hearts and souls
They are also real
Making me
One of the richest
Person I have ever known
In my lifetime
Just because they made
Me a part of their lives
For that I can’t tell them
Just how grateful I am
Having been blessed with them
As a part of my life
Written By
R.C.Keckler
03/14/11
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| Within The Darkness
I set within the darkness
From our bunker
With all our openings closed
Off so’s not to show any kind of light
From the light of a very small candle
Flickering all about inside
Like it was jumping from one side to the other
I set trying to find the right words
To tell all of you out there
What and just how we feel inside
That one letter we are to be carrying
With us each time we go outside the wire
So if there was that something to happen
Those of you back in the real world
Would have that something from us
Telling all of you our thoughts
For the very last time
So here I set trying to write mine
Honestly I have no idea
As to what to say or write
For I know just how hard all of you
Would truly try to understand why
Let alone what this place is really like
When I’m here and still have no answers
To that question what it is really like
When it is something none of us
Have ever seen in our lives
Nor can we understand who is to die
When we were setting right there by their side
That very next moment their gone
Laying there torn all apart
There we set hurting but nothing like them
Know right at this very moment we have to
Get ourselves back together to defend
What is left of what we once were
You know just before this place
Blew us apart not only on the outside
But killed us in our hearts and minds
But still we have this duty to both
Those still living along with those who died
Trying our damnedest to get them back
By whatever means that are on our side
So that those lost that day
Families have something to claim
With their dog tags and our Country flag
For we know if it were us
They would be doing that same thing
For those who loved us before we died
So now maybe you all can see
Just why I’m having such a hard time
Finding those words to write
Knowing that there is just no real answers
As to how there is a who and why
Some of us will live others they’ll die
But still they tell us
We all most set down and write
So if you get this one of mine
You now know what was on my mind
Written By
R.C.Keckler
03/05/11
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| Kid Was Going To Be
As most young kids had seen on TV
How all the War Heroes
Were shown to be
This was what this
Kid Was Going To Be
So just as soon as he could
He signed he name on the dotted line
To be going off to fight
Just like all his heroes did
This was what this kid
Thought was the way war is
As it was seen on TV as a kid
Till that final day he got his
Very first taste of just how war is
How it really felt to kill
As well as seeing those he knew
Getting killed around him
With all the hate with rage inside of him
Then comes that feeling of emptiness
Of something had died inside of him
Not truly knowing at that time
Those feelings would never be leaving him
For the rest of those years he gets to live
Nothing like those seen on that TV of his
Forever to have been changed
From what use to be that kid
But as the man he now is
Written By
R.C.Keckler
12/25/10
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 | From Vietnam Guntruck Site ::::::::::::::::::
I hope he dosen't get pissed at me for posting this but the Uglyranger is in the hospital here in Columbus, Georgia.
PLEASE do not call/contact him cause he said he doesn't want to be bothered until he gets the G-2 on what's happening.
Seems like he has a large growth in his stomach and the docs are working to find what it is and how to procede.
I would rather fight a grizzly bear than make that feller mad.
Either he, his wife or I will pass on info as received.
I ask you all to put him on your prayer list cause he is one of the "good ones".
Larry...out
I just ask you all to pray for some good news and happy outcome for a super good troop.
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| Shadow Of Tears
In my heart I do believe its time that we
Get to cry all those tears
That we could not cry way back when
We most defiantly needed them
But back then there was just no time
Other things had to be taken care
So for all those years they just got pushed aside
From that time on we had found other reasons
For us not to let those tears fall from the eyes
But as we all came to know over time
Time gets it done no matter what we say or do
It just has it way of getting those things
Out of our lives that it needs to be paid
So now that its soldiers have grown old
Left with only memories of those yesterdays
Those stories to be told of our back in the days
When we were the soldiers in arms
To this day we remember all of those
Who never got to come back home
In our memories we hold true honor
For each and every one them
Now we are setting off in a corner
Hiding in our minds where no others can see us in
Our Shadow Of Tears
Those we could not cry for when we needed to most
All alone in our rooms without no one else around
Just us with tears flowing down our faces
All those tears we wanted to let go
From so long ago
Written By
R.C.Keckler
02/01/11
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| If I Had To
This one may not come out just the right way
But I’ll try my best to write the words clear
So that all will know what they say
Bear with me as I try this now
If I Had to
Take you and show you what I have done
Then what I have done was not done well
If I Had To
Tell you look at what I have done
Then I have done it for the wrong reasons
If I Had To
Make you read what I have wrote
Then those words must have said it wrong
If I Had To
Then whatever it is can not be for the right things
Because anything that is done for the right reasons
No one need say anything to the one
Who has done them for all the right reasons
Because what was done was not for them at all
It was done for the good of us all
One should never do anything
To get others to look their way
It should always be for the better of others
In life to make things better in many ways
To be bring goodness and joy
Into the lives of everyone in each and every day
Show caring for all in everyway
To be giving love more then one could ever get
In return from those whom they gave
Be kinder to all others
Make the time to help another
How much richer they can be
From giving more then was ever given
Think just how much nicer life would be
If we the people could just try and be
A little of this in some way
Maybe I’m just a dreamer
A fool hearted soul
For ever thinking this way
But it was a heart felt thought
On how we might make this
World a better place some day
If I Had To
Who is to say
It couldn’t be someday
Written By
R.C.Keckler
01/25/11
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 | Where are you going in SC. I live 28 miles NE of Columbia so if you are around give me a call and I'll buy the coffee.
John M. Rea
Ridgeway SC
1-803-337-2545
Abortion GT 67-68 RVN |
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 | HOW IN THE WORLD HAVE YOU BEEN? THIS IS BABYRAINMAKER. I WOULD BE HONORED IF YOU WOULD JOIN OUR GROUP SITE. I AM GONNA SEND YOU AN INVITE, PLUS, YOU WILL BE GIVIN A BIG HUG AND KISS FROM ALL OF US IF YOU WOULD COME TO THE KENLAKE REUNION. WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU THERE. LORIE/BABYRAINMAKER DAD ALSO TOLD ME TO TELL YOU HE MET YOU IN 2008 AT THE REUNION...HE WOULD BE HONORED AS WELL TO HAVE YOU THERE. |
 | thankyou for your service and welcome home from little sis |
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Pete V/ 68-69 photographer |
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