FREDDIE HUNN:So I went to the barracks and said I want to be a soldier. FREDDIE HUNN ... will not be with us forever.' Freddie’s love of poetry drove him to join up and helped maintain morale ...

He fought in Europe in World War II and he killed a German soldier during a battle in Holland. He described how it felt in a poem. I shot a man yesterday And much to my surprise, The strangest ...

In a segment not included in the television broadcast, the father reads a poem written by his son about what it means to be so far from loved ones. Quotes from Steve Butcher, Sr.: "I remember ...

Amitabh Bachchan honored Indian soldiers by sharing a powerful poem written by his father, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, on X. This tribute followed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address about Operation ...

Sgt. Kilmer's "Rouge Bouquet " poem was so popular among soldiers in the 42nd Division, that it quickly became protocol to read it at the funerals of division soldiers when they were killed in ...

If hope were an object, it would be poet Alex Dimitrov's new book Love and Other Poems. In its entirety, the book itself is one long love poem — to New York City, to the moon, to the many ...

James Lenihan of Brooklyn knew. He fought in Europe in World War II and he killed a German soldier during a battle in Holland. He described how it felt in a poem: I shot a man yesterday And much ...

Since 1998 during the week of Christmas, the Messenger Index has printed “A Soldier’s Poem.” The poem was written by U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal James Schmidt in 1986. Written in the ...