WWII 101st Airborne Paratrooper (12)

            Avenging Eagles

Bobbing low and flying high
Motors thunder through the sky
Prop blasts over strut and wing
Maddened demons howl and sing
And out of this we are set to fall
With a handful of silk and God, that’s all.

A small red light gleams at the door…
throws blood red pools on metal floor.
Beyond is space, vast dark and deep…
awake ye screaming ones from sleep!
For out of this you’ve got to fall,
With a handful of silk and God, that’s all.

But our hearts beat high for the land we love,
and our courage comes from the one above.
When down from the clouds with our weapons of hell,
we drop to avenge our friends who fell.
Thus all we need when we get the call,
is a handful of silk…and God…that’s all.

by Ben Gear, HQ/3 502 PIR

(Thanks to Mark Bando)

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The American WWII Paratrooper can be seen as one who exemplifies sacrifice and is willing to put himself in the most dangerous circumstances in order to do what is asked by his country. It is certainly tough enough to be an infantryman, but doubly demanding to jump out of airplanes behind enemy lines where you could easily find yourself to indeed, be an "Army of One." To me, paratroopers of all armies of the world are heroes.
   

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Taken on: November 26, 1944

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