A soldier dies on the battlefield on a beach in Normandy just barely old enough to shave and

just off papas knee buried in the ground with theses final words

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Dear ma and pa im doin fine here overseas I send my love from me and John and the

company now I gotta go gotta run don’t you worry bout me cause im headed to Normandy

The telegram arrived to that farm house in Louisiana with a bag of his belongings and his

little note she opens it and then she reads

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Sittin down and cryin holdin that letter tight she thought of her little boy she used to hold at

night standin up and wiping her tears as the thoughts of him flashed by

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That was 65 years ago that my mom lost my dad she mourned him every day rememberin

what she had in that in that old PFC that was my dad

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A soldier that dies on the battlefield to saint peter he shall tell one more soldier reporting sir

ive served my time in hell but before I go do me this little favor tell my

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A soldier dies on the battlefield on a beach in Normandy just barely old

enough to shave and just of papas knee buried in the ground on the beach in

Normandy a boy who died to be free sayin

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