A HERO'S PITTITION

So you think that I am a Hero?

I am no HERO because I focus on following the orders given to me by my command; I reach my main objective and complete the task at hand.

Dear Sir;

Please!  . . . . . Do not call me a HERO just because I would give my life for the men under my command and during combat and to this day;

I did nothing special just what each man should have already known he himself would do! He is an American fighting machine,

A machine when told to be one who looks death square in the eye to complete his task.

And a good solider when that passion is needed, a humanitarian, a person who cares for the lives of others; and He knows the difference and the right thing he should do,

And remember my friend he gets scared too.

Sir I have been trained!

 (Programmed if you will) to be both man and machine before you and separate you from the treat to your freedom;

To react without thought but by simple impulse but it the blood in my heart that makes me a different animal.

I am not to be admired and my courage comes from the fair of being killed first,

My sense of nobility comes from my foundation in that what I believe!

It is God who sets my boundaries and I obey!

I need no medals, need no honorary parades or galas, no great remarks to fulfill my duty.

And yet I carry this humble heart to protect the ones I love and those who live in this country,

I really don’t care if their forefathers were not born here; to me and the way I see it we are all on borrowed land; and even living on borrowed time.

Please remember this I have no agenda!

I don’t know what you would do if you stood where I am but I guess it would be the same thing, so please don’t call me a hero.

I have asked the same questions that you have possibly done!

 What I would do in the place where he is?

Do I think I would live long enough to get back home?

And what was the single thing that kept me going to bring me back home today?

And I can only say I firmly believed in God and he gave me the courage and strength,

And I know he will protect me when faced with danger.

To all my comrades I say hold on to 1 Timothy 4:16 and be that which God had preordained you to be in the face of danger.

But truly I am no HERO just an ordinary Guy.

By Guy T sr