3RAR1971: THERE IS NO WAR IN VIETNAM

Take a man and put him alone,

Put him 6,000 miles from home,

Drain his heart of all but blood,

And make him live in sweat and mud

There is a life I have to live

while my soul to the devil I give,

But you free-boy in your easy chair

you don't know what it's like over there

You have your fun without near trying

while over there our boy's are dying

You burn your draft cards and march at dawn

you plant your sign's on parliament lawn

You want to ban THE BOMB

but there is no war in Viet-nam

You take your drugs and have your fun

then refuse to carry a gun

There is nothing else for you to do

And I'm supposed die for you

I'll hate you till the day I die

you made me see my mate cry,

I saw his arm a bloody red ,

I heard them say "This one's dead"

It's a heavy price he had to pay

Not to live another day

But he had the guts to fight and die

And he paid the price and what did he buy

He bought a life by giving his

But who gives a damn what a soldier gives

His wife, His mum or maybe His son

But there about the only one's for you see,

Graham "Mack" Mackie

found this poem while doing recruit training at Singleton , and has never forgotten it.

3RAR1971