U.S. Army Maj. Michael Davis O'Donnell penned that poem on 1 January 1970, while serving near Dak To, Vietnam. He was declared MIA on 24 March 1970 when the helicopter he was piloting crashed and burned while on a rescue mission in Cambodia. His remains were recovered in 1995 and identified in 2001.
Tag: Decoration Day
Flashback: ‘The most important thing in this world is liberty’ (1887)
It can be argued — and I do — that Robert Green Ingersoll employed American English with more eloquence and skill than anyone before or since. He was a lover of Liberty and passionately patriotic. He also was...