RAMakley

Personal Info

First Name

Robert

Last Name

Makley

My Location

Ohio

My Status

Son

About Me

I am a retired law enforcement officer who had parents from the greatest generation. My father was stationed at Hickam Field in Hawaii from 1941 till the end of the war and my mother was a 1st LT. in the Army Nurse Corp. stationed at the 122 General Hospital just outside London from 1943 to the end of the war. I am a volunteer with the American Veteran Heritage Center at the Dayton VA. Check out their web site at www.americanveteransheritage.org/ or if you have a facebook account, join us in our group by searching for AVHC and help us honor the accomplishments of veterans while preserving a priceless piece of national and local history-- the Soldiers Home located at the VA Medical Center in Dayton, Ohio.

Words of Wisdom

A HERO’S NAME

We know their names from our history class
Leaders of soldiers from conflicts past
Hero’s they are and rightly so
They took their stand and faced our foe
From our first president and down through the ages
They won our wars and wrote history’s pages

But does anyone think about those they lead,
Those unnamed souls who fight and bleed
From Yorktown to Iraq and all through the years
Taking their stand, confronting our fears
It takes men and women of special breed
To step up and take on our nations needs

They are all Hero’s too numerous to name
Known to their families but not to fame
Their stories untold, their wounds concealed
The horror’s they saw on those killing fields
So many lives lost while standing tall
Ending up as lines on the memorial wall
And those who survive the fight for humanity
Face memories that struggle to steal their sanity

Here’s to those who have faced the strife
To those who have given so much for a way of life
The thanks of a nation will always be at hand
For the sacrifice you made, for taking that stand

By Robert A. Makley www.ramakley.com

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