Remembering Times

  

                                                 

      Pham Thi Ty March 13, 1971 

         Cu Chi, South Vietnam

           

I’m a Veteran of the Vietnam War,

you’ve often heard me speak of the Horror!

I’ll tell you of a someone I met in a Village called Cu Chi,

She was young and beautiful and attracted to Me!

We took time to get to know one Another,

and we became more than just Lovers!

I spent every moment with her I had in the Rear,

each time I returned to the Field there were many Tears!

Off and on we had a year with each Other,

we planned a life for us be Together!

I secretly married her at a Buddhist Temple in Cu Chi,

she later became pregnant with a child for Me!

I was excited and afraid at the same Time,

I was spending more time out on the Line!

I loved Ty with all of my Heart,

and we couldn’t stand to be Apart!

I received orders one cold day in Hell,

in my life all was not Well! 

The Army was pulling us out of the “Nam”,

and I was going Home!

I did all that I could to bring her Back,

but the proper Documents she Lacked!

Then came without notice that miserable Day,

the Army put us in Duce and a Halves and whisked us Away!

I had made it through the Hell they called Vietnam,

but without Ty I didn’t want to go On!

I’ve never seen my beautiful Love Again, 

because of  that the Army I’ve often Condemned!

Sgt Duke Sherman

G-Troop, 2/11 ACR

Black Horse Soldier

Vietnam Veteran