Protect Us God

 North Vietnam

                                                                                      

South Vietnam

~Dear Lord in Heaven hear my prayer

I fear my death be ever near~

~As I walk the fields this terrible war

my mine is filled with that of horror~

~Painted the ground with human blood

saturated such it’s turned to mud~

~Too many men have met their death 

beneath the ground they lay at rest~

~We now await the enemy come

I pray my death be not succumb~

~My God In Heaven I pray of you

to help me make this battle through~

~I ask my God protect us all

and not allow our Soldiers fall~

~Give us strength to force retreat

and cause the enemy to take defeat~

~And in the end to walk away

to live again another day~

~To end this war and bring on peace

and Hell on earth no longer be~

~Allow us God see home again

 be with family and our friends~

~To know again my Lover’s touch

I’ve missed her Oh so very much~

~My child born thee years ago

to this day I do not know~

~To take her in my arms and say

your Daddy’s home and here to stay~

~To taste of that a home cooked meal

and know again a soft bed’s feel~

~I thank you God for hearing my prayer

and lessening that of which I fear~

~Amen~

Sgt Duke Sherman

Vietnam Veteran