Name: David L. Clayton
E-Mail: dclayton@cox.net
Phone: 949-637-7702
City: Dana Point
State: California
FNG Story:
FNG CR
I won’t try to put into words what I’m still trying to understand and sort out from this experience, but I want to say thank you to the CR Team and everyone I came in contact with on the ride. The great people I met across the US and all they did to welcome us home. I’ve put together a short Poem (for lack of a better word) that just may help someone make that trip to the Wall when they get ready.
THE WALL
THE WALL IS MADE OF STONE
THE WALL CANNOT HURT YOU
BUT ONCE YOU TOUCH THE WALL
THOSE WHO REST WITHIN THE WALL
WILL UNDOUBTLY TOUCH YOUR HEART
THEY WAIT PATIENTLY FOR YOUR VISIT
TO RENEW FRIENDSHIPS AND REMEMBER OLD TIMES
THEY ASK NOTHING OF YOU BUT TO REMEMBER
THE GOOD AND THE BAD AND TO NEVER FORGET THEM
FOR THEY HAVE PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE
YOU STAND PROUDLY OR DROP TO A KNEE
BUT YOU WILL NOT BE ALONE AT THE WALL
YOUR BROTHERS WILL CALL OUT TO YOU
THANKING YOU FOR ALL YOU DID FOR THEM
YOUR MIND WONDERS WAS HE ONE OF THE MANY
YOU MEDEVACED FROM THE RICE PADDY
OR MAYBE FROM THE HILLTOP LZ
COULD YOU HAVE DONE MORE THAT DAY
YOU ARE NEVER ALONE AT THE WALL
FOR THEY WILL ALWAYS BE THERE
THEY WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU
AND YOU MUST ALWAYS REMEMBER THEM
DAVID L. CLAYTON
USMC
MSGT (R)
1-69 / 1-70
