Thank you John McAuliffe for your inspiring poem.
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To All 87th Infantry Division Veterans on Veterans Day, 2005
THE BOYS OF THE GOLDEN ACORN
It was a "TIME FOR TRUMPETS"
And as they heeded the bugles call,
The boys of the EIGHTY-SEVENTH
stood "STRONG and STALWART" and tall.
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They were the GOLDEN ACORN men
Now dressed in battle array
Pressed into the snowy ARDENNES
To engage in the bloody fray.
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Their colors led them forward
in the battle of MOIRCY
'INVICTUS' was their byword
As the foe was soon to see.
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'ALWAYS AND EVERYWHERE FAITHFUL',
As they fought in the woods of TILLET
Always men so valiant
As they stormed the German Billet.
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They heard the call to DARE YOUR BEST
and fought the fight at BONNERUE
Now and again they stood the test
And proved that they were brave and true.
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They stood beside the fighting boys
to 'GIVE AID AND COMFORT' under fire
They brave the shell and shot and noise
in deep cold snow and muddy mire.
They were the boys of the GOLDEN ACORN
Men of Patton without fear
and they closed the BULGE and broke the horn
of the PANZER LEHR and 26th VOLKSGRENADIER.
Their battle cry to DARE YOUR BEST
was a challange not forsaken
They proved that they withstood the test
The prize was 'OUR OBJECTIVE TAKEN".
John McAuliffe
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