This I Saw at Anzio
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Hi Folks,

Tony and I went down to South Carolina to visit with our other WWII buddy, Walter Miller, and also to play some golf. Walt had suffered a heart attack recently, but is recovering nicely and is getting around OK. While at his house and going through his file of the 36th he came across a poem he had written while on the beachhead. I thought it was great and something to be put out there. So,I brought it home to scan and send to you folks.

 

"STAY RUGGED"

Carl

 

Anzio

 

Golden sands and water blue

Verdure marshes bright with dew

Sheep and shepherd in the dell

Stiffened cattle felled by shell

Distance mountain white with snow

This I saw at Anzio

 

Ruins old and modern homes

Sulfur springs and catacombs

Silver cows with silver tails

Diving planes with vapor trails

Nazi captives in a row

This I saw at Anzio

 

Air armadas massed in flight

Tracers winging through the night

Crosses white in fields of green

Screeching shells from guns unseen

Flaming ships with sky aglow

This I saw at Anzio

 

Towns engulfed in smoky haze

Cruisers with their guns ablaze

Burned out tanks with blackened hull

Cannon roar without a lull

Men who fought and killed their foe

This I saw at Anzio

 

WJM

10 April 1944

Anzio Beachhead

Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek
540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon
There's "No Bridge Too Far"
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BEAUTIFUL POEM !! I WILL SAY, UNASHAMEDLY, IT BROUGHT TEARS TO MYCHEEKS

ROCKY OF THE 34th. B.T.D.T.

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I ECHO ROCKY'S SENTIMENT AS I WAS THERE WITH HIM.

WATSON JONES

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I ECHO ROCKY'S SENTIMENT AS I WAS THERE WITH HIM.

WATSON JONES

 

 

Hi Watson; To bad you live so far away. Our reunion is Sept. 4-7,

Des Moines, Ia. Remember the creek beds. Creek had about 6 in.

water, damn near drowned taking a bath. Rocky

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Hi Watson! How have you been. It's always good to see you post. God bless ya,

M

Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek
540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon
There's "No Bridge Too Far"
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