[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 28 (Tuesday, March 15, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                    SALUTE TO HOSPITALIZED VETERANS

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                         HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 15, 1994

  Mr. KANJORSKI. Mr. Speaker, today I pay tribute to the hospitalized 
veterans at the VA Medical Center in Wilkes-Barre, PA.
  At a ceremony held last month, Lawrence F. Kelly, a Vietnam veteran 
from Hazelton, PA, read this poem that he wrote in honor of those who 
served their country.
  I would like to take this opportunity to insert this poem in the 
Congressional Record so that my colleagues also have the opportunity to 
read these poignant words.

                                Our Vets

     There are none so very lonely,
     As those who share so much.
     They keep their memories only,
     To forget what they can't touch.

     They all hold on to something,
     Be it sight or even sound.
     Could be only one thing,
     They're all so tightly bound.

     Their comrades, no their brothers,
     My God, their sisters too,
     Share one thing that no others,
     Can ever share with you.

     Their minds are etched with pictures,
     Of fallen friend and foe.
     Those damned eternal fixtures,
     Never letting go.

     Though war has no conscience,
     The people who fought them do.
     They don't need the nonsense,
     That man has put them through.

     They fought for all our freedom,
     And love of country too.
     Let's show them that we need them,
     They live with this for you.

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