MILESTONE

"Today a milestone's been set.
The war has claimed a thousand lives.
A tragic fact, a record set
With tears from children, husbands, wives."

But what of number forty one,
Or a hundred sixty four?
Are they the souls of a valiant son
Or a number to ignore?

Isn't each a milestone
In our Nation under God,
A soldier's spirit, flesh and bone
Who sleeps beneath the sod?