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We live much of life amid unique choices. Joy is anchored in The One beyond our life.

#1098331 added September 30, 2025 at 5:15pm
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My Dad's Poem, "Old Soldiers" Reimagined
By Carl Haselton, Jr.
about 1957


Old Soldiers do not fade away!
Their memory is with us today!
Their lives they gave,
Their country to save!

Let's say thanks to them for their care.
For the battle's fray they did bear,
Faced death for us out there!
Oh! Say for them a thankful prayer!

God is gracious to us all,
For they did answer their Country's Call.
For the cause of Freedom they did fight,
Spilled their blood with all their might.

Greater love than this hath none,
To give one's all for the Victory won.
Jesus Christ expressed the Love
That only comes from God above!

Yes, Old Soldiers march with us today.
Their courage and valor show us the way
To face the crises of Satan's forces.
Turn them to God and His Resources!

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The Soldiers, aged, have borne the cost.
Salute, we now each honored frame.
Some walk in pain with others lost
Their bodies show the foe they tamed.

Let's thank them for their royal care,
embattled days on shoulders bore.
They stared down death for us out there.
Oh, thank them prayerful, tatters wore.

Oh God in Grace, these souls, who stood
harked to the call for this Land's need.
For Freedom's cause the fight showed good,
With red-stained loam in might they bleed.

A love so great none other hath,
To give one's life, that others live.
As Jesus Christ walked Calvary's path
Salvation to His sons would give.

Old Soldiers march through each blest town.
Their courage, valor, robed array
are small compared to Christ's redound.
Enthroned on High, He rules today.


Lines: 40
Branch of Service: United States Navy
by Jay O’Toole
on September 30th, 2025


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