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DIVER's REPORT
(Mar 2002)
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PHOTOS FROM MEMORIAL SERVICES 2002 HERE

The poem on this page is provided February, 2002 by Jack D. Smith, a survivor. See more of Jack's Rhymes from a link on the 'library' page.

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OUR CREW OF THE USS HOUSTON CA 30
SUNK 1ST MARCH SUNDA STRAITS 1942

IT HAS BEEN SIXTY YEARS SINCE WE SWAM AWAY

LEAVING THE MOST BRAVE AND HEROIC MEN THAT
WITH THEIR LIVES DID PAY

THEY DID NOT GIVE THE GIFT THEY GAVE WITH OUT A FIGHT

BUT WITH OUT MEN LIKE THIS AMERICA WOULD FADE INTO THE NIGHT

THOSE OF US WHO SURVIVED THE SINKING AND THE BURMA HELL

TRY TO CONTACT YOUR FAMILIES AND YOUR SACRIFICE TELL

YOUR NAME GOES ON THE LIST OF THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN ALL

WITH OUT SUCH SACRIFICES WE AS A COUNTRY WOULD SURLY FALL

I CALL ON THE LEADERS AND CITIZENS OF OUR LAND

NOT TO JUST TALK AND SHOUT PRAISES AS ANY ONE CAN

THINK OF ALL OF THE SACRIFICES OF MEN LIKE THESE

AND LET US FIND AND CURE THE PROBLEM SO
THERE IS NO NEED TO CURE THE DISEASE

JACK SMITH

February 2002

More Memorial Poems HERE