The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-17
CoAEAGUNIQUE l

Now that the final blood-soaked
 ridge is taken,
 Now that the smell of victory is
 sweet,
 Never forget the boys no bells will
 waken,
 Sprawled on the cliff, spread-eagled
 in the wheat;
 Salute our heroes who survived the
 slaughter
 Randa2zo and Troina and Taor-
 nina
 But hail no less the lad who moaned
 for water,
 And died, remembering hills far
 from Messina.
 It is too simple, when the sun IS
 kind,
 When speeches, drums and salvos
 boom and bark,
 To be as deaf, oblivious and blind To Joe or Mike or Johnny in the
 dark:
 That quiet kid from your own city
 block
 Whose courage stains some high
 heroic rock.
 JOSEPH AUSLANI)ER.
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