Odyssey to Sudong-ni
Decades flee relentlessly
Yet scars remain indelibly
Bestowing minds an imprimatur
Of rifle fire, machine gun chatter
That bloody vale called Sudong-ni
Red China's 124th Division
Marine's demise its furtive mission
Discordant bugles, whistles shrill
Reverberating hill-to-hill
That bloody vale called Sudong-ni
Now para-flares intrude the valley
Our B.A.R.'s and .50's thunder, volley
Deadly fury once unceased
Unholy vortex -hell unleashed
That bloody vale called Sudong-ni
Ghostly lads – young voices still
haunting shades that ofttime will
Intrude with somber memories
The Corps' heroic victory
That bloody vale called Sudong-ni
by Stanley Modrak
... who is a former Marine combat veteran, now writing freelance.
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