combat writing badge C O M B A T
the Literary Expression of Battlefield Touchstones
ISSN 1542-1546 Volume 05 Number 03 Summer ©Jul 2007



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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