Written after the announcement by Keith Holyoake that New Zealand will contribute troops to Vietnam.
Pastures green, poppy fields,
graves for soldiers fallen.
A wooden cross marks a resting place,
a thousand miles from loved ones.
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Thursday, 9 January 2014 - 1:03pm
Thursday, 9 January 2014 - 12:42pm
Poem written by Mike Subritzky in 1970.
Young Kiwi soldiers, lying so quietly,
merged into the rotting jungle floor.
Spaced in a line, rifles in hand,
machine guns steady, silent and still.
Thursday, 9 January 2014 - 12:35pm
To Jimmy B from Huntly – I hope you find peace mate.
(Cassino Barracks, 1974)
A quiet night in the barracks,
around midnight he starts it again,
he’s yelling about some damned ambush,
and calling some Viet woman’s name.
Thursday, 9 January 2014 - 11:42am
(Fort Dorset From G)
That morning, when the rain stopped
the section shook itself out into patrol order
and moved out.
