Roger's Journey
Photos courtesy of Spc. Roger Denniston, 101st Airborne Command Support Group.

Home Sweet Home

Our welcoming committee

Trying to keep cool

No Wimps Allowed

All For One, One For All

Our Screaming Eagles

And their screaming puppies!

Somewhere in Iraq

We travel her hills and her desert
And still in our sorrow we see
A land that has never known Freedom
And only her rivers run free

We look to the death of her manhood
Those men who would rather have died
Than to live in the cold chains of bondage
To bring back their rights were denied

Oh, where are they now when we need them?
What burns where the flame used to be?
Are they gone with the warmth of last summer?
And will only their rivers run free?

How sweet is life, but we're crying
How mellow the wine, but we're dry
How fragrant the rose, but it's dying
How gentle the wind, but it sighs

What good is youth when it's aging?
What joy is in eyes that can't see?
Where there's sorrow in sunshine and flowers
And only her rivers run free.

--- Michael McConnell

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