Name/Title
To Honor Our Peace Dead - Men of the USS StarkScope and Content
Poem by June Kelly, date unknown, to honor the dead of the USS Stark. Printed or typed, black print on basic white office paper. The print is light but still legible.
TO HONOR OUR PEACE DEAD - MEN OF THE USS STARK
By June Kelly
One by one they carried bodies to rest
On the sandy shore;
Thirty-six sailors who will sail
The seas no more.
One was left - asleep in the deep,
No body found to bring home.
Thirty-six boxes - thirty-six flags
And a wreath for one alone.
One by one they carried coffins from the plane;
Brought them home to be mourned;
To be honored -
Our War Dead Sailors.
No! Not war dead!
These young Americans are
PEACE dead!
Under the wreath, beneath the waves and
In thirty-six boxes, under thirty-six flags
They lie.
And we hold our heads
And try to figure out
Why.Acquisition
Accession
2016.0088Source or Donor
Waupun Historical SocietyAcquisition Method
Collected by Staff