We sing songs about our freedom
We always keep them in our prayers
We wave our flags and bow our heads
Support our Soldiers over there
But all across this nation
Probably right in your home town
There's a group of weary Soldiers
With their world turned upside down
We asked them for their lives and they agreed
Now their asking for the benefits
That they thought were guaranteed
We sent them off to fight on foreign shores
But now they're casualties of a bureaucratic war
With every flag draped procession
With every tear and every prayer
We remember those who gave their lives
For every battle we declare
But all across our nation
Probably right in your hometown
There's a group of broken Heroes
Because their country let them down
We asked them for their lives and they agreed
Now their asking for the benefits
That they thought were guaranteed
We sent them off to fight on foreign shores
But now they're casualties of a bureaucratic war
We sent them off to fight on foreign shores
Hey America
Let's give our Veterans something more Tags :walterreedbushbricksoldierwarveteranvietnamkoreaafghanistaniraqtomsongspeacehealthbenefitsvaww1ww2
The group Vietnam Veterans Against McCain attacks
Senator John McCain's heroism as a POW in the
Vietnam conflict; this is making some waves in the
news due to McCain's presidential candidacy. The
documentary "Missing, Presumed Dead the Search for
America's POWs" however focuses more on Senator
John McCain successfully blocking the release of
classified POW/MIA documents. Here is a DVD extra
from that documentary. A DVD of the documentary
may be purchased at www.MissingPresumedDead.com Tags :PerfidyHollandSenatorJohnMcCainpresidentialCandidateVietnamVeteransAgainstdocumentary"MissingPresumedDead"
As we approach the fifth anniversary of the
invasion of Iraq, hundreds of US veterans of the
war say the American military has been covering up
widespread civilian killings in that country.
And Al Jazeera's Tom Ackerman reports their
sentiments aren't necessarily getting a warm
reception. Tags :AlJazeeraaljazeeraIraqwarUSmilitarycoverupciviliankillings
As part of its series on veterans from some of the
world's most brutal and forgotten conflicts Al
Jazeera travelled to Russia.
Despite being the Soviet Union's largest military
operation since the second world war, the
decade-long war in Afghanistan is regarded by many
as a humiliation and the Soviet 'Vietnam'.
However many veterans are still physically and
psychologically damaged by their time in
Afghanistan and say they do not receive adequate
support upon their return. Tags :SpvietUnionRussiaveteransaljazeerawarinafghanistandocumentarynews
To honor Veteran's Day correspondent Seth Doane is
in Las Vegas, where one of the richest men in the
world is on a mission to make our troops a
priority again. Tags :veteransdaylasvegassethdoanecbssunday
http://www.pbs.org/billmoyers Bill Moyers on the
best way to honor our veterans this Memorial Day.
Airs Friday, May 23, at 9p.m. on PBS (check local
listings). For more: http://www.pbs.org/billmoyers Tags :memorialdayveteranssoldierswarbillmoyersjournal