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QUESTION FOR .AMERICANS
•What, did you do fory Freedom today?
A Go'- on r, rubber raft
Drained th<3 lost wet drop from his
■ water flask,
T' i threw it awry and laughed.
For eighteen days on an endless sea
In .a torment of pain he lay;
Dr' ncbed and chilled to' the bone at
nitht
Ar .burned to a crisp by day.
He wanted to live, but he knew in
• his heart
That odds were a thousand-to one;
But he drifter! and hoped, consoled
by a player
And the thought of .a job .well done,
•That did you do for. Freedom t-oday?
mA11 that you could ,M you declare.
But when you say it, remember the .
Gob
m o died on the reft out there.
What ^id you.do for Freedom today?
A Marine on Guodr.canal,
Through ft hail of lead and jungle:
' . hell
Crept out.to a wounded pal;
And he dragged hern back through the
slime imd muck,
Then with never a thought of r-est,
Back over the deadly route he went
And assembled a machine-gun nest.
It wasn't much fun—the bullets—
the mud;
Ho may. have been scared, but he •'
hid it.
He only knew of a job to do
Ana he didn't quibble, he did it.
What did you do for Freedom tod- ?
j "All that you co.uld." Think well —
One-millionth as .nuch as that
L'eatherneck'did?
Th*e buried the boy where he fill.
What did you do for Freedom todry?
Nine-lads in a B-17
| Ran into a flock of Messer?chmitts
i And died in their wrecked mnchi- •
j Oh, they'didn't do bad with what
. “ " ' they had
!Eut they flew through hell to d^ it;
JThey'had smashed Berlin and a dozen
oAe-tens,
(But their number was up and'they
• ' knew it..
I They were full of holes, with no
('ont-rnlr.
Anri their ship was n comet of fl?me;
But they stuck to their £.uns and the
usel ss st:ck
i Anri battler! bn just the same0.
| Whet did you do for Freedom tod /
jnAll that- you c oh I'd ," G.K,
JBut if those nine boys in the L . 7
i Were to ask you, what would you ay?
I What did you do for Freedom toe ?
I think they've n riyht to ask*
You're in this fight just as mu
... . •* s th :
i And with just o,s important n ta •
iVi’epe you at .your desk or.b-.-nch ’ r -
. , .prer 3,
Aric’ at work a£ the start!d.:-bell ?
Did every minute of this d, y- co it?
And the’ job'-did .you d-o it .. -'ll?
Did you buy r bond o_r .a.-st1 mp t day?
Or collect any scrap for tne pi' ?
Did you save your grease o” thr-w
it a-, y?
Did you drive just nn extr' mil ?
Have you. been .down'to tht Lt d Cross
. . Han't
And given a pint of your blood?
Did" you send .that. V-Mail l?tt- r
■ .• , 'i ; today?
.Did you'hoard any ration d feod? ,
Before you b.e.gin to comply :\u and
-•. gripe
That-life is all work and no fun—
Would you tra'd.Q. your, .dinner f or
Ration ?
Or your overtime pay for » gun?.
Just stpp every once in o whi'lt on
When your lot. seems h;ard. and It i
And think of, a Bob, and a Dent}
And nine boys in a B-17,
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