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In case anyone would like to know the history of this poem. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Flanders_Fields
In Flanders Fields - Wikipedia
"In Flanders Fields" is a war poem in the form of a rondeau, written during the First World War by Canadian physician Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae. He was inspired to write it on May 3, 1915, after presiding over the funeral of friend and fellow soldier Lieutenant Alexis Helmer, who died in the Second Battle of Ypres. According to legend, fellow soldiers retrieved the poem after McCrae, initially dissatisfied with his work, discarded it. "In...
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
Many Years at Poppy Coordinator, Chaplain, Jr Vice, Vice and Commander of my Local VFW. It rings special in My Heart.
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