SEVENTEEN HERO'S

SEVENTEEN LOST IN  A SENSELESS ACT 

CLEARLY A KNOWN TERRORIST ATTACK 

MEN AND WOMEN OF THE USS COLE

LOST THEIR LIVES IN AN ACT SO COLD

A MISSILE DESTROYER ANCHORED AT DOCK

A LARGE EXPLOSION, A THUNDERLESS ROCK

AN OCTOBER TO REMEMBER FILLED WITH GRIEF 

A DEED SO SENSELESS, WAS HARD TO BELIEVE 

THESE SAILORS  NOW GONE, AS  NATION'S  CRY

THEY DIED WITH HONOR AND FILLED WITH PRIDE

AS WE PAY TRIBUTE AND OFFER OUR PRAYERS

THINKING OF THEIR LOVED ONES AND WHAT THEY MUST BARE

GOD BLESS THEM ALL, A SACRIFICE MADE

OUR MEMORIES OF THEM WILL NEVER FADE

IT WAS THEIR DUTY TO SERVE AND PROTECT

THIS DAY IN OCTOBER WE SHALL NEVER FORGET

Chuck Preston USN 1960-63 USS FURSE  DDR 882