We are the forgotten
Those who served between the conflicts
Those who volunteered
Only to stand in readiness but never tested
We are those who walked the flight line and the fences
Through the daggers of winter
The salt bleached heat of too many summers
On watch while the eagles slept
We are those who are the forgotten pages between Korea
And
Vietnam
Those who served when the Triad was the answer
Bypassed
In the back waters of history
Before reality screamed
Enough!
We are those who time has ignored
The shadows of the Cold War
Silent warriors who
Were willing to give our blood
But never called
We are the forgotten