Tony Chapman, Archivist/Historian for the RN LST and Landing Craft Association will have a very s
special honor on D-Day, June 6, 2008. His poem, "I stand here now" will be featured and read at Dublin University's Conference regarding "Southern Ireland and the Liberation of France in World War II". The Chair of the French Department, Sarah Alyn Stacey will do the reading.
Congratulations, Chappie... it's a well deserved honor!
- I stand here now -
I stand here now
Amongst ... brave men
With whom ... I've stood before
The last time ... when we landed
On June 6th of '44
Back then ... we were all young men
Eighteen or little more
Their lives ... cut short ... that morning
On this distant ... windswept shore
I stand here now ... and wonder
What would they ... have become
Had they survived ... that morning
Their lives ... allowed full run
One thing ... I know ... for certain
Of which ... there is ... no doubt
These brave young men
My pals ... from then
Would be ... old
White haired ... with wrinkled brow
Just like me ...
As I stand here ... now.
