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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b>From:</b> Boyle, Francis A <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 16, 2017 10:11 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> sectns.aals@lists.aals.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Stalingrad 75<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">We got off the boat at the dock<br>
Walking into town I was asked<br>
Could I lay some flowers<br>
At the War Memorial<br>
On the Banks of the Volga?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Of course I said yes<br>
Honored and pleased<br>
My Dad had fought the Japanese<br>
At Saipan and Tinian and Okinawa<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Nazis were not his war<br>
But we were all Allies together<br>
In the Noble Cause to Defeat Fascism<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">As I neared the Statue<br>
On the Banks of the Volga<br>
Young Komsomol Girl appeared<br>
All dressed in white<br>
Carrying a wreath of red roses<br>
She gave to me<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">A band was playing<br>
Joyful, not somber, but subdued<br>
Town Elders assembled<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Sun was shining<br>
Most beautiful day<br>
On the Banks of the Volga<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">I lay my wreath of roses<br>
To the Defenders and Victims of Stalingrad<br>
Bowed my head in silent reflection<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">If the Soviets had not held at Stalingrad<br>
All Europe today would be speaking German<br>
And saluting: Heil Hitler!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:4.0in"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Deutschland, Deutschland<br>
But not Uber Alles<br>
My Dad was smiling<br>
On the Banks of the Volga<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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