Thank you John McAuliffe for your inspiring poem.

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To All 87th Infantry Division Veterans on Veterans Day, 2005

THE BOYS OF THE GOLDEN ACORN

It was a "TIME FOR TRUMPETS"

And as they heeded the bugles call,

The boys of the EIGHTY-SEVENTH

stood "STRONG and STALWART" and tall.

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They were the GOLDEN ACORN men

Now dressed in battle array

Pressed into the snowy ARDENNES

To engage in the bloody fray.

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Their colors led them forward

in the battle of MOIRCY

'INVICTUS' was their byword

As the foe was soon to see.

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'ALWAYS AND EVERYWHERE FAITHFUL',

As they fought in the woods of TILLET

Always men so valiant

As they stormed the German Billet.

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They heard the call to DARE YOUR BEST

and fought the fight at BONNERUE

Now and again they stood the test

And proved that they were brave and true.

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They stood beside the fighting boys

to 'GIVE AID AND COMFORT' under fire

They brave the shell and shot and noise

in deep cold snow and muddy mire.

They were the boys of the GOLDEN ACORN

Men of Patton without fear

and they closed the BULGE and broke the horn

of the PANZER LEHR and 26th VOLKSGRENADIER.

Their battle cry to DARE YOUR BEST

was a challange not forsaken

They proved that they withstood the test

The prize was 'OUR OBJECTIVE TAKEN".

John McAuliffe

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