Please endow me with the presence
Of mind to always remember
Who and what I am..

Gift me with the needed fortitude
To resist all torture and deprivation
Be it mental or physical..

And most of all Dear Lord
Grant unto me the power and ability
To keep my soul and resolve,
American to the core....

AMEN

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An original piece by H. Rick Tavares [Hardcore] 5 March 2004

[Dedicated to my wife?s uncle, Corporal Melvin Hampton Morgan, Company L, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, United States Army, and all other Honorable U.S. POWs.]

[Corporal Morgan Died of Starvation While a Prisoner of War in North Korea, 6 December 1950, Age 20 years ....]