The Community Read is a recurring event, facilitated by USI, to promote reading, reflecting and community action on issues affecting the Tri-State Area. WNIN is proud to partner with USI by offering an archive of the submitted entries.
In addition to the written entries on this page, WNIN TV also hosted taped interviews with Evansville veterans on its video site. Click here to watch them.
Click here to read the final report, compiled by Anne Statham of USI.
Submitted Stories
Rick McCarty, Vietnam
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Writing
WE WAS THERE
by Rick McCarty
We was there
To comfort your sons and daughters.
We was there
To hold their hands at the last moment.
We was there
For the last tear to fall.
We was there
When they asked for forgiveness.
We was there
When they seen their last light.
We was there
When God come for them,
'Cause we was there
When their lives ended.
We was the soldiers
That fought beside them.
We was there.
'Cause I held my best friends hand
When his life ended.
'Cause I was there
When my life ended.
