Robert Dirr's Bunker

I served during the Vietnam War as a Hospital Corpsman, with 'B' Company, 1st Btn, 3rd Marines, in 1967-68.
Long afterwards, I went to Miami University of Ohio (class of 1998) to learn how to write!

Since then, I've written several poems and short stories, depicting true
experiences of my Vietnam tour, as well as other writings about LIFE, in general. I hope you like them.

******************************************************************* I write to EDUCATE those who were not there
and to HONOR those who were. *******************************************************************

Hospital Corpsman truly felt the brunt of the Vietnam conflict. 620 were killed or mortally wounded and another 3,353 were wounded in action. Awards for gallantry and intrepidity in action included 3 Congressional Medals of Honor, 29 Navy Crosses, 127 Silver Stars, 2 Legions of Merit, 290 Bronze Stars, and 4,563 Purple Hearts.

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"Grass" by Carl Sandburg

Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo.
Shovel them under and let me work--
I am the grass; I cover all.

And pile them high at Gettysburg
And pile them high at Ypres and Verdun.
Shovel them under and let me work.
Two years, ten years, and the passengers ask the conductor:
What place is this?
Where are we now?

I am the grass.
Let me work.

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