"THE STEEL HELMET"

Over my cot there hangs a shell ,
Symbol of death in a man made hell ,
Molded in Satan's fiendish bath ,
Of fire and flame.Mankind's wrath
Is poured in that shell of hardened steel ,
That emblem of death on a battle field -
A steel helmet !

The rafters low and their shadows dim
Pattern the walls and the helmet's rim .
Flickering rays from the reddened stove
Cautiously,silently,vainly probe
For an answering gleam from that hollow mound.
But dull is the mud of a battle ground ,
Dull is the clay that was once a man ,
Dull is the blood that gushed and ran ,
From his side where he fell ,Empty and dull
It hangs high on a raftered wall ,
A steel helmet !

(poem, by unknown soldier, 505th PIR, 82d Abn Div, ETO 1945)

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