THE LEAVES HAVE NOW BEGAN TO FALL
AS WE STAND AND LOOK AT THE GERMAN WEST WALL.
BUILT TO KEEP INVADERS FROM GERMAN LAND
BY ENGINEERS WHO BY HARD WORK PLANNED.
WITH STEEL AND CONCRETE IT WOULD WITHSTAND
MIGHTY INVADING ARMIES HEAVILY MANNED.

WE SAW THE TANK OBSTACLES DEEP IN THE GROUND
THAT WOULD FORCE ARMOUR TO GO AROUND.
BUT FROM SWITZERLAND TO THE NORTH SEA
NO WAY AROUND THAT WE COULD SEE.
THE WALL COULD ONLY BE PASSED BY OUR INFANTRY
AFTER DESTROYING ALL THE GERMAN ARMY.

IN HOLLAND THE BRITISH FOUND A BRIDGE TO FAR
THEIR TROOPS LEFT STANDING BY A RIVER BARRIER.
IN THE HUERTGEN AMERICANS FOUGHT AND DIED
DAY AFTER DAY THEY CHARGED AND TRIED.
TO FORCE THE ENEMY HIDING DEEP INSIDE
FOR MANY WEEKS DID THE FORCES COLLIDE.

THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE THAT I'M SURE YOU READ
THAT STOPPED THE GERMAN ARMOUR DEAD.
NO FUEL STOPPED THE PANZERS AND MADE THEM MOAN
AMERICANS CLOSED THE ROAD AT BASTOGNE.
CHRISTMAS DAY THE CLOUDS PASSED AND THE SUN SHONE
AND THE GERMAN GENERALS BEGAN TO MOAN.

THEN ON A BRIGHT MOONLITE NIGHT
THE END WAS BEGINING TO COME IN SIGHT.
AMERICANS CROSSED THE SAAR THE WEST WALL WAS DONE
NOW THE SIEGFRIED LINE WAS THE ONLY ONE.
THAT SLOWED THE AMERICAN DASH TOWARD THE RISING SUN
WHEN THE RHINE WAS CROSSED THE WAR WAS WON.

THE WEST WALL CAN STILL BE SEEN
THE DRAGONS TEETH STILL LOOK MEAN.
THE REMAINING BUNKERS CAN BE VIEWED BY ALL
STILL SEEN ARE BLOODSTAINS ON THE FLOORS AND HALLS.
WHERE BRAVE MEN ANSWERED THEIR COUNTRY'S CALL
AND GAVE THEIR LIVES TO STOP THE ENEMY AT THE WEST WALL.

~~~ Elmer H. Ake ~~~
1925 - 2007
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