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ivilian (2 • n Peace, Soldier in War... of security and honor, for three centuries ± ,.
.ice...... t I have been the custodian, 1 am the Guard.
.i : -. 1 was with Washington in the dim forests, fought the roily Warrior, and watched <- a
' h l . ' . the dark night bow to the morning. - At Concord's bridge, 1 fired the fateful '"""'�"
�wA►,, shot heard 'round fhe world. Ipy: 1 bled on `,$unker Hill. : My footprints I
marked the snows at ')alley Forge. -mow: 1 pulled a muffled oar on the 6argethat "`
b ridged the icy Delaware. •.fit 1 stood with Washington on the sun - drenched heights
1 � of llorkfown.. ; 1 saw the sword surrendered ... I am the Guard. • .7 1. -.
a a►y I pulled the trigger that loosed the long rifle's havoc at New Orleans. : Ohese f
ol ik things 1 knew -I was there! 1 saw both sides of the War between the States-
! I was there! V�7ww: `�7he hill at San Juan felt the fury of f m y charge. • gyp' Ohe
f ar plains and mountains of the Philippines echoed to my shout... On the Mexican
. > tt,. border 1 stood ... I am the Guard. •- MIME Uhe dark forest of the7lrgonne blazed with ' i
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my barrage. - Chateau Uhierr y crumbled to my cannonade.. Under ,
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� 4 , .0 the arches of victory 1 marched in legion -1 was there! • : I am the Guard. 4 r0 .. ""r
°, 16owed briefly on the grim Corregidor, then saw the light of liberation shine on the faces
{" of my comrades. - -,. `through the jungle and on the beaches, I fought the enemy, beat, ' .._
>. battered and broke him. tops: I raised our banner to the serene air on Okinawa- I
, scrambled over Normandy's 6eaches -1 was there!... I am the Guard. - � ''Across
the 38th Parallel 1 made my stand. . : I flew MIG 7111ey- I was there!... - * ' + - "
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oldier in war, civilian in peace ... 1 am the Guard. -41R j'. °,, N .
1 was at Johnstown, where the raging waters boomed down the Galley.:
1 cradled the crying child in my arms and saw the terror leave her eyes. •per I moved ��`
through smoke and flame at Oexas City. - : Uhe stricken knew the comfort of ..,-?7.: ; :7:7
, my skill- I dropped the food that fed the starving beast on the frozen fields of the i '
, west and through the towering drifts 1 ploughed to rescue the marooned. • : 1 have
*( ` _ faced forward to the tornado, the typhoon, and the horror of the hurricane and flood - 04►
' these things I know -I was there! ...1 am the Guard. •fir 1 have brought a more
abundant, a fuller, a finer life to our youth. • : Wherever a strong arm and valiant* '`
spirit must defend the Nation, in peace or war, wherever a child cries, or a woman ._ --
Weeps in time of disaster, there 1 stand ... 1 am the Guard. : For three centuries a . I.
a soldier in war, a civilian in peace- of security and honor, 1 am the custodian, now and �_ 4 '
f orever...1 am the Guard. 411#01,,.
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