That photo always reminds me of Ira Hayes and the song by Peter LaFarge, The Ballad of Ira Hayes.
Ira said:
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"How could I feel like a hero when only five men in my platoon of 45 survived, when only 27 men in my company of 250 managed to escape death or injury?"
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He died drunk early one morning,
Alone in the land he had fought
to save
Two inches of water in a lonely ditch,
was the grave for Ira Hayes.
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From The Ballad of Ira Hayes