A little old Lady,just like Granny........
She manned a machine-gun post once,on the Kent coast
Plotted the course of enemy aircraft.
Flew Spitfires,Hurricanes sometimes even Bombers.
Made bombs in a factory.
Was in the S.O.E.and parachuted behind enemy lines.
Worked at Bletchley Park and helped crack the Enigma.
Looked after her family and lived on meagre money and rations.
Went to War-zones and looked after the wounded as a Nurse.
She just got up in the morning and got on with it.
She risked her life this little old Lady who looks just like a Granny.
A frail old man who looks just like Grandad.......
He got shot at while running up the Normandy beaches...never forgot that day.
Flew Spitfires,Hurricanes and Bombers....didn't expect to live long.
Was in a P.O.W. camp in Singapore,treated worse than an animal.
Manned Anti-Aircraft Guns.
Sailed one of the 'Little Ships' that rescued thousands.
Was saved at Dunkirk.
Buried friends
Was on the Russian convoys,lost fingertips due to frostbite.
Lived day to day,hour to hour,minute to minute.
He got up each day and got on with it.
He risked his life this frail old man who looks just like a Grandad.
They both survived.
Never asked for thanks and probably never got any.
They got Married.
Got jobs and rented a Home.
Had a Family.
Lived their lives as best they could.
We are here,because of them.
What have WE done?.....

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