Corpsman Up!

[thedrifter]

MSgt Tom Bartlett


Up at the front and filled with fear,
He pleads with God, "Don't leave me here!"
Wounded and bleeding, and hunched with pain,
Thrown on his back in the mud and rain.
Others went down, some hit; all scared.
No one moved; no one dared!
We'd moved swiftly through the paddy mire,
And then it happened; enemy fire!


It's "Corpsman Up!" when things get hot.
The nearest thing to God we got.
"Corpsman Up!" to save a breath;
"Corpsman up!" in the face of death.
Stop the bleeding; treat for shock.
No time for hesitation, "Doc."
Patch him up and get him back;
Back to the rear; call a medevac.


Operating room well lit and clean;
Doctors waiting, dressin green.
Operate with speed and skill;
Experts with determined will.
Save lives or limbs to save dreams
No matter how impossible it seems,
Work on in sweat and mud and grime;
To save a life...there's not much time!


You joined the Navy to learn your trade,
And went to school, and made the grade.
It's "Corpsman up!" when rounds are flyin;
"Corpsman up!" when men are dying.
You're one of us, a grunt or grit;
Like it or not, you just can't quit.
"Corpsman up!" Step out of ranks!
"Corpsman up!"-and accept our thanks.



Sempers,

Roger

[thedrifter]

From the halls of Montezuma
First words of a famous song,
When Marines go into battle,
A Navy corpsman goes along.

From its very beginning
The Corps has steadily grown,
Ant the attitude of a Marine is
"we take care of our own."

Marines may give up their water
Or even their last bean,
But never their Navy corpsman
Wearing the Marine Corps green.

When Marines and their corpsman
are standing side by side,
The first thing you notice
Is the sharing of their pride.

If you are looking for trouble
Of a kind you've never seen,
Attack their Navy Corpsman,
The one in Marine Corps green.

Ed Becker
Thank God for our Corpsman



Sempers,

Roger