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World WarsUnited States DayUnited States Day was celebrated in Paris on April 20, 1918. ... U S Destroyer _osmond C Ingram_ If you were standing on the deck of a patrol boat watching fo... The Soldiers Who Go To Sea If the army or the navy ever gaze on Heaven's scenes, Th... The Unspeakable Turk Although the great issues of the war were decided, and victor... The First To Fall In Battle During the trench warfare, it was customary to raid the enemy... Alsace-lorraine On slight pretext, Germany in 1864 and in 1866 had made wars ... The Yank The boche went into the war as a robber, the poilu as a crusa... A Congressional Message FROM PRESIDENT WILSON'S ANNUAL ADDRESS TO CONGRESS DECEMBE... President Wilson In France On December 14, 1918, President Wilson arrived in Paris. He ... Four Soldiers THE BOCHE The boche was chiefly what his masters made him.... Nations Born And Reborn In America, and in many other countries, people have listened... At The Front What one soldier writes, millions have experienced. At f... The United States At War--at Home When any nation declares war, it immediately brings upon itse... Where The Four Winds Meet There are songs of the north and songs of the south, A... Trees I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. ... Pershing At The Tomb Of Lafayette They knew they were fighting our war. As the months gr... The Quality Of Mercy There is an old saying, Like king, like people, which means t... Sergeant York Of Tennessee People will always differ as to what was the most remarkable ... The Capture Of Dun After the Americans had cleared the Saint Mihiel salient, Mar... The Secret Service The United States did not declare war till nearly three years... |
Where The Four Winds MeetThere are songs of the north and songs of the south, And songs of the east and west; But the songs of the place where the four winds meet Are the ones that we love the best. And where do the four winds meet? you ask. The answer is ready at hand-- Wherever our dear ones chance to be By air, or by sea, or land. So the sailor, keeping his midnight watch 'Mid icicles, snow, and sleet, Can think of a village near Portsmouth town As the place where the four winds meet. And mother, perhaps, and sweetheart true Pray hard for the North Sea Fleet, And harder still for the boy who's gone To his place, where the four winds meet. And the man on guard at the firing-step, 'Mid star-shells shimmering down, Can think of his home--where the four winds meet In some sheltered English town. And thoughts may fly to the distant trench, Whatever its name or street, For Somewhere in France seems far less vague If we add, where the four winds meet. And the pilot steers thro' the trackless waste While the engines throb and beat, Flouting surprise, with the army's eyes High up where the four winds meet. And to those who mourn comes a cheering cry, Which the angels in heaven repeat, Grieve not, brave hearts; we await you here-- Here, where the four winds meet. There are songs of the north and songs of the south, The east and the west complete; But here is a song of the place we love, Which is called, Where the four winds meet. GEOFFREY DALRYMPLE NASH. ******************* Next: The United States Marines Previous: Duty
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