In January 1943, there appeared in a Negro newspaper this "Draftee's Prayer":
Dear Lord, today
I go to war:
To fight, to die, Tell me what for?
Dear Lord, I'll fight, I do not fear, Germans or Japs;
My fears are here.
America!
Dear Lord, today
I go to war:
To fight, to die, Tell me what for?
Dear Lord, I'll fight, I do not fear, Germans or Japs;
My fears are here.
America!
( Howard Zinn )
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