To Our Servicemen Poem by John Anderson

They humbly stand before us
like people that I know
But our glory is from the heart
of these people called to go

Good towns and families raised them
until the nation called
And traded all to fight for freedom
to tear down bloody walls

Those who stand before us
most I've never met.
But I feel that I owe them
from the freedom that they've sent

The cost our freedom paid
our friends of unknown names
They fought for what they stand for
when passion dignifies claim

If I could list all those I owe
a list that wouldn't stop
These people that I'd like to know
would be upon the top

From all these people I'd like to know
when I pray for our salvation,
please give to us the qualities they have
that gave freedom to our nation