War - Ww2 - No Surrender On The Trail Poem by Paul Warren

A veteran of the Kokoda Trail in war of 1942
The 39th Battalion Digger who survived through
When interviewed about what the combat was like
'You see that there was No Surrender in that fight'

They fought the Japanese in a fighting retreat
As it is now recognised by all as quite a feat
And when the troops returned to the Trail
They found their captured mates killed without fail

'You see that there was No Surrender to the Japanese'
Anyone whom they caught they killed as they please
It outraged the Diggers and hardened their resolve
As the battle raged and the Japanese defence dissolved

© Paul Warren Poetry