John mccrae

Canadian surgeon John McCrae is best known for his First World War poem In Flanders Fields. But he was also remarkable in other ways.

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In Flanders fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, flyScarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who dieWe shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders…

DENNIS JOHN MANNION is honored on Panel 19E, Row 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC. DENNIS JOHN MANNION is from LAWRENCE, MA and served as a PFC in the MARINE CORPS.

While some think he's from Montreal, others think he's a Brit, the story of soldier, doctor and poet John McCrae traces back to Guelph, Ontario.

War poet John McCrae, who helped make the poppy an enduring symbol of the sacrifices of the First World War, now has his own enduring monument.

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JOHN FREDERICK TILLOU JR is honored on Panel 9W, Row 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC. JOHN FREDERICK TILLOU JR is from YUMA, AZ and served as a CPL in the ARMY.