"IN GOD'S HANDS"
MEMORIAL PAGES

~REMEMBERING OUR HEROES~
~WORLD WAR 2 VETERANS~

~BENEDETTO CAMPIONE~
KILLED DURING THE NORMANDY INVASION
23RD BATTALION
COMPANY B
7TH REGIMENT
 

~BORN TO EARTH~
APRIL 15, 1925

~BORN TO HEAVEN~
AUGUST 12, 1944

BELOVED SON OF:
BENEDETTO & ROSALIA CAMPIONE

BELOVED BROTHER OF:
CONCETTA, BENEDETTA & SALVATORE

BELOVED UNCLE OF:
FELICIA, ROSALIE, PATRICIA, JOSEPH, MARK, 
CHRISTINE, SUZANNE & DAWN
 

The softness of their eyes
The way they loved us so
Tears they shed before us
When time for them to go

How proud to wear their hearts
Upon their chest and sleeves
Serving God and country
So many souls received

Fought with pride and honor
So fearless through the night
Stars above were twinkling
They fought with all their might

So proud of what they gave us
Sweet victory for all
Battled with great glory
So many to recall

Brave and fearless glory
What better lesson sought
Power to one nation
All our soldiers brought

Never will forget them
Those we left behind
Names forever honored
Each gift of life that binds

Praise to all our soldiers
Who fought for liberty
With loyal brave emotions
So we can all be free

Step up upon the mountain
Wave up to the sky
Closer to the Heavens
Our soldiers battle cry

Freedom now forever
With love this gift we gave
We salute you with such honor
America the brave

Wreath now placed in honor
For all the world to see
No greater gift was given
Than spirit of the free.

~Francine Pucillo~
©used with permission

Please Visit Francine's Web Site

 

~AFTERGLOW~
~AUTHOR UNKNOWN~
 

I'd like the memory of me to be a happy one.
I'd like to leave an afterglow of smiles 
when the day is done.
I'd like to leave an echo...
whispering softly down the ways.
Of happy times and laughing times 
and bright and sunny days.
I'd like the tears of those who grieve,
to dry before the sun.
Of happy memories that I leave behind when day is done.
 

~IF LOVE ALONE~
~AUTHOR UNKNOWN~
 

You never said, "I'm leaving."
You never said, "Good-bye."
You were gone before I knew it,
and only God knows why.
A million times I needed you,
a million times I cried.
If love alone could have saved you,
you never would have died.
In life I loved you dearly,
in death I love you still.
In my heart you hold a special place,
no one can ever fill.
It broke my heart to lose you,
but you didn't go alone
for part of me went with you,
that day God called you home.
 

"FROM A DISTANCE"
~BETTE MIDLER~

From a distance the world looks blue and green,
And the snow-capped mountains white
From a distance the ocean meets the stream,
 And the eagle takes to flight

 From a distance, there is harmony,
And it echoes through the land
It's the voice of hope, it's the voice of peace,
It's the voice of every man

From a distance we all have enough,
 And no one is in need
And there are no guns, no bombs, and no disease,
 No hungry mouths to feed

From a distance we are instruments
Marching in a common band
Playing songs of hope, playing songs of peace
They're the songs of every man
God is watching us, God is watching us
 God is watching us from a distance

From a distance you look like my friend,
 Even though we are at war
From a distance I just cannot comprehend
 what all this fighting is for

 From a distance there is harmony,
 And it echoes through the land
 And it's the hope of hopes, it's the love of loves,
it's the heart of every man

It's the hope of hopes, it's the love of loves
This is the song of every man
And God is watching us, God is watching us,
God is watching us from a distance
Oh, God is watching us, God is watching
God is watching us from a distance
 

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