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FROM THE ASHES

DOOM

4/25/2021

 
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#anzac
Today (April 25th) is ANZAC Day. The Crater Battle is a reference to the infamous Battle of the Crater (on July 30th 1864). Hill 60 is a reference to a "low rise in the foothills on the north-western end of ANZAC together will supporting offensive against the W Hills represented the last major Allied offensive operation on the Peninsula." A Crouching Beast refers to Hill 937 aka Hamburger Hill or known locally as Dong Ap Bia ("the mountain of the crouching beast") during the Vietnam conflict. Hill 400, aka Castle Hill, was a strategic position in the Hürtgen forest (1KM from Bergstein, Germany). During the winter of 1944-45, a combination of bad weather, thick forest, and steep slopes resulted in its transformation of the environment. All of these positions were known as places of "living hell" for all involved.
Conclusion:
"Crater of Doom" is a war poem.
​Crater of Doom​
It's a funny thing
                               To pray through death
                                                                        to catch your breath
                                               wanna rest or
                                                                              Chippewa chant
Can't breathe
Chest heaves
Through a straw and Saw
You did it all
While they sat and 
Watched in awe
One hundred degree temps, OPTEMPO &
OPSEC
Feel like a wreck
And the wreckage is age and experience
Gas in cheap this week, but the streets are empty
And green tea isn't helping unsee
Be oblivious to a buildup in the South China Sea
Or what 2ID carries
On their hips
This time we'll get whipped, a 
U.S. Grant
Chant. Sing. Dearest God,
We need our jobs
So much
Like a FOB, but ill will
Could still kill
My chance for an avalanche to wipe me clean
Off this 60th Hill, but remember me from Gallipoli 
Bergstein or a Crouching Beast
At Petersburg...blown to bits
When the shock from it and thrill is gone, I am 
Long overdue for a rescue or a grand display from 
Decatur Dorsey
But they hate you
For making us go through this again
Can't catch a breath, if we are always leading
The Charge
Going into a Crater of Doom
OTD in HISTORY
Do you know the Greek myth of the Crow, Cup and water snake? If so, you are on the way to understanding the meaning of the poem."
Maggs Vibo, 2021
Crouching Beast
Maggs Vibo · Going into a Crater of Doom
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