Tell Dad Not To Worry

Stories & Poems About War

In Memory

Pvt William Niader

K.I.A. June 12, 1945

Kunishi Ridge, Okinawa

TELL DAD NOT TO WORRY

Tell Dad not to worry as I go in the fight;

My buddies and I will be all right.

We trained and trained to win this war;

No country on earth will push us anymore.

Though we might be frightened by the enemy unseen,

We have on our side God who is supreme.

As the shells come screaming and the bullets come fast,

Nothing can stop us for we are in combat at last.

Some men are hit and cry out in pain;

For them the battle is over, and they are never the same.

As my buddies and I get near our goal,

A shell hits me, and I’ll never grow old.

I’ll never get married and have a wife;

I’ll never have children, the joy of my life.

There are so many things I wanted to see,

But fate stepped in; it will never be.

My battle has ended, but my comrades go on;

Nothing can stop them until the enemy is gone.

They pick up the wounded and bury the dead;

Then a telegram is sent where it will be read.

Tell Dad not to worry and Mom not to cry;

We’ll meet in Heaven as the years go by.

Frank Niader

807 Van Houten Ave.

Clifton, NJ 07013

June 2000