The Hills of Bastogne

I'm feeling lucky to find out a poem in the game manual of Medal of Honor Allied Assault Spearhead Expansion Pack, it's just all about the 101 Airborne Division in Bastogne, Belgium, all about what we saw in the miniseries "Band of Brothers".

"The Hills of Bastogne"
by Bernard J. McKearney
from the book "Rendezvous with Destiny, A History of the 101st Airborne Division"
by Leonard Rapport and Arthur Northwood, Jr.

THE HILLS OF BASTOGNE

The crops should be full in Belgium this year,
The soil should be fertile, but the price has been dear,
The wheat should be red on the hills of Bastogne,
For its roots have been drenched by the blood of our own.
Battered and reeling we stand in their way,
It's here we are, and here we will stay.
Embittered, wrathful, we watch our pals fall,
God, where's the end, the end of all?
Confident and powerful, they strike at out lines,
But we beat them back, fighting for time.
Berserk with fury, they are hitting us now,
Flesh against steel – we'll hold – but now?
For each day that we stay, more mothers must grieve,
For each day hill that we hold more men must we leave.
Yes, honor the men who will some day come home,
But pray for the men 'neath the hills of Bastogne.