FOR ADAM – GRADUATION USMAPS 5-23-03

They warned you that the route was rough
With danger at each curve,
That all who try it must be tough
And have a lot of nerve.

No more would your life be your own---
T’would be your country’s now---
But all the promise that you’ve shown
Would formulate somehow.

Instead of what you left behind,
Freedom, home life, beauty,
Three vows would dominate your mind:
COUNTRY, HONOR, DUTY.

You did not flinch nor flip your lid
But kept the prize in view
And stayed the course - - - You did it, kid,
And we’re sure proud of you!

--Helen J. Ewoldsen