He heard the call to action
He joined the navy at 18
He sailed the deep Pacific waters
And there he rests for you and me
He was my mother’s uncle Calvin
I never knew him in the flesh
I only heard about the legend
of a man who gave his best
He wore the uniform with honor
Below the decks with courage served
And when the mighty ship was damaged
To the bottom he submerged
it was a mighty kamikaze
The very 1st to sink a ship
poor Calvin didn’t see it coming
When the big Saint Lo was hit
on this day, we always remember
Those who died for you and me
I For one remember Calvin
My dear uncle in the sea.
He heard the call to action
He joined the navy at 18
He sailed the deep Pacific waters
And there he rests for you and me