My Uncle Calvin

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