{"id":458,"date":"2026-09-08T15:09:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T15:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/191ahc.com\/?page_id=458"},"modified":"2026-09-08T15:09:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T15:09:19","slug":"called-to-duty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/191ahc.com\/?page_id=458","title":{"rendered":"Called to Duty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>by Melissa J. Miller<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Called to Duty,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You answered that call<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You trained and learned then were<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Delivered to a foreign land<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The grass was green and lush waving in the wind<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the sound \u201cwhap, whap, whap\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;of a gunship or slick cutting through the wind<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The door gunner pre-checks his ammo and weapons;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Crew Chief checks the gunner,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pilot and co-pilot pre-check the gunship or slick<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">all is ready to go..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;Mission is known, preps are made,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Off into the sunset or sunrise you go<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the grass Green and lush waving in the wind<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Out on a mission, the sound of the gunship or slick&nbsp;blades cutting the wind with a \u201cwhap, whap, whap\u201d overhead, the blades of grass leaning against the force wind of the gunship or slick as she rises into the air<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">on her way to danger<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sound of the blades \u201cwhap, whap, whap\u201d is all you hear\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a defying sound that cuts to the soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the grass Green and lush waving in the wind<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You compete your mission and return, a success by all you know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the grass Green and lush waving in the wind<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">silent to the \u201cwhap, whap, whap\u201d of blades of a gunship or slick<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You do this day by day, night by night, over and over, when will it ever end you ask?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But still you repeat it, until ordered to stop<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the grass Green and lush waving in the wind<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">silent to the \u201cwhap, whap, whap\u201d of blades of a gunship or slick<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mission, after mission, after mission, with&nbsp;no relief in sight<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the grass Green and lush waving in the wind<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">silent to the \u201cwhap, whap, whap\u201d of blades of a gunship or slick<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Losing friends, brothers and heroes as you go day by day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the grass Green and lush waving in the wind<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">silent to the \u201cwhap, whap, whap\u201d of blades of a gunship or slick<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those lost are never forgotten<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the grass Green and lush waving in the wind<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">silent to the \u201cwhap, whap, whap\u201d of blades of a gunship or slick<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Standing still is the granite with the names of those who sacrificed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Is a wall cold and black<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the green and lush grass that waves in the wind<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now silent to the \u201cwhap, whap, whap\u201d of blades of a gunship or slick<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">===============================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Copyright 2004, Melissa J. Miller, All Rights Reserved<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">===============================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Melissa is the daughter of&nbsp;<strong>Richard A. Weske<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her Father was Killed in Action 21 MAY 1968 with the 191st AHC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She serves today in the U.S. Navy overseas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Melissa J. 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