17-5-30 Garand Picture of the Day

[Bob Seijas]

Well it's Tommy this and Tommy that,
And chuck 'im out, the brute.
But it's Savior of 'is Country
When the guns begin to shoot!

True in the 1800's and still true.

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[Mark in Rochester]

Well it's Tommy this and Tommy that,
And chuck 'im out, the brute.
But it's Savior of 'is Country
When the guns begin to shoot!

True in the 1800's and still true.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_(Kipling_poem)

"Tommy" is an 1890 poem[1] by Rudyard Kipling, reprinted in his 1892 Barrack-Room Ballads.[2] The poem addresses the ordinary British soldier of Kipling's time in a sympathetic manner.[3] It is written from the point of view of such a soldier, and contrasts the treatment they receive from the general public during peace and during war.