Facts from the past
Over one-and-a-half million US airmen, soldiers and sailors were stationed in
the United Kingdom by May 1944, according to Realm magazine. Over 6,700 young
Americans died flying from bases in Essex, Cambridge and Suffolk. In a D-Day
practice in Devon, German boats sank two landing crafts with the loss of 749
men. Thousands of Americans are buried in Britain, graves marked with white
marble memorials.  Cambridge cemetery contains 3,812 American dead. And there
are records of 5,126 whose remains were never found. In Surrey there are 468
American graves.
This same article in Realm points out that"the alliance forged between
Britain and United States in that dark age of the Nazi and Japanese tyranny,
stands firm to this day. . ."  As an American, I wondering now, is that
really true?  I think this would be a wonderful topic for a poem.  I may try
to write it myself.  In the meantime, I would like to challenge you to write
it.  Sue