The Nameless War
(By
WHIM-WHAM
[Mr. Roosevelt appealed for suggestions for a suitable name for the war. He said it was " thought that some terse term should be concocted which would be more descriptive of the war as one for the preservation of the democracies and the smaller peoples of the world; but how can you put all that into one wthe tive?" -Cable item.] ANTED, a single Word, Bitter enough to tell The Torment of a World at War, Noble enough to spell Love, Hate, Despair, and Hope, And make, through Mists of Pain, Some human Meaning plain. ANTED, an Adjective Apt, challenging, and clear, Denoting What we fight, and Why, Our Courage and our FearNo Jargon from a Speech, Or Cliché to conceal What Men and Women feel! ANTED, the only Term Adequate to define A War that forces all Mankind Into the Battle Line, That gives no Man the Choice Of Where or When to fight, Of heavy Load or light. [Y/ANTED, in fact, a Name For War on such a Scale That History may well be dumb And common Language fail! Let it be nameless, till, Peace earned and Service done, We’ve Time to think of one!
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 147, 17 April 1942, Page 4
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201The Nameless War New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 147, 17 April 1942, Page 4
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