Special Forces Green Beret Store Logo

I CAN'T TELL YOU WHERE I'M GOING

By Rudy Kovar
for Sergeant 1st Class Dan Petithory and all Green Berets

I can't tell you where I'm going ... but I'm going off to war
To a land beyond the sunrise where I've never been before.
I can't tell you where I'm going ... for Freedom is my right.
I can't tell you of my mission in the darkness of the night.
But wherever I am going I will serve among the brave
For the honor of Old Glory and America to save.
And if I fall in battle and the wave of death is sure,
I can't tell you where I'm going when I knock on Heaven's door.
Remember I'm a Green Beret ... spoiling for a fight-
A warrior for Democracy and for my Nation's Might.
And when my flag is half-mast gently blowing in the breeze,
I am no more at attention ... I am gone ... and now at ease.
And one day we will meet again upon that golden shore
'Cause I know where I'm going ... and you know where I'm going.
Folks, we all know I am going into God's Arms once more...


THE STORY BEHIND THIS TRIBUTE POEM
Thank you for your interest in my poem. While I have had plays performed, I very seldom write poetry ... only when I feel somewhat compelled by an event or situation.

After the fatal accident of the 3 Green Berets, I was watching TV and I heard the father of Daniel Petithory say that Dan had told him that he could not tell him where he was going. The phrase "I can't tell you where I'm going" leaped out at me and I felt as if Daniel Petithory was somehow asking me to relay his inner thought to his Dad.

   I went to my computer and wrote it in about fifteen minutes on 12/6/01. I revised it a little on 12/7/01 and sent it to my friend at Ghelove@Aol.com, asking Phillip to send it out for me, as he is more knowledgeable about such things. I also asked my friends at Kaiser Hospital in Los Angeles to send it out.

I must say that I am quite surprised at the great response I am getting from all who have heard it. My friends Rita, Marilyn and Brigette all got misty eyed. So I feel that my brother, Daniel Petithory and his buddies must be all very pleased in heaven.

Marilyn thinks that it will become somewhat of a little poem that the Green Berets can carry in their wallets because it tells it like it is. I thank you greatly for your interest.

I did some acting in Hollywood years ago. You can see me in a movie called "Doctor Detroit" with Dan Aykroyd. I am the tall baldheaded limo driver with a moustache.

I would be most happy if you can forward it to the family of Daniel Petithory because it may sound crazy but I feel that this is what Dan wants. I am always playing jokes on my friends and it seems that Dan was the same type.

From the personal collection of:

Rudolf Kovar
rudolfmukunda@aol.com
1801 North Garfield Place, Apt 25
Hollywood, California 90028
December 2001

[ Close This Window ]

Home


Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!

Contact Us