If you really want to get that speck of dust out of your eye, listen to this:
http://www.wlit.com/onair/audio/soldierssilentnight.mp3
(courtesy of Blackfive.net)
Edited to add credit info:
The poem was recorded as a tribute by Father Ted Berndt, a former Marine and Purple Heart recipient during World War II, currently residing in Dousman, Wisconsin for his daughter Ellen Stout, a Clear Channel radio personality.