Any suggestions on poems about young soldiers regarding what they can and cannot do because of their age?

Question

I read a poem on Veterans day about young soldiers and how they weren't "dry behind the ears," how they were too young to drink a beer, and just barely out of high school, but were going off to war. I have no idea who the author of the poem was. I need to use a poem for a paper about young soldiers, and I can't seem to find the poem anywhere. If you have any idea what this poem may be, or have any other ideas for me, your help would be appreciated!

Answer 1

Rudyard Kipling?
http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/1146.html

Ideas about young soldiers galore here:
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politicians and wars

the privileged sit in palaces; their kids, in ivory towers
far removed from the drums of war; they swear heaven and earth
with rhetoric pointing fingers; with drama pounding their chests
challenging fellow maniacs to battle on glass tables

only to unleash their young men and women to war
non, their own; nor of blue blood
kids, by law, who cannot buy beer, nor a cigarette
but empowered at whim to shoulder the course of nations

enticed with carrots cleverly denied them
college, health care, travel, freedom
benefits that should come with equity and justice
kids without hope, nor a credit card to their names

over, they emerge to take credits; the spoils of war
with choreographed photo shoots on top of tanks
waving, smiling hard for the camera
surrounded by a sea of soldiers
forced to attend to make politicians look good

pvt churchill, a. (royal navy, london)

The link below is by far the best: