The last paragraph in the story got me...hard.
"At the conclusion of the ceremony, the crowd stood, tears creasing faces and chills sprinting down spines during an acapella singing of the Marines’ Hymn. The last lines of the final verse finished, “if the Army and the Navy ever look on heaven’s scenes, they will find the streets are guarded by United States Marines.” The newest devil dog can began his first heavenly patrol."
MOD...Mis-spelled ‘Posthumously’ in the title...can you fix, please?
Semper Fi!
Semper Fi Devil pup!