[Perseverando]

A little USMC history lesson: 1st Bn., 9th Marines, aka "the Walking Dead."

(Long before the TV series.)

[PROCON]

Respect, thank you for your Service and sacrifice, Marine from an old Army RVN Vet!

[allendale]

People in combat units will risk their lives for their comrades even if they dislike them personally. Many soldiers have died heroically and unrecognized doing or trying to do what this brave, noble man did.

[Allegra]

God bless Cpl. Heller and God bless all of our vets. Thank you, Cpl. Heller. ♥️

[FoxInSocks]

“I didn’t do it for a Navy Cross. Hell, I had never even heard of a Navy Cross,” Heller said during the ceremony. “I appreciate everyone here. It’s been a long, long, winding road, but here I am. I just want to say how thankful I am. Semper Fi, and how ‘bout them Jarheads!”

haha awesome. Semper fi!

[ComputerGuy]

The Walking Dead is what 1/9 was known as, especially Bravo Company. On 7/2/67 they walked into the ultimate ambush and lost all their officers, all their Corpsmen and all of their NCOs but one. They told us to saddle up. We were supposed to be helicoptered in to help them. Our CO told HQ that four choppers was all we would need. Barely a month before, we took a stroll up Hill 881S. Over half of us didn't come back.

[Ronaldus Magnus III]

Our dad fought in WWII, Korea and Vietnam. Somehow he survived and returned home to help raise us seven kids. Dad had a drawer full of medals. Like most, he did not talk about it, other than to say all the medals just meant he was lucky. He said the real heroes did not return. He always loved the Marines and Special Forces.