Posted on 01/10/2005 4:20:45 PM PST by tryon1ja
This is a poem being sent from a Marine to his Dad. For those who take the time to read it, you'll see a letter from him to his Dad at the bottom. It makes you truly be tankful for not only the Marines, but ALL of our troops.
This is a poem being sent from a Marine to his Dad. For those who take the time to read it, you'll see a letter from him to his Dad at the bottom. It makes you truly be thankful for not only
the Marines, but ALL of our troops.
THE MARINE
We all came together,
Both young and old
To fight for our freedom,
To stand and be bold.
In the midst of all evil,
We stand our ground,
And we protect our country
From all terror around.
Peace and not war,
Is what some people say.
But I'll give my life,
So you can live the American way.
I give you the right
To talk of your peace.
To stand in your groups,
and protest in our streets.
But still I fight on,
I don't bitch, I don't whine.
I'm just one of the people
Who is doing your time.
I'm harder than nails,
Stronger than any machine.
I'm the immortal soldier,
I'm a US MARINE!
So stand in my shoes,
And leave from your home.
Fight for the people who hate you,
With the protests they've shown.
Fight for the stranger,
Fight for the young.
So they all may have,
The greatest freedom you've won.
Fight for the sick,
Fight for the poor.
Fight for the cripple,
Who lives next door.
But when your time comes,
Do what I've done.
For if you stand up for freedom,
You'll stand when the fight's done.
By: Corporal Aaron M. Gilbert,
US Marine Corps
USS SAIPAN, PERSIAN GULF
March 23, 2003
Hey Dad,
Do me a favor and label this "The Marine" and send it to everybody on your email list. Even leave this letter in it. I want this rolling all over the U.S. I want every home reading it.
Every eye seeing it. And every heart to feel it. So can you please send this for me? I would but my email time isn't that long and I don't have much time anyway. You know what Dad? I wondered what it would be like to truly understand what JFK said in
His inaugural speech.
"When the time comes to lay down my life for my country, I do not cower from this responsibility. I welcome it."
Well, now I know. And I do. Dad, I welcome the opportunity to do what I do. Even though I have left behind a beautiful wife, and I will miss the birth of our first born child, I would do it 70 times over to fight for the place that God has made for my
home.
I love you all and I miss you very much. I wish I could be there when Sandi has our baby, but tell her that I love her, and Lord willing, I will be coming home soon. Give Mom a great big hug from me and give one to yourself too.
Aaron
If this touched you as much as it touched me, please forward it on. Let's help Aaron's Dad to spread the word...FREEDOM isn't FREE, someone pays for you and me.
Dick and Merlene Carlson,
1109 North Main Street,
Winterport, Maine, 04496-3418.
"We can't change the winds but we can adjust our sails."
Wow, this is wonderful. DId you post it at the Canteen?
No, I recieved it from an old friend.
If I ping you to the Canteen, would you mind posting it over there. I know it would be appreciated.
Beautiful!!!!
I am a newby to the boards and I am not sure I understand what ping means but am willing if I can.
Could you ask the moderator to change the typo in the title so others will notice it? I actually thought this might be a Catholic thread.
Whose address is that?
It is very nice -- I've asked the mod to fix the title.
Wow.....thanks for posting this, it's beautiful. I've already started the e-mailing
"I am a newby to the boards and I am not sure I understand what ping means but am willing if I can."
Ping means send the thread to someone else. And example. Lets ay I want to send the article to you, tryon1ja.
I would click on the person who posted, in the "reply to" which of course is you in this case. After you click on the "reply to" and get the message window, I would change the "TO:" to the person I wanted to send the article to, which again in this case is you. You could ping to yourself and me for instance by putting tryon1ja;Marine_Uncle in the upper box.
Then in the "Your Reply:" box type in ping
and then post it.
Obviously you can try this by sending yourself the article just to prove it works as suggested.
Welcome aboard.
And may the good Lord in His loving ways and infinite wisdom bring this Marine home safe in mind and body to his loved ones after he completes his deployment serving with honor and conviction. God bless all our military put into harms way.
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