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1 posted on 12/30/2008 9:45:44 PM PST by SmithL
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2 posted on 12/30/2008 9:46:57 PM PST by SmithL (Drill Dammit!)
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RIP.


3 posted on 12/30/2008 9:55:56 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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95 is a helluva good run.

Godspeed.


6 posted on 12/30/2008 10:47:50 PM PST by period end of story
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Semper Fidelis Brute.


7 posted on 12/30/2008 10:54:46 PM PST by LimaLimaMikeFoxtrot ("If you don't have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we'll eat your mules up, sir"-Gen.Sherman)
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To: SmithL
I only met "the Brute" once in 1967 while I was in traction, recovering from a gunshot wound in the Camp Pendleton Naval Hospital. He was touring the wards and when he got to my bed, he hit his head on one of the supports of my traction rig.

I made the titanic mistake of saying "Shoot Sir, I need to put a rotating red light on that thing: you're the third General Officer today to hit his head on it".

He was not pleased with my Lance Corporal impertinence and I was treated to a full display of Brute's legendary temper.

A bit later, I received a medal for an action in Vietnam and I noted with warmth that Gen Krulak had signed it. That signed citation is one of my treasured possessions. He was one hell of a Marine.

Fair winds and following seas, Brute!

Semper Fi

9 posted on 12/31/2008 3:05:44 AM PST by Chinstrap61a
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Fair winds and following seas, General.
Another warrior is finally at peace.


10 posted on 12/31/2008 4:39:39 AM PST by 2nd Bn, 11th Mar (The "P" in Democrat stands for patriotism.)
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A must read for all Americans.

Rest In Peace, Brute.

12 posted on 12/31/2008 4:58:27 PM PST by A.A. Cunningham
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SEMPER FI SIR


13 posted on 06/23/2015 5:00:18 PM PDT by TomasUSMC (FIGHT LIKE WW2, WIN LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM.)
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Ping.


14 posted on 06/23/2015 5:03:30 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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