[RaceBannon]

I just cannot believe I was one of them.

Semper Fi!

[rbmillerjr]

Makes me proud to be an American and proud of this young Marine.

All the way Airborne.

[MudPuppy]

Ditto ~
"I just cannot believe I was one of them. "

Semper Fi!

[ErnBatavia]

Thanks for the Ping, Race....Semper Fi.

[risk]

Let it always be said of Americans when they fight, as British Colonel Frederick Baum said of John Stark's men at Burgoyne: "They fought more like hell-hounds than soldiers."

Baum died afterward.

[dd5339]

Thanks for the ping race....

Semper Fi

[tet68]

I just cannot believe I was one of them.

Semper Fi!

You were and are, just like me, what we earned can never be taken away.


Semper Fi!

[Tennessee_Bob]

One of my co-workers is over there now - Lance Corporal C (withholding the full name for obvious reasons). He's in 2nd BN, 2D, Marine Weapons Company, deployed in and around Fallujah. He enlisted before it all kicked off and went in two months early when the Corps asked him to. One of the young women at work got a call from him today - she passed along the following message from him:

"...says that he is doing ok, and he hasn't been shot at for the past three days. He has been sleeping in the back of a truck or a humvee since he has been there. So it is not easy for him or the others who are there. Please take a few moments of you time and write him a little note of appreciation."

God love 'em all.