[sgtyork]

You gave us a real feel for a special man. We will overlook the marine language.

[rlmorel]

Thanks. I felt pretty bad about posting that language. I put in a request to a moderator to edit it for me.

I cut and pasted it from an essay I wrote on this and some of my other experiences in the USN, and thought I had already edited it.

It seems strange that I would include that language in tribute to a man I obviously respect, because many people view foul language as a weakness in character. Having spent some time around many people who use foul language, I do not think that is always the case, especially not in this case.

When I think of a US Marine, this is the man that is in my mind. Not Lou Gossett or some Hollywood thing, but Sgt. Major Douglass.