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~ Hall of Heroes: Clyde Lassen ~
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Had a great visit to the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Virginia yesterday with my son John. (John is my youngest at fifteen.) We concentrated on the Vietnam War and WWI Galleries. John took about 200 pictures and was very interested in the exhibits.
Beforehand we went for an early lunch at the Globe & Laurel. The Globe & Laurel is a legendary restaurant and pub founded by Major Rick Spooner, USMC in Quantico in 1968. I was stationed at the Naval Hospital in Quantico at the time and was one of his earliest customers. I frequently closed him down at midnight with my friend, HM/3 John Lesko, another FMF Corpsman and Purple Heart veteran of the Vietnam War.
Major Spooner was present while we were there and I was able to introduce John to him as well as to have a nice conversation with the Major. I'm glad to have had the opportunity to do so - He is a veteran of WWI, Korea and Vietnam, a great Marine and one of the finest gentlemen it has been my privilege and good fortune to know.
John is interested in becoming a Marine - I would be most proud if he did. I told him that if they asked him why he wanted to join the Corps to tell them that his daddy was an FMF corpsman with the magnificent 3rd Battalion, Fifth Marines and the his grandad (Mrs. MacNessa's dad) was a Marine who served in the Pacific in WWII. I hope he is able to continue the family tradition.
Etiam non princeps sed usque ad genua, Principis Pacis! 
Thank you, Commander Lassen, for your gallant service to our nation. May you have fair winds and a following sea.