THE TORCH IS PASSED
HM/3 FMF Travis L. Youngblood, USN
Regimental Combat Team 2, 2nd Marine Division
2nd Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward)
Died 21 July 2005 of Wounds Sustained in Afghanistan 15 July 2005
“Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage - and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world. Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.”
President John F. Kennedy - 20Jan1961
"Arm yourselves, and be ye men of valour,
and be in readiness for the conflict;
For it is better for us to perish in battle
than to look upon the outrage of our nation and our altar.
As the Will of God is in Heaven, even so let it be."
(1 Maccabees 3:58–60)
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