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Martin Savidge of CNN, embedded with the 1st Marine battalion, was talking
with 4 young marines near his foxhole this morning live on CNN. He had been
telling the story of how well the marines had been looking out for and
taking care of him since the war started. He went on to tell about the many
hardships the marines had endured since the war began and how they all look after one another. He turned to the four and said he had cleared it with
their commanders and they could use his video phone to call home. The 19
year old marine next to him asked Martin if he would allow his platoon
sergeant to use his call to call his pregnant wife back home whom he had not
been able to talk to in two months. A stunned Savidge who was visibly
moved by the request shook his head and the young marine ran off to get the
sargeant. Savidge recovered after a few seconds and turned back to the three
young marines still sitting with him and asked which one of them would like
to call home first, the marine closest to him responded with out a moments
hesitation " Sir, if is all the same to you we would like to call the
parents of a buddy of ours, Lance Cpl Brian Buesing of Cedar Key, Florida
who was killed on 3-23-03 near Nasiriya to see how they are doing".
At that Martin Savidge totally broke down and was unable to speak. All he
could get out before signing off was "Where do they get young men like
this?".

Can anyone verify this?