Posted by Another from the old breed on November 11, 1999 at 00:44:34:
In Reply to: Re: Happy Birthday Marines! (long) posted by Doug Palmer on November 10, 1999 at 18:37:59:
"I was that which others did not want to be. I went where others feared to go, and did what others failed to do. I asked nothing from those who gave nothing and reluctantly accepted the thought of eternal lonliness should I fail. I have seen the face of terror, felt the stinging cold of fear, and enjoyed the sweet taste of a moments love. But most of all I have lived times others would say were best forgotten. At least some day I will be able to say, I was proud of what I was and always will be.... A UNITED STATES MARINE"
I ask all of you who drive these Dodge Trucks to take a moment on Veterans Day tomorrow and think of the sacrifice that the men who drove these things in the not so best of times made. You own a peice of history. Maby drive it into town and around the block so that others will remember also.
"Freedom has a special meaning for those of us who have fought for it, that the protected shall never know"