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| "We're seeing history written with lightning" - call home from Marine |
| 2004-10-28 |
| (Hat tip: Lorie Byrd at polipundit.com) Marine Dad Tony M. asks "Lord...what kind of son have we raised?" His narrative about a recent phone call gives you a look into the mindset of one Marine . . . and there are so many more just like him. Another one of those calls out of the blue, Saturday afternoon (about 2 a.m., sandbox central time) We talked to Cpl Jeremy almost a half-hour. Amazing, in and of itself. But if you could've heard this kid. This was so inspiring, so scary, and so full of life... Cpl Jeremy said, once again, that he was fine. He said that his platoon has had about 1/3 casualties, but none of them were life threatening, during this tour. But he said, "I can't imagine a better time to be a Marine. We're seeing history written with lightning." And he talked at length about the whole esprit de corps, about how he was closer to his brother Marines than any bio brother he could've had. He talked about their hardships, their joys, about the pure exhiliration of being in the worst place in the worst country... He talked about IEDs, about how just about every convoy had experienced being bombed, but that the armor they had now was so effective ... he said that as long as you kept your head down, chances are you'd be fine... He talked about a buddy of his that a mortar round landed about 20 ft. away, and while shrapnel flew everywhere, this friend didn't even get so much as a scratch... And - VERY non-typically - he talked about the pride of being part of the best group of fighting men ever fielded. "I'll never, ever forget this," he said. He even (gasp!) talked about putting in some time as a RA while home at the end of this deployment. "None of those guys can say they've had two combat tours," he said. And he talked about "The Big One," what, to their minds, is just around the corner. "To think," says he, "that I may be part of one of the most significant offensives ever." Proud? You betcha. Scared? Witless. But, it seems to me that its not so much what kind of son WE'VE raised... it's how the United States Marine Corps has taken this shy, gangly, unassuming kid to the next level. I'm lost in admiration for him and his Corps. Semper Fi! |
| Posted by:Brett_the_Quarkian |
| #3 Told you this is what happens when you put your trust in the US govt. |
| Posted by: Grumpy Uncle Sam 2004-10-29 4:01:14 AM |
| #2 [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted] |
| Posted by: Grumpy Uncle Sam TROLL 2004-10-29 4:01:14 AM |
| #1 THANK YOU. Beautiful. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-10-28 11:39:28 PM |