MEMBER BLOG TAG: beirut
| Sunday, November 9, 2008 6:29PM | | | | Happy Birthday, Marines! | Tags: Reagan, Beirut, World Court, Terrorism
| | | | Today, November 10, marks the two hundred and thirty-third birthday of the Marine Corps. 1775-2008. The Marine Corps is my second religion and it under-girds, sometimes in questionable ways, my first religion: Christianity as represented by the Baptist Church. November 10 has special meaning to me and to thousands of other Marines and former Marines. Whenever possible I try to celebrate the birthday with comrades, the long line of the faithful who have served, suffered and died for this beloved nation.
I always choke up a little at the sight of the brave who wore the eagle, globe and anchor, some without limbs, fingers, toes; some in wheel chairs, all with visible or invisible scars; and sight of the brave who presently wear the emblem and... | | | | | |
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