Don't be a fool and die for your country. Let the other sonofabitch die for his. -- General George S. Patton
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November 10, 2004Happy Birthday USMC!The Marine Corps celebrates its 229th birthday today. And with that in mind, Mamamontezz sent me a link to this story from the New York Post: FORTUNATE SON Click Continue Reading for the rest of this amazing story. The United States Marine Corps is a relatively small elite group of true patriots. The brave men and women of the USMC have been kicking ass and taking names for Uncle Sam and Lady Liberty for more than two centuries. Happy Birthday USMC! SlagleRock Out! And that's when Mindy really learned about the Marines. When Mark's buddies came back from Iraq, they wrote her as they might their own moms, and Mindy flew out to the base at 29 Palms, Calif., to spend some time with them. The young Marine recruiter who was in Burlington when Mark was killed recently invited Mindy to his wedding — and insisted on seating her in the row reserved for his family. The sergeant-major whom Cpl. Evnin was driving when he was killed invited Mindy to his wedding. And on the first anniversary of Mark's death earlier this year, Marines sent her a bouquet of crimson-and-gold. (Actually, they had them delivered the day before, so she wouldn't be disturbed that painful day.)
"I was able to relate to him," she says, "because he describes himself as a Volvo-driving eastern-establishment parent who did not know anyone in the military before his son enlisted, and whose friends wondered what was wrong with his son's private-school education that allowed this to happen." Like Frank Schaeffer, Mindy was well aware of the Marine reputation for ferocity in battle. Nothing either has learned since changes that. But they have also learned what few outside the corps seem to appreciate: That Marines' heroics have mostly to do with the courage and pluck shown in looking out for one's fellow Marine. So, the next time you hear of a hopelessly polarized America, remember Cpl. MarK Evnin, USMC, and the life he freely gave for something larger than himself. And on this special birthday, with Marines fighting for Fallujah, remember too the Jewish mother in Vermont, a self-described product of the '60s, whose car now sports a bumper sticker that not so long ago would have been inconceivable: Proud Parent of a U.S. Marine. Comments
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