Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Hua!




























I never realized the Iwo Jima memorial is really a memorial to all fallen Marines from the Revolutionary War forward.


I never realized how BIG this memorial was till I stood next to it tonight.




I never realized how many wars we fought till I saw the list circle the base of the memorial, and start over again on the next side.

And when someone-who-shall-remain nameless asked her dad "Didn't you used to be a Marine?" he replied "Once a Marine, always a Marine, kid."


Hua, Pop. And thanks.

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8 comments:

  1. Mark Koopmans6/18/13, 7:36 AM

    The Few.

    The Proud.

    The Marines.

    God bless 'em all :)

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  2. Leigh Caron6/18/13, 7:41 AM

    My first husband was a marine who fought in Vietnam. He'll always be a hero to me.

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  3. Gayle Carline6/18/13, 10:39 AM

    It's a common mistake for people to talk about someone being an "ex-Marine." According to my (retired) Marine friends, the only ex-Marine was Lee Harvey Oswald.

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  4. Anonymous6/18/13, 10:59 AM

    I had a boss who was a marine and though fifteen years had passed since he'd been active, he still talked about it and called himself a Jarhead quite willingly.

    I feel like I can never say thank you enough...to all servicemen and women.

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  5. Simon Hay6/18/13, 11:26 PM

    I stood beside a war memorial in Perth, WA, this week. I'm always affected by the names of the fallen. "Lest we forget."
    I had someone ask me, how many wars had Australians served in? All of them. :(

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  6. Rachel Schieffelbein6/19/13, 10:05 AM

    Love that. Ooh rah!

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  7. Jennifer McAndrews6/19/13, 10:17 AM

    Semper Fi

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  8. Tabitha (Pabkins)6/21/13, 12:37 AM

    HUA is right!

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