Will it view it as what happened at My Lai and the civil unrest here in the USA?
Will future historians looking back find words such as those below?
"Eight years ago, Tom Brokaw used the phrase 'fog of battle' to describe scenes of 9/11 - confusion and chaos left some virtually paralyzed with fear.
While others seemed to be to be guided or directed, seeing something or someone that others could not see.
I have seen this 'fog of battle' on playing fields as well as battlefields, where some seemed to be frozen while others seemed to be committed to a course of action.
They're the ones who would cause us to stand in awe and ask, 'How were they able to do this?'
The answer may be as simple as the dignity of man, the sense of duty or belief in teamwork.
'I have your back, and will never leave you behind.
There was a waning moon that night as we were trying to make our way out of that firefight.
We were badly beat up, the 4th Platoon fought its way to drag us out, and they weren't in much better shape.
Those who couldn't walk had to be carried, and the going was slow.
Eventually, it would take us six hours to get to a secure area.
Even though the adrenaline masked some of the pain, it was starting to go south.
I salute my bears for having to carry 180 pounds of moaning dead-weight through the night on a path made by some small furry creature.
They did as well as they could, but they, too, were only human.
They got tired and would lay me down until someone else would pick up the load.
"A few minutes later, out of the darkness, I saw a black hand reach down to pick me up," and in a low voice said 'I got you soldier'. "This man put me over his shoulder and carried me the rest of the way to the helicopter. Racism was never more turbulent than back in the 60s, but in those rice paddies, we were colorblind. We were Americans. I never found out his name. I thought for sure someone would come forward, but to this day no one ever did."
Like the playing field - wasn't about race, it was about your fellow man, the brotherhood of team."
- Rocky Bleier
This a part that history may have never known unless men like Rocky Bleier were here to write them.
It shows the goodness in all of mankind.
Which really should be the spirit of Christmas, not material things.
Here's wishing everybody that visits here;
Merry Christmas
When there is no room left on stone
To write the wrong
Or spell the sin
Who will name the dead?
- John Cory
To a Marine
Honor is loyalty and dedication to God,
Country, Corps, Family, and Self.
When a member of the military died, he took another piece of America with him.
How many more pieces can we lose before we become totally lost ourselves?
- John Cory
TO THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES'
AND THOSE WHO SERVED BEFORE,
THAT OTHERS MAY SAY PROUDLY
I AM A MARINE!
Semper Fidelis
Ricardo
Not as Lean, or as Mean, but Always A Marine!
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