Reply #6: My compliments and well wishes [View All]

[frogcycle]

to your son, and congratulations on having a son to be proud of.

Coming from a family of Marines, I can only say Semper Fi!

It is hard, very hard, when the entire premise for even having a military is being perverted by the evil cabal that has taken over our once-great nation, to think of anything other than that and all the bad that goes with it.

But the slogan "the few, the proud, the Marines" does have real meaning. The Corps has a long tradition of being ready and able to defend our nation, to do the right thing. Be proud that he is a member, and wish him well.

The risk of his being sent to combat and becoming a casualty is "out there," of course. Just don't dwell on it. The risk of his being hit by a bus if he left the corps is out there too.

The current debacle will end some how, some way. And even if he does go, he is much more likely to come home safe and sound than not.

Tell him I salute him on behalf of my Dad, who entered the Corps just before the breakout of WWII, spent 3-1/2 years "deployed," went on to spend 18 months in Korea including the Inchon landing and winter at Chosin Reservoir, completed his 20 years without a scratch and lived another 40 years.