A Must Read

[najaf4life]

I was just going thru some paper work for the VA... and well came upon a news article that my mom had printed off while I was in Iraq the first time.. As soon as I started to read it... I knew what it was about Just wanted to share with you all the short little story... The story came from my Unit I was with 1/7...


CNN live inerview with Martin Savidge on Sunday, 30 March 2003:

Martin Savidge of CNN, embedded with the 1st Marine Battalion, 1st Marine Division, was talking with 4 young Marines near his foxhole this morning live on CNN. He had been telling the story of how well the Marines had been looking out for and taking care of him since the war started. He went on to tell about the many hardships the Marines had endured since the war began and how they all look after one another.

He turned to the four and said he had cleared it with their commanders and they could use his video phone to call home. None of these Marines had been able to talk with their families for many weeks. The 19 year old Marine next to him asked Martin if he wouyld allow his platoon Sergeant to use his call to call his pregnant wife back home whom he had not been able to talk to in over a month. A stunned Savidge, who was visibly moved by the request, nodded his head-yes. The young Marine ran off to get the Sergeant.

Savidge recovered after a few seconds and turned back to the three young Marines still sitting with him. He asked which one of them would like to call home first? The Marine closest to him responded with out a moments hesitation, "Sir, if is all the same to you we would like to call the parents of a buddy of ours. LCpl Brain Buesing of Cedar Key, Flordia, who was killed on the 23rd of March near Nasiriya. We would like to see how his folks are doing and let them know their son died bravely."

At that Martin Savidge totally broke down and was unable to speak. All he could get out before signing off was, "Where do they get young men like this?"

[Raul@Stealth Automotive]

damn... that got me teary......

[najaf4life]

Originally Posted by Raul@Stealth Automotive

damn... that got me teary......

[SuperCrutyPS]

It's good to hear stuff like that. It's a side of the "news" you don't get to hear.

Found myself fighting back a tear or two myself.....

Thanks for sharing that.

[najaf4life]

Originally Posted by SuperCrutyPS

It's good to hear stuff like that. It's a side of the "news" you don't get to hear.

Found myself fighting back a tear or two myself.....

Thanks for sharing that.

no problem

that is why I felt like sharing it...

[Dave]

Wow that does bring a tear to your eye.

[ToMang07]

Thanks for sharing.

[Bad Mojo]

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