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Bill Cuccinello's incredible story "Semper Fi" reminds me of an event that I must share.
Several years ago my ex-boss and mentor, retired WWII Marine Captain George Karam was hit hard by a stroke and lapsed into a coma. I ran into his two sisters while I was in town, I had not seen them or George in several years since I had moved out of the area where I had grown up and had held an after school job with George as my boss.
Tribal Eagle, Globe, and Anchor.
February 2, 2013, Lexington, MA. It was a windy and cold New England type day. I was just finishing up my morning exercise walk of one mile and proceeded up the stairs to my front door where I entered and sat down on the living room sofa to take my wife and sister-in-law shopping. Suddenly they noticed I was motionless, just sitting and staring into space with my mouth wide open. My wife exclaimed to her sister, ”There’s something wrong with him. Shake him!” Her sister shook me and nothing happened. I still remained motionless, as if in a trance. They immediately called 911. The voice on the other end said, “Put your ear next to his mouth and tell me if he’s breathing.” “He’s not breathing,” answered her sister. Within minutes, the ambulance with its complement of EMTs was on the scene. They rolled the patient of the floor, tried the paddles, all to no avail. Within minutes I was transported to Lahey Clinic in Burlington, MA., one of the premier hospitals in the New England area.
Added about a month ago to go with the front tat.
I finished reading Dakota Meyer's book; "Into the Fire", which explains how he earned the Medal of Honor. This is the story of a Man who was trying to save his "Brothers" during a terrible battle in Afghanistan. His Bravery was to try and aid his brothers who were caught in an ambush, he pushed his driver to keep going while he operated the machine gun in the turret. His actions show that he was trying to save his brothers by reading how he followed the tracers from his machine gun to get to the enemy gun, his concentration was to get there, not just the battle. Here is a Man who went into the Marine Corps because he wanted to, his Grandfather had been a Marine.
My wife and I stumbled upon a group of Marine's from the Marine Corps League out of Stanton, KY. As a retired Master Gunny I just had to chat with these guys for a while. A few weeks ago I read the book "Voices of the Pacific" and today I was privileged to speak to a fellow Marine (gent in the black hat) that fought on Guadalcanal. 87 years old and sharp as a tack! Semper Fi!
Guardian angel Barachiel. Keeping my inner demons (lust/wrath) in check. Rifle engraved biblical verse Jer. 7:19-20
Eagle, Globe, and Anchor with Semper Fidelis above and 1/11 flanking.
Air Crew Tattoo that has been in my head for years.
He is the son of Amy McGough and US Army Captain Joseph McGough. His father is US Army Retired CW5 Eddie McSweeney. He has two brothers and one sister. One brother Sgt Danzig McGough is with the 101st Airborne Division who recently returned from Afghanistan as well.
