I paid for this tattoo twice, once with cash and once with sweat! Just had it re-colored after 37 years. Don’t regret a second of getting it!
Author: SgtGrit
AmpSurf -Shock and Awe for all!
AmpSurf -Shock and Awe for all!
Some gave all!
“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends.” –John 15:12-14
They Gave Their Fortunes and Lives for Our Liberty
Memorial Day was first observed as Decoration Day to commemorate those who died in the War Between the States. It is a day set aside in deference to American Patriots who pledged and delivered their lives to Support and Defend the Rule of Law enshrined in our Constitution.
Bow Your Head
From my newletter. Stories like this and dozens more each Thursday morning. If interested in more, go to www.grunt.com top of page and sign up
Sgt Grit,
Usually, I read the “posers” posts and move on. No one likes the idea, but there will always be those that strive for what they have not earned. But as I read the newsletter today, it bothered me. Monday is Memorial Day, not Veterans Day -but Memorial Day. The day set aside to remember those that have given the Ultimate Sacrifice, no longer here to read the newsletter. In actuality, those that gave all, gave for fellow Marines, Sailors, Soldiers, and Airmen. In the moment of sacrifice, whether from the mast of a ship, in the jungle of Nicaragua, the black sands of a volcanic island, over a coral reef, a frozen reservoir, on a red dirt hilltop near the DMZ, in a concrete building at a Lebanese airport, in the streets of Fallujah, or an Afghan mountainside, they gave for the ones on the right and the left. The Fallen have sacrificed for fellow service members that also earned the right to wear the uniform. That is what makes the poser despicable. So this weekend wherever you may be, remember that it is YOU, not the poser, that holds the responsibility to bow your head and remember them, and say a prayer for their families.
Echo Taps (audio)
played by the USAF Heritage of American Band.
A Marine as seen by…
A Marine as seen by…
Himself:
A handsome, buff, highly trained professional killer and female idol who carries a finely honed K-Bar, wears a crisp 8-point cammie cover and is always on time due to the absolute reliability of his Seiko digital watch.
The Bulletproof Dog That Stormed Bin Laden’s Lair
If you see this dog coming for you, run. Thanks to his extensive training–and customized body armor that can cost upwards of $30,000–he's bulletproof, can hear through concrete, and can record high-def video of missions, even in the dead of night.
Memorial Day Tribute Presented By J.M. Studios (Final Version)
Bataan Death March Survivor
My dad Donald Clay Gibson – USMC 1935-1948 Platoon Sgt, Lima Co (75 men),3rd Bn,4th Marines. As a Platoon Sgt,he was wounded on 23 April 1942 on the Island of Corregidor.When the Island fell to the Japanese on April 27,1942 Sgt Gibson was captured and endured the Bataan Death March.He was later imprisoned as a POW at Cabanatuan,Palawan in the Philippine Ialands. At a later date he was move to Hastachi and Ashio on the Japanese Mainland,and forced to serve as a laborer in the coal mines. Sgt Gibson served a POW for 40 months. Only 13 men for Lima Co. came back. He was awarded the Purple Heart with star as he was wounded twice.(Gunnery Sgt). Bronze Star and POW medal and other medals. He came up through the ranks. He was promoted to Master Gunnery Sgt, January 1946. He Retired as a WO2 on November 1st 1948. He was proud of me when I joined the Marines. He was a good Man, Marine and Father. I sure miss him Semper Fi