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I just wanted to comment on Dale Peterson’s story about getting to the airport…. almost on time! Just as I was getting to the end, and he said he could not find the big black man that brought him to the airport, and then he was told that he reported alone, I teared up and got chills…. then I read the next paragraph, only to read that Mr.Peterson still feels that way everytime he thinks about that story.
I am so proud of my Marine, LCpl Daniel Lambert. Daniel fulfilled a boyhood dream in September 2007 when he completed boot camp at Parris Island – he was a Marine! But to me I am proud of my son for more than being a Marine. When he graduated from high school in June of 2007 he was a honor student and had been accepted at NC State University and was recruited by a small college in NC to play football. However, Daniel choose to follow his dream and leave for boot camp just two weeks after graduating. Daniel just returned from a seven month deployment overseas and is expected to deploy again in early 2010. Daniel’s grandfather served in the Navy in World War II and a very special man he “adopted” as his grandfather served in the Army in World War II. These two men are Daniel’s heroes but MY HERO is my son – my Marine – LCpl Daniel Lambert!
This is a picture I took while serving as an Ordnance tech with Mike Battery 3/11 during the invasion of Iraq. The city in the back round is Baghdad. This was taken right around the time we transitioned from providing fire support to a provisional rifle company.
This happened to me on August 5, 2003.
I served as a Marine air traffic controller in Vietnam. My son, Austin, is currently in the Corps. He has had 2 tours in Iraq. Currently, he is enroute to Camp Butler, Okinawa.
This story is about how Austin let me know he was back in the United States from his first tour in Iraq.
I am the Mother of not one but two Marines. LCpl Justin A. Baker & his brother Pvt. Tyler J. Baker. Justin just started his 2nd tour in Iraq in January of 2007. We have a special place in our garden to celebrate all the men and women who serve in the military. The boys grandfathers on both sides are military men. Their maternal grandfather was career Air Force and their paternal grandfather a Marine. Oh, even me their Mother wore combat boots, I served in the Army were I married their father 29-years ago this year! This site brings me great comfort and joy. Of course we are proud of both of our Marines!
I just wanted to share this photo with everyone, this is a picture of my son and some of the men in Fox Company the morning they were getting deployed to Iraq. He has been gone for about a month and we all miss him so much. It is going to be a long road ahead of us and for everyone that has someone gone. Please keep all the prayers and blessings going out to all that are serving our country so well. There is not a day or moment that goes by that I don?t think of these Men and hope they are all safe.
Grit,
This is Tim McMahon HMM-262 65-67 RVN 66-67. I read the letter to you titled ?Longest Day? in reference to the HMM-364 (Purple Foxes) CH-46 crash. It?s really something how so many are affected by any incident in Iraq. I was with HMM-262 in Nam flying gunner and fixing hydraulic problems on the old CH-46?s which were pretty new then. The guys in Iraq are still flying and fixing the same aircraft somewhat modified now but basically the same birds. Our squadron HMM-262 hadn?t been to war since Vietnam, but are now fighting the good fight. We as ?Old Tigers? have been in touch with our younger ?Brothers? in the current squadron for years now. We?ve set up a support system to send care packages over to them, and one of our guys Larry Zok thought it would be a good idea to have a squadron coin made up and have them presented to the guys in country. The day before the HMM-364 accident the squadron CO had a formation and he and the SgtMaj presented the coin to every squadron member. The Marines cherished the coins and made a slit to form a pocket in their squadron patch to carry the coin for good luck. Since the squadron just arrived in country they were riding on missions with other squadrons to get the lay of the land (fam flights). It was on one of these fam flights with HMM-364 that one of our Crew Chiefs Cpl Tom Saba was flying when the aircraft was shot down, the day after the coins were presented.
Sgt Grit,