The title “Marine” brings us back to LIFE!

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.  read more

Semper Fi… The Miracle That That Brought Me Back From Death

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. read more

Absolutely Fearless

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. read more

WW2 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! read more