Sgt. Grit,
I was reading a letter submitted by Gunny Brownmiller, and couldn't agree more with his statement. "I am guessing that "our yellow footprints" is something that only we can understand and when used in the outdoor world, they have no clue as to their hallowed meaning for many of us." It brought a nice memory of a post I made on FB.
My 3yr old daughter and I were in the driveway drawing with sidewalk chalk. She asked, "Daddy, can you draw my feet with this yellow chalk?" I did and saw the big smile on her face, stood up, and realized what I did.
The memories of my service flooded my head and brought a tear to my eye. This is what I posted, along with the picture. YELLOW FOOTPRINTS! These are Lily's footprints in yellow chalk.
They reminded me of something. Some of us out there know the meaning of yellow footprints. To some, well, yellow footprints, duh. To others, they were the first place we stood at Marine Corps bootcamp.
Many people through out history have stood on them before earning the title Marine, and moving on to defend our country, many never made it, and many look down upon those footprints from Heavens Scenes, guarding the streets, still as United States Marines. Semper Fi.
Sgt. Danny Ferguson
0331 at heart, 8541 for recreation. SS FOR LIFE
91-98