I HAVE GROWN TO LOOK UPON MARINES AS SOMETHING SACRED;
I HAVE LAUGHED WITH THEM AND CRIED WITH THEM;
CURSED THEM AND PRAYED FOR THEM;
SHIVERED AND SWELTERED WITH THEM;
SUFFERED WITH THEM;
FOUGHT WITH THEM, BLED WITH THEM, AND HELD THEM IN MY ARMS WHILE THEY DIED.
I HAVE BURIED THEM.
AND ALL THE TIME, I HAVE LOVED THEM.
~Maj Gene Duncan, USMC (ret)
