Poem I'd like to share

[2 flute]

>Hey Guys this was an e-mail I got the other day and thought I would share it.

 

 

Subject: The Marine

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> This is a poem being sent from a Marine. For those who read it, his

> letter is at the bottom of this page to his dad. It makes you truly be

> thankful for all of our troops.

>

> THE MARINE

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> We all came together,

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> Both young and old.

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> To fight for our freedom,

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> To stand and be bold.

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> In the midst of all evil,

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> We stand our ground,

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> And we protect our country

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> >From all terror around.

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> Peace and not war,

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> Is what some people say.

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> But I'll give my life,

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> So you can live the American way.

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> I give you the right

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> To talk of your peace,

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> To stand in your groups,

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> And protest in our streets.

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> But still I fight on.

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> I don't bitch,

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> I don't whine.

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> I'm just one of the men

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> Who is doing your time.

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> I'm harder than nails,

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> Stronger than any machine,

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> I'm the immortal soldier,

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> I'm a U.S. MARINE!

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> So stand in my shoes,

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> And leave from your home.

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> Fight for the people who hate you,

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> With the protests they've shown.

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> Fight for the stranger,

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> Fight for the young,

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> So they all may have,

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> The great freedom you've won.

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> Fight for the sick,

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> Fight for the poor.

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> Fight for the cripple,

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> Who lives next door.

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> But when your time comes,

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> Do what I've done.

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> For if you stand up for freedom

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> You'll stand when the fight's done.

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>

> ~Corporal Aaron M. Gilbert~

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> ~UNITED STATES MARINE~

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> ~ 'USS SAIPAN, PERSIAN GULF~

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> MARCH 23, 2003

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> HEY DAD, DOWN HERE. Do me a favor and label this "THE MARINE" and send

> it to everybody on your distribution list. Even leave this paragraph in

> it. I want this rolling all over the U.S. I want every home reading it.

> Every eye to see it. And every heart to feel it. So can you please

> send this out for me? I would but I am sorta on the USS SAIPAN and my

> e-mail time isn't that long. You know what Dad, I wondered what it would

> be like to truly understand what JFK said in his inaugural speech, "When

> the time comes to lay down my life for my country, I do not cower from

> this responsibility, I welcome it." Well, now I know. And I do, Dad, I

> welcome the opportunity to do what I do. Even though I have left behind

> a beautiful wife, and I will miss the birth of our first born child, I

> would do it 70 times over to fight for the place that God has made for

> my home. I love you all and I miss you very much. I wish I could be

> there when my wife has our child, but tell her that I love her, and Lord

> willing, I will be coming home soon.

>

>

> ~SEMPER, FI.~ ~AARON~

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>

> *Please KEEP AARON AND HIS WIFE AND HIS UNBORN CHILD IN YOUR PRAYERS!

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> AND PLEASE, PASS IT ON!!

[Marty A]

my son is an ex marine i can relate.

real nice poem. tell Aaron good luck

 

 

marty

[2 flute]

I should say I am just a receipient who is passing it on. I knew there were some here who could relate and some who would enjoy it. I myself am a former M.P. in the Army although I did have a gunny ssgt as an instructor in S.R.T. school.

[Wally]

2 flute - very nice, thank you

and, motty - sorry for the correction but there are NO ex marines - they are former marines.

Semper Fi

[Thad]

Hooah!

 

 

quote:

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there are NO ex marines - they are former marines.

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I thought "Once a Marine, always a Marine."

 

Thad

[Wally]

You`re right Thad - "Once a Marine, always a Marine."

 

That`s why we are called "former" That means we are still a Marine, just not active.

 

Semper Fi (that means Always faithful)

[Marty A]

well i stand corrected you are absolutely

right.

 

marty

[Guest]

What about Lee Harvy Oswald??

[chris m]

Mark David Chapman?

 

Don Knotts? [No excuse for that one]

 

My closest friend is in Fallujah, Iraq; he's an Infantry Captain with the 2/2

 

My next closest friend is now pulling a Pentagon tour after returning from Afghanistan; he's a CH-46 pilot and just picked up Major

 

I am, and nearly all of my close friends are, a veteran of the United States Marine Corps and proud of it. It's just something we thought we needed to do ['Are YOU tough enough..?'].

 

My thoughts are with the men and women of our armed services always: may they carry themselves with pride and dignity and may they come home safe to families and countrymen who love them.

 

Semper Fi

 

C