Family, comrades mourn local Marine major killed in Iraq

Colleges and Universities A-Z Naval Academy - Annapolis
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<p>Published in the Annapolis Capital:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.capitalonline.com/cgi-bin/read/2007/05_14-42/NAV%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.capitalonline.com/cgi-bin/read/2007/05_14-42/NAV&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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Maj. Douglas A. Zembiec was a Marine's Marine.</p>

<p>Surrounded by tough guys, the 34-year-old from Winchester on the Severn stood out for his battlefield bravery. He charged the enemy as shrapnel pierced him and bullets whizzed by. Afterward, he'd make no apologies for defending his country....

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<p>The Defense secretary lets his emotional guard down in a speech recalling Maj. Douglas Zembiec's enthusiasm and sacrifice in Iraq.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-na-gates20jul20,1,5319125.story?ctrack=1&cset=true%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-na-gates20jul20,1,5319125.story?ctrack=1&cset=true&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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Over the four decades Robert M. Gates has worked in the federal government's national security bureaucracy, he has earned a reputation as a cool and analytical operator who keeps his inner feelings from even his closest colleagues.</p>

<p>But Wednesday night, at the end of an address to the Marine Corps Assn., the Defense secretary nearly came to tears telling the story of a decorated Marine officer who was killed in Iraq in May after volunteering for a second combat tour....

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<p>Academy grad epitomized bravery, integrity, sacrifice</p>

<p><a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-te.md.zembiec08oct08,0,5810997.story%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-te.md.zembiec08oct08,0,5810997.story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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Barry Subelsky never knew Maj. Douglas A. Zembiec.</p>

<p>And until the Charleston, W.Va., police chief found out about Zembiec's combat death in May from e-mail messages circulated in the law enforcement community, he had never heard about the Marine who came to be known as the "Lion of Fallujah."</p>

<p>But Subelsky was so moved by all he read about the unabashed warrior who celebrated the nobility of killing the enemy that he sent his officers inspirational principles found in a notebook that the Marine had with him when he died....

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