<p>I, sir, am honored and I thank you! :D</p>
<p>Speaking of the Marine Corp Museum, my uncle's artwork is proudly featured there:</p>
<p>My favorite is "Leaving Home" which shows my grandparents and other family. My dad wasn't in it because he was already gone...airborne in Europe.</p>
<p>God willing Spider gets the appointment, we hope to do a road trip to I-Day that includes the museum.</p>
<p>82nd or 101st?</p>
<p>Man, would I love to sit with these guys and just LISTEN for HOURS. I bet they can spin some serious yarns.</p>
<p>God bless 'em. :(</p>
<p>There's a book you might find interesting. It's called
AWOL: The Unexcused Absence of America's Upper Classes from Military Service -- and How It Hurts Our Country
Kathy Roth-Douquet, Frank Schaeffer.</p>
<p>Frank Schaeffer's son graduated from a prestigious prep school and enlisted in the Marine Corps. Frank Schaeffer also wrote Faith of Our Sons and Keeping the Faith.</p>
<p>Kathy Roth-Douquet work in the Clinton Administration and married an active duty Marine officer.</p>
<p>Spidermom-</p>
<p>Beautiful and moving. </p>
<p>Wow.</p>
<p>13th Airborne, 515 PIR. </p>
<p>My uncle died a few years ago but wow, was it fun to listen to those two guys talk about their war. Great stories.</p>
<p>Hooah. RIP, noble warrior. :(</p>
<p>WHy does every thread end with this dude? ^^^</p>
<p>It obviously didn't. Did it?</p>
<p>just the other 900 threads</p>
<p>Wow! He's been busy!</p>
<p>Because sometimes, everything that needs to be said is said, but not by everybody.</p>
<p>True that!</p>
<p>??? Z finishing every thread...not in the last 3 pages of this forum</p>