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Originally Posted by Macgregor the Hammer
"With the Old Breed" was published toward the end of my enlistment in the Marines. I read it. What the Marines endured in the South Pacific was unbelievable. My friends and I had a new perspective on the legacy we had to live up to. Made me proud to be a Marine! Still does....
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indeed.
my uncle jim served with the 2nd on Guadalcanal and Tarawa. Second bravest man i ever knew. also one of the kindest men i ever knew. give you his last $5 if you needed it for cab fare and then he'd walk home.
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