Soon he will be the highest rank I held while I was active.
In Sgt. Grit chat room I changed my web ID from MillRatUSMC to MadDawgUSMC.
Met my bro Skip/TOS there, besides our friend Emmy Huffman.
When I saw the name 'Emmy' I had to make the remark; 'I knew an Emmy back home in Indiana.'
Somebody said, 'this is that Emmy', she than said 'are you stalk me?' to which I replied "this is your buddy MillRatUSMC aka Ricardo.
Because I had failed making an appointment for an interview, I send her a copy of a DVD, that I'm the only veteran, they post a few questions to, they range from in what ways is Iraq similar to Vietnam?
The last question was, 'if you could say something to all the people of the United States, what would you say?
My reply; I pray that when this war is over, we give them a better welcome home than was given to us after Vietnam.
I also included a CD of 200 some odd poems by Cpl. Robert L.Cook and a book of all those poems.
The title of the book; POEMS by a Marine, For the Marines and All Those that hold them in Esteem.
I'm sure glad mi hermano is out of the big sandbox.
He done more than some, its time for somebody else to carry the load.
Every day a holiday,
Every meal a banquet,
Every formation a parade
And every paycheck a fortune!
Semper Fi (Always Faithful)
Fratres Aeterni (Brothers Forever)
Ricardo
Still Lean, Mean, And Always A Marine!
"Attitude Is Everything"
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