I just have to give a shout-out to the US Marine Corps over the tragic death of 12-year-old Cody Green of Indiana. Some of its members demonstrated that fighting men can have hearts of gold, too. WLFI reports:
Cody had leukemia since he was 22 months old, but beat the disease three times. Although he was cancer-free, the chemotherapy lowered his immune system and Saturday afternoon, he died from a fungus that attacked his brain. Members of the Marines decided to step in and do something.
"They decided Cody, with the strength and honor and courage he showed through the whole thing, he should be a Marine," said Cody's father David Snowberger.
Cody was given Marine navigator wings and was made an honorary member of the United States Marine Corps. For one Marine, that wasn't enough, so he did even more.
"The night before Cody passed, he stood guard at Cody's door at the hospital all night long for eight hours straight," said Snowberger.
There's more at the link. Here's a video report about the incident.
Dusty in here . . . makes my eyes water.
Semper Fi, Marines!
Peter
Bless his heart. Marines, they're the best.
ReplyDeleteSemper Fi is right! And yeah, it's dusty in here...
ReplyDeleteWhat did the rest of us do to be so blessed as to live around men like this?
ReplyDeleteAnd, yeah, mighty dusty here, too.
Very dust indeed. It couldn't possibly be a TV news story making my eyes leak.
ReplyDeleteCody always wanted to be a Marine, according to the story; good to see he made it. " And when he gets to Heaven, to St. Peter he will tell, ' Another Marine reporting, sir I've served my time in Hell." Author unknown, Guadalcanal 1942. :'( JohninMd(help)
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