112th Corpsmen Birthday
CavRick writes to tell us that today is the 112th birthday of the Corpsman rating in the Navy. there’s a memorial being built in Jacksonville, North Carolina to commemorate that special relationship between Marines and their corpsmen. (JDNews link)
[The vice president of the Corpsmen Memorial Foundation, retired 1st Sgt. Kevin] Howell said that countless Marines would attest to the honor that corpsmen deserve for their work.
“I would have to say that 50 percent of the Marines that have been wounded and are alive today are simply because of the corpsmen in the field,” he said. “There are an awful lot of guys that are walking around today that would not be here with us without them, including me.”
The picture above is a prototype of the proposed Corpsmen Memorial. I’ve always heard that Marines love their corpmen and I think that memorial shows it.
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Let’s hope the current Clown in Chief is not around in 2014 when the Memorial is scheduled to ready for dedication. I couldn’t stand to hear Corps man again.
Not being a Biblical scholar, I’m not sure if I’ll get this correct, but hopefully close enuf:
“No greater love is this, then that a man lay down his life for his brother.”
Semper Fi, Corpsmen. You have earned the respect of Marines and are allowed to wear our Eagle, Globe, and Anchor, and you’ve earned a place in history, which we recognize with this respectful gesture. Thank you. Keep up the good work!
Not only do Marines think of the Corpsmen in their rants as Marines but so do the Corpsmen…
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My father was a Corpsman WWII 5th Spearhead…Omaha and Iwo…I will be sure to make the trip to Jacksonville in his honor.
And while I’m at it, thank you all for your service.