charlie (ky)
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I got a call yesterday to meet up with the Honor Guard at the airport 8 pm to receive a Marine killed in Iraq. I have been on several rifle details,, but this was different.
There are eight Marines in dress blues to receive the casket as it is lowered from the plane. There are 20 of us from the Marine Corps League,and we form two lines up to the casket.I see the blue and red lights as police cruisers escort the hearse and family to the plane.
I don't know much about the Marine. He is from Owensville, outside of Evansville In. As a L/cpl I figure he is late teens.You just don't realize how young that is until you see his family and friends approach the flag draped casket.They all are just kids.
It is cold and drizzling rain. MY fellow Marines( WW11, Korea, Vietnam) have been standing at attention for 20 minuets, as the wife(mother?) weeps at the casket.
They finally head back to In., passing under extended ladders from two fire trucks with an American flag flying from the top.The Indiana state police will pick them up at the state line and escort them the rest of the way home.
It was a very sad and emotional experience, and I'm sure we will be out there many more times before this is over.
There are eight Marines in dress blues to receive the casket as it is lowered from the plane. There are 20 of us from the Marine Corps League,and we form two lines up to the casket.I see the blue and red lights as police cruisers escort the hearse and family to the plane.
I don't know much about the Marine. He is from Owensville, outside of Evansville In. As a L/cpl I figure he is late teens.You just don't realize how young that is until you see his family and friends approach the flag draped casket.They all are just kids.
It is cold and drizzling rain. MY fellow Marines( WW11, Korea, Vietnam) have been standing at attention for 20 minuets, as the wife(mother?) weeps at the casket.
They finally head back to In., passing under extended ladders from two fire trucks with an American flag flying from the top.The Indiana state police will pick them up at the state line and escort them the rest of the way home.
It was a very sad and emotional experience, and I'm sure we will be out there many more times before this is over.
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