I’ve gotten this poem in my inbox in one form or another since my first Christmas as a Marine. This version is my favorite. Thanks go to Zanelle who sent it my way this year because she still remembers what it means to me.
Merry Christmas folks.
T’was the night before Christmas, he lived all alone,
In a [...]
Dale got a new scanner. So what does he do? He scans his class picture from first grade and sends it to me without so much as a hi or how are ya. What gives? How has our friendship been reduced to such informality? I believe he’s using the scanner as a show of his [...]
Published: December 5th, 2003Contributed by Nick Sparacino
D. Chief of Police Oak Forest Il.
Former Sgt. 2/9 Viet Nam 1966
Ask a Marine what’s so special about the Marines and the answer would be “esprit de corps”, an unhelpful French phrase that means exactly what it looks like - the spirit of the Corps, but what is that spirit, and where [...]
