My Brother posted this on his Facebook page. Are the Marines awesome or what!
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I was so impressed by this post that I thought I'd share with everyone. I'm so thankful for our amazing men and women in uniform. They truly are incredible people. The best of us all.
"Every now and then, in the middle of the constant barrage of crap that's just pissing us all off these days, we come across a story, a feat, an event that just makes us stop in our tracks. This was one for me.
Cody Green was a 12-year kid
in Indiana who was diagnosed with leukemia at 22 months old. He loved the Marines, and his parents said he drew strength and courage from the Marine Corps. as he bravely fought the battle into remission three times. Although he was cancer-free at the time, the chemotherapy had lowered his immune system and he developed a fungus infection that attacked his brain. Two weeks ago, as he struggled to fend off that infection in the hospital, the Marines wanted to show how much they respected his will to live, his strength, honor and courage. They presented Cody with Marine navigator wings and named him an honorary member of the United States Marine Corps. For one Marine, that wasn't enough ... so that night, before Cody Green passed away, he took it upon himself to stand guard at Cody's hospital door all night long, 8 hours straight.
Nowhere on the face of this planet is there a country so blessed as we to have men and women such as this. I wish I could personally tell this Marine how proud he makes me to be an American. God ... I do so love this country."
~~Lori Boxer for The Blacksphere
What a great way to show respect and compassion.
Semper Fi. :smiley-patriotic-flagwaver-an :icon_thumright:
That's heart touching redarrow !
Thanks for sharing ! God Bless this Marine & Cody's family !
Awesome!
That's a heck of a guy to stand guard at that young boys door. It's sad that the boy passed.
Wow! That'll make you proud to be an American!
That is a real heart warmer!! God bless that little man and the Marine Corps.
This is exactly what America is all about.
God bless you Cody and may he hold you in his arms til his parents and this amazing Marine see you again. :cross2:
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What a powerful tribute to a dying boy.
This is the character that makes our men and women in uniform the best in the world, and makes me very proud to be an American!
Quote from: chatterbox on September 30, 2012, 05:41:06 PM
What a powerful tribute to a dying boy.
This is the character that makes our men and women in uniform the best in the world, and makes me very proud to be an American!
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Thank you for sharing that. :smiley-patriotic-flagwaver-an :smiley-patriotic-flagwaver-an :smiley-patriotic-flagwaver-an :smiley-patriotic-flagwaver-an :smiley-patriotic-flagwaver-an :smiley-patriotic-flagwaver-an :smiley-patriotic-flagwaver-an :smiley-patriotic-flagwaver-an :smiley-patriotic-flagwaver-an :smiley-patriotic-flagwaver-an
That's what America's all about right there. May God bless that little boys family and the Marine. That's makes us who we are as a nation. :smiley-patriotic-flagwaver-an :bible: