Well Bill, I’ve taken a knee too many times because of our flag. Fortunately I haven’t had to do so in a long while. I’m sure I would have great difficulty getting to a standing position if I did so today. When I took a knee it was with a cloth of red, white and blue folded in the shape of a triangle with only a field of blue and white start showing. The cased colors having done its duty, I presented to the family telling them to please accept it as a small token of our nations gratitude for their love one’s sacrifice and service. It’s a hard thing to look them in the eyes and see grief and hope lost for they know they will never see their loved one again. Looking at the children was the worse. What do you say to them that they can understand? I guess it’s fitting to remember all those times today as today is a day of remembrance. A day that we honor them. I wonder how those pampered snowflakes would hold up under such circumstances. Rips your gut out.
Butch DuCote
Master Gunnery Sergeant of Marines
[sent Memorial Day, 2018]
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Well Bill, I’ve taken a knee too many times because of our flag. Fortunately I haven’t had to do so in a long while. I’m sure I would have great difficulty getting to a standing position if I did so today. When I took a knee it was with a cloth of red, white and blue folded in the shape of a triangle with only a field of blue and white start showing. The cased colors having done its duty, I presented to the family telling them to please accept it as a small token of our nations gratitude for their love one’s sacrifice and service. It’s a hard thing to look them in the eyes and see grief and hope lost for they know they will never see their loved one again. Looking at the children was the worse. What do you say to them that they can understand? I guess it’s fitting to remember all those times today as today is a day of remembrance. A day that we honor them. I wonder how those pampered snowflakes would hold up under such circumstances. Rips your gut out.
Butch DuCote
Master Gunnery Sergeant of Marines
[sent Memorial Day, 2018]
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