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Alton Leathernecks

Detachment 1160

5673 Humbert Road

Godfrey, IL 62035-2102

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Ask Me What I Was

 

I’ll reply with what I’ve done.

Those things others would not do, I did;

Those rivers others would not swim, I swam;

Those hills others would not climb, I conquered;

Those bridges others would not cross, I crossed;

I have celebrated, I have mourned.

I have smiled, I have frowned.

I have seen death and felt its warm breath,

It did not faze me,

For I was different. I was a warrior.

You ask me what I was? It was my destiny,

Until my last breath.

To be a United States Marine.

And my spirit shall live forever.

 

Semper Fidelis

For I was, am and shall forever be a

 

“United States Marine”