The Gun Line MkIII

On November 10, 1775, a Corps of Marines was created by a resolution of the Continental Congress. Since that date, many thousand men have borne the name Marine. In memory of them, it is fitting that we who are Marines should commemorate the Birthday of our Corps by calling to mind the glories of its [...]

Tony Woodfork Butch Mana and Grandfather Mimae and Grampy I miss you…

Phyllis Langfitt Freseman Kramer b. August 3rd, 1927, d. May 8, 2010 It is inevitable that, as time passes, those who are our elders begin to depart to their Eternal Rest and Glory. Unfortunately, these very same persons are the ones who filled our early years with memories.  Our grandparents, our Great Aunts and Uncles, [...]

25 April 1915… ANZAC Day… It is believed that the national identities of Australia and New Zealand awoke, and amidst the bullets, shells, and blood of Anzac Cove, Helles, and Suvla Bay during the Gallipoli Campaign. Years later, during another world war, Australia and New Zealand would sacrifice a vast majority of their countries’ young [...]

“The Navy Diver is not a fighting man, he is a salvage expert. If it is lost underwater, he finds it. If it’s sunk, he brings it up. If it’s in the way, he moves it. If he’s lucky, he will die young, 200 feet beneath the waves, for that is the closest he’ll ever [...]

Neptunus Lex brings us yet another poignant production that celebrates the WW2 P-51 Mustang fighter plane, the men who flew them, and the portal that one of these aircraft provided across generational lines: The desire for the younger to truly understand the experienced of the elder.  The short film “Gray Eagles”, by Chris Wood, is [...]

A Different Christmas Poem The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light, I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight. My wife was asleep, her head on my chest, My daughter beside me, angelic in rest. Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white, Transforming the yard to a winter delight. The [...]

Another one passes… Patrick Swazye succumbed to pancreatic cancer at the age of 57.  He was surrounded by family when the time came… Patrick Swazye made his debute at about the same time I did, only he was on the silver screen, and I was stepping onto the stage of Life. The first film I [...]

11 September 2001, 1003 EST United Airlines Flight 93 40 souls aboard… Shanksville, PA… They fought back, and the terrorists failed to accomplish their mission. “In resquat pace…”