For those who take the time to read it, you'll see a letter from
him to his Dad at the bottom. It makes you truly thankful
for not only the Marines, but ALL of our troops.
THE MARINE
We all came together,
Both young and old
To fight for our freedom,
To stand and be bold.
In the midst of all evil,
We stand our ground,
And we protect our country
From all terror around.
Peace and not war,
Is what some people say.
But I'll give my life,
So you can live the American way.
I give you the right
To talk of your peace.
To stand in your groups,
and protest in our streets.
But still I fight on,
I don't bitch, I don't whine.
I'm just one of the people
Who is doing your time.
I'm harder than nails,
Stronger than any machine.
I'm the immortal soldier,
I'm a U.S. MARINE!
So stand in my shoes,
And leave from your home.
Fight for the people who hate you,
With the protests they've shown.
Fight for the stranger,
Fight for the young.
So they all may have,
The greatest freedom you've won.
Fight for the sick,
Fight for the poor.
Fight for the cripple,
Who lives next door.
But when your time comes,
Do what I've done.
For if you stand up for freedom,
You'll stand when the fight's done.
By: Corporal Aaron M. Gilbert, US Marine Corps
USS SAIPAN, PERSIAN GULF
March 23, 2003
Hey Dad,
Do me a favor and label this "The Marine" and send it to
everybody on your email list. Even leave this letter in it. I
want this rolling! all over the US; I want every home reading
it. Every eye seeing it. And every heart to feel it. So can you
please send this for me? I would but my email? time isn't that
long and I don't have much time anyway. You know what Dad?
I wondered what it would be like to truly understand what JFK
said in His inaugural speech.
"When the time comes to lay down my life for my country,
I do not cower from this responsibility. I welcome it."
Well, now I know. And I do. Dad, I welcome the opportunity
to do what I do. Even though I have left behind a beautiful
wife, and I will miss the birth of our first born child, I would
do it 70 times over to fight for the place that God has made
for my home.? I love you all and I miss you very much. I wish
I could be there! when Sandi has our baby, but tell her that I
love her, and Lord willing, I will be coming home soon. Give
Mom a great big hug from me and give one to yourself too.
Aaron
I found that on someone's myspace today, I thought it was a killer poem. Considering Boy is in the marines, I found the poem fitting to put on my page.
I need a back massage like no other. I think somone should want to do that for me... anyone? anyone at all? oh... shoot. I really do need one though I am so tired of work, and being stressed, just everything. I am getting my hair done tomorrow which is exciting, as you might see I have a poll where you guys could give me your imput on what I should do with my hair. Except the fact I am doing it tomorrow so if you dont vote today, well I'm gonna do what I want anyways. But I wanted more peoples opinion. I am slighly nervous about it. I hope it isnt un attractive. I bet it wont be.
I cannot wait to move home. UGH. I am sorry but I cannot take it anymore the bed sucks, the building is stupid, my room is small, the apartment is always messy, no one seems to give a damn, shit gets stolen, food goes missing. I am just done! I cannot wait for may so I can move home. I will then save a bunch of money go to school and buy a car. That sounds like a good idea. Having a curfew is not such a bad thing. It kept me out of stuff I probably shouldnt be doing anyways, like staying up late! HA HA sounds obvous right?
HEY if you dont already know I have a second blog. Check it out here!
HAHA I got a lot of people laughing today. (which is probably my favorite thing in the world to do, but its from this comedian called Mitch Hedberg. This is my favorite one... check it out. He is hilarous! If you like him check out his other stuff.
ahh time for bed
your gonna go far kid by the offspring
I was listening to the radio and I liked this one but I wasnt listening to who sings it so I tried to find it on google and I could not. I kept typing in the lyrics I thought they were saying, but I found it eventually!
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