This was an informal dinner not the Marine Corps Ball. Just something the "Marines" do.
Sorry, Lynn, I disagree with informal. We Marines are formal all the way. We put on the Dress Blues and it become formal. It is what we do to remember our fallen comrades. Just pulling your chain, Lynn.
Dang, and you beat me to it, too! But, touche, Lynn, thank you very much for posting this. You are a remarkable person.
Billy Ray Cyrus knows how to tug at the heart.
For those who saw the slide show, you noticed some Marines in camouflage with a white name tag on their backs. Those soon-to-be Marines are officer candidates from the Officers Candidate School in Quantico, VA. Ductos Exemplo.
As for me, this will be my fourth Memorial Day and this September will be the fifth anniversary of my son who "gave all."
Also, it will be time for me to remember my two half-brothers who also "gave all" during the Vietnam War.
Hope some of you get the chance to visit Arlington during the Memorial Day weekend. Be sure to bring a handkerchief.
If you see it on television, crank up the volume and listen...
For those who cannot be at Arlington, please attend any memorial service. When they play the Marine Corps Hymn, please stand with those Marines who be at the position of attention. Better yet, please stand for all the services.
Semper fidelis...
Celer, silens, mortalis
Lightning from the sky, thunder from the sea.