Dave Olson
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The Marine
This is a poem being sent from a Marine . For those who read it, his letter is at the bottom of this page to his dad. It makes you
truly be thankful for 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 men 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 great 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.
~Corporal Aaron M. Gilbert~
~UNITED STATES MARINE~
'USS SAIPAN, PERSIAN GULF~
MARCH 23, 2003
HEY DAD, DOWN HERE.
Do me a favor and label this "THE
MARINE" and send it to
everybody on your distribution list. Even
leave this paragraph
in it. I want this rolling all over the
U.S. I want every home
reading it. Every eye to see it. And
every heart to feel it.
So can you please send this out for me? I
would but I am sorta
on the USS SAIPAN and my e-mail time
isn't that long.
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 t imes 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 my wife has our child, but
tell her that I love her,
and Lord willing, I will be coming home
soon.
~SEMPER, FI.~
~AARON~
*PLEASE KEEP AARON AND HIS WIFE AND
HIS UNBORN CHILD IN YOUR
PRAYERS! AND PLEASE, PASS IT ON!!
This is a poem being sent from a Marine . For those who read it, his letter is at the bottom of this page to his dad. It makes you
truly be thankful for 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 men 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 great 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.
~Corporal Aaron M. Gilbert~
~UNITED STATES MARINE~
'USS SAIPAN, PERSIAN GULF~
MARCH 23, 2003
HEY DAD, DOWN HERE.
Do me a favor and label this "THE
MARINE" and send it to
everybody on your distribution list. Even
leave this paragraph
in it. I want this rolling all over the
U.S. I want every home
reading it. Every eye to see it. And
every heart to feel it.
So can you please send this out for me? I
would but I am sorta
on the USS SAIPAN and my e-mail time
isn't that long.
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 t imes 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 my wife has our child, but
tell her that I love her,
and Lord willing, I will be coming home
soon.
~SEMPER, FI.~
~AARON~
*PLEASE KEEP AARON AND HIS WIFE AND
HIS UNBORN CHILD IN YOUR
PRAYERS! AND PLEASE, PASS IT ON!!