Preface
The following are the memories of a tired and old, but proud Marine. I am glad that at 18 years of age he made the choice to defend his country and insure the freedoms that we now enjoy. He could not have known that this decision would effect the rest of his life. The things he saw, the things he did all had a profound effect on the decisions that would later be made in his life. He had chosen to sacrifice his youth because of the great cause of freedom, in later years he would sacrifice to provide for his family. The story told here is just one of many that occurred during this time in American History and to this generation, but it is his story, told in his words. He was truly an American Hero then as told by this remarkable story. He remains today a hero to all of his family. He loves his country and he loves his family. We will forever be grateful for his sacrifice both on and off the battlefield.
Stanley M. Nations
Iwo Jima - One Man Remembers
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Military courtesy change. - 02/21/01
Stan Nations
Interesting and heartening
You have got to love the Enlisted Marines!!
I picked up on something very refreshing this morning. CNN showed George
W. leaving HM-1. The marine at the front step saluted, GW returned
it, and as he walked away, the marine executed a right face to stand
facing GW's back...something that was missing in eight years of the
Clinton presidency.
The traditional Marine Corps mark of respect was rendered to the new
president. That one goes back to the days in the rigging, when the
marine orderly to the ship's captain always faced him, no matter his
direction of movement, to be ready to receive an order.
Who says that enlisted men can't hold back when they don't respect
someone? ...And for eight years, they did.
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