Posted by
Dawnsblood on Sunday, January 14, 2007 7:14:38 PM
Bill
interviews a Marine in Iraq and he is a volunteer. Why did he choose to be there?
One of my good friends who I'd gone to high school with, he joined
the Marines right out of high school, and he got married to another one
of my good friends, we all went to high school together. And they moved
to Washington state.
But anyway, he came over here - he was in Ramadi - and I think he
was two weeks 'till he came home. And they got ambushed one night, and
they couldn't get anyone on the radio, so he stepped out of the humvee.
He was the vehicle commander.
Right when he stepped out, the guy on the roof hit another IED and
it killed him. The sad thing was, he was supposed to be home in two
weeks and his little girl was supposed to be born in three. And, I
don't know, it really bothered me. I had to bury him, and right after I
buried him my unit asked me if I wanted to volunteer, and I was like
"Hell yeah."
The Marine
is a Jacksonian. I wonder is he knows that?