Rolling Thunder

[buckaroo]

Copied and pasted from an e-mail...

3000 vets on motorcycles from across the USA paraded in D.C. the Sunday before Memorial Day, while a solitary, saluting Marine greeted them out on Constitution Avenue... the Marine stood at salute for 3 straight hours, while the parade of roaring bikes kept on coming.... it is held in remembrance of those who've fallen in the military.... the event (or the group) is called Rolling Thunder... George Bush used to meet these bikers before they paraded... the camera is on the Marine a lot... watch his struggles with his emotions, and his struggles with holding that salute... the way he salutes is very touching... his head lowered, his eyes down, in reverence for the fallen... I am a retired USAF Master sergeant, and I know what he was feeling... and as I watched him, I could feel it too.... it got to be overwhelming for him... and the tears started flowing... watch what he says when he finally breaks, but keeps right on holding that salute...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gfnmDGk0KM&feature=related

I watched this again and still got teary eyed.

 

[fergy1370]

Thank you for posting that...I have always wondered about that Marine...

I was stationed at Marine Barracks 8th and I in D.C. and the white trousers were a privilege to wear. I always wondered if it was a Marine from the Barracks, but knew that he probably wasn't posted there as an official post.

He is stationed in California and pays his own way out here to do this and everything is on his own accord. God bless him....

Semper Fi.


Thanks for posting this Buck.

 

[Benevolent One]

Thanks for posting this link. I re-posted it on Facebook. That is such an awesome thing to witness. If that doesn't give you chills, I'd be a little concerned.