The reason I stand

[PhatMack19]

Is for men like this.  My thanks will never be enough to show my gratitude for those that fought for my country.

 

 

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An 83-year-old retired Marine kept a promise he made to a fellow officer while they were hunkered down in a bunker during the Vietnam War.

Retired Marine Master Sgt. William H. Cox and Retired Marine First Sgt. James 'Hollie' Hollingsworth were shielding themselves from rockets and mortars in 1968 as they were fighting in the Marble Mountains during the war on New Year's Eve. 

The two men, who were strangers to each other, had decided if they made it out of the bunker and survived the war, they would contact each other every New Year's Eve. 

For the next five decades they kept that promise - every New Year's Eve they would catch up life's happenings. 

Earlier this year, Cox traveled from Piedmont, South Carolina to see Hollingsworth in Hephzibah, Georgia. 

The 83-year-old made the trip so that he could say goodbye to his dear friend who was dying. 

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While visiting, Hollingsworth asked his buddy to make him one last promise. 

He asked him to stand guard over his casket and deliver the eulogy at his funeral, to which Cox accepted.  

'I said, "Boy, that's a rough mission you're assigning me to there,"' Cox told Greenvilleonline.com. 

Cox, who served in the Marine helicopter squadron VMO-2 with Hollingsworth, made sure to keep his final promise when the time came and it did. 

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Closing the eulogy, Cox repeated a phrase he would tell his friend during their missions: 'Hollie, you keep 'em flying, and I'll keep 'em firing.'

[BS Wildcats]

This is something everyone one of the "oppressed" sob's should see.  

[stevenash]

36 minutes ago, BS Wildcats said:

This is something everyone one of the "oppressed" sob's should see.  

AMEN

[LumRaiderFan]

Wow...very powerful stuff.

[Ty Cobb]

HONOR!!!

[Hagar]

On November 17, 2017 at 9:23 AM, Ty Cobb said:

HONOR!!!

A rare word.  Meaningless to most Millenniums, and the left.  But to those of you that don't really know, the initial post is an example.

[Hagar]

I was going to post this on one of the NFL/Kapernick threads, but I think it's appropriate here.  I hope I made the right decision, but if not, I apologize.