Friday, March 14, 2014

No one left behind

So I have used the excuse that I am older, and that while hiking, I used a Nalgene bottle for several years (they contained BPAs which have been shown to increase estrogen). As an excuse for why I am more likely to get "Misty" now..
 This short video made me get misty and then "Dude, I shed a tear". This is about the recovery of Marines left behind during WWII. Something that touched home for me was that one of the gentleman I hiked with as part of the BSA, was a retired Marine. He dedicated his life after the Marines to recovering the bodies of Servicemen from where ever they may be. It was important to him that none of them were left behind. He traveled all over the world, but he made sure to get back in time to lead our BSA Venture crew on a hike. Even if he only had 2-3 hours of sleep on the couch after getting home from a 13 hour flight. The Kids, both in the Venture Crew, and those who had lost their lives in foreign lands were important to him. We both had to bow out of the Venture Crew for various reasons, but he is still making sure that his other kids get home..

May god bless Bruce (Rocky) Harder, USMC(Ret),
the United State Marine Corps
the Individuals who make it their life's' work to ensure all of our "Kids" get home
and the United States of America...