[Vision2020] Where do they get young men like this?

[John Harrell]

Where do they get young men like this?

04/01/03
Lt. Smash (taken from Lt. Smash's personal family website)

Martin Savidge of CNN, embedded with the 1st Marine battalion, was talking 
with 4 young Marines near his foxhole this morning live on CNN. He had been 
telling the story of how well the Marines had been looking out for and taking 
care of him since the war started. He went on to tell about the many hardships 
the Marines had endured since the war began and how they all look after one 
another. 

He turned to the four and said he had cleared it with their commanders and 
they could use his video phone to call home. The 19 year old Marine next to him 
asked Martin if he would allow his platoon sergeant to use his call to call his 
pregnant wife back home whom he had not been able to talk to in three months. A 
stunned Savidge who was visibly moved by the request shook his head and the young
Marine ran off to get the sergeant. 

Savidge recovered after a few seconds and turned back to the three young Marines 
still sitting with him and asked which one of them would like to call home first, 
the Marine closest to him responded with out a moments hesitation “Sir, if is all 
the same to you we would like to call the parents of a buddy of ours, Lance Cpl 
Brian Buesing of Cedar Key, Florida who was killed on 3-23-03 near Nasiriya to see 
how they are doing”. 

At that Martin Savidge totally broke down and was unable to speak. 

All he could get out before signing off was “Where do they get young men like 
this?”.

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