USMC 1973 - I was in the GOT with the "Lost Detachment", no replacements in sight. I remember looking at the stars, a pitch black night, watching them flicker and dance on the ocean. I was awestruck and felt inconsequential surrounded, horizon less, by nature. As a man of faith, not religion, I asked a higher power to confirm my belief that I'd make it home - "I'm only 19, I haven't fallen in love yet. I have to love before I go - right."
Until I came home - I believed I couldn't be taken.
Alan L. Chappell - USMC 1971-1974. Flag and Country no greater Honor - Semper Fi.
Springfield, MO
