Prayer To A Force Recon Marine Or Corpsman

PRAYER TO A FORCE RECON MARINE OR CORPSMAN

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THE WORLD FORGETS ITS HEROES

HONORS, GALLANTRY AND VALOR ARE JUST TRINKETS,

WHEREVER MERE MORTALS DWELL.

WE HAVE GATHERED TODAY TO SAY FAREWELL TO

A FALLEN FORCE RECON MARINE, A SON, A BROTHER,
A WARRIOR,
IN HIS LASTING SLEEP,
WITH BRIGHT BANNERS FLYING PROUDLY AND COMRADES
HAVING SPOKEN OF PAST EPICS,

YOUR BROTHERS ONCE AGAIN RENEW THEIR PLEDGE

TO LOYAL WARRIORS--

"YOU HAVE NOT DIED IN VAIN."

SOON FORGOTTEN BY THE MULTITUDES AS YOU TREAD THE

SHORES OF TIME, WE HAVE COME TO BURY YOU, BUT,

UNLIKE CEASAR--

WE HAVE COME TO PRAISE AND LAUD YOUR MEMORY.

FAREWELL, COMRADE-IN-ARMS AND FRIEND.

SEMPER FI