Subject: Young Men Like This
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 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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