THE WALL OF FACES

Semper Fi, Doc. Thank you for your service to our country and to your Marines.

I remember your smile, Pall Mall cigarettes, a Gibson amp, and a Navy uniform that made us all proud. Our lives changed when you left us on 9/11/68 and I wish you were here.God bless you.
We think about you and wish you could have come home like the others.

hi dad i just wanted to stop by and say hi and i miss you alot.wish you were here with me.but i know you are in heaven watching over me.im 41 years old now dad you got three grown grand children now.

We did meet and I was there on one of the worst days in the Nam. Thank You for your courage under fire up on Camp Carroll in the old 175 area that day during incoming. We will never forget not ever.

Rest in Peace "Doc"



"I'm the One Called "Doc…"


I shall not walk in your footsteps,
but I will walk by your side.
I shall not walk in your image,
I've earned my own title of pride.
We've answered the call together,
on sea and foreign land.
When the cry for help was given,
I've been there right at hand.
Whether I am on the ocean
or in the jungle wearing greens,
Giving aid to my fellow man,
be it Sailors or Marines.
So the next time you see a corpsman
and you think of calling him "squid",
Think of the job he's doing
as those before him did.
And if you ever have to go out there
and your life is on the block,
Look at the one right next to you…
I'm the one called "Doc".


Harry D. Penny, Jr. HMC(AC)USN
Copyright 1975

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