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My grandfather is buried on the side of a hill in Japan. My grandmother remarried to a member of the 4th Marines captured at Corregidor that survived the Death March and the duration of war a an POW on the Japanese mainland. Both were long dead before my birth although everyone that knew my Grandfather said I was his reincarnation.

Later 4 Uncles served honorably in Marine Corps and 2 wounded in Vietnam.

I am not easily moved to tears but Whitney Houston's rendition of the anthem at the Super Bowl makes me bawl like a baby at the same time it rouses my heart and makes the hair on my neck stand up.

7/5/206:03 AM

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