Christmas from the ends of the earth

NavySEALs.com ^ | December 23, 2005 | W. Thomas Smith, Jr.

[SuzyQ2]

Like Temple, Lou, Murph, others, I too have my own memories of Christmas in uniform. My recollections go back to a time close to when Lou was a captain aboard a carrier in the Indian Ocean. I was a Marine corporal on Okinawa, sitting on my rack in a dingy squad bay, listening over-and-over to a cassette tape of Christmas wishes from family and friends, eating some chocolate-chip cookies Mom had made for me, looking at family pictures, and doing what all American soldiers and sailors have been doing during the month of December since 1775 – dreaming of home.

[SuzyQ2]

Very nice.

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bttt

[Cagey]

This story was on the History channel last night. One of the more interesting sections was the film of the soldiers in Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge. They had one side story about the troops discovering that canvas "gunny sacks" worked to keep their feet warm.



Thanks for finding the printed version.