Posted on 03/25/2020 11:37:40 AM PDT by cll
An 87-year-old former Marine who spent two tours in Vietnam and has multiple health conditions survived an epic battle with coronavirus, asserting, “The Marine Corps trains us to deal with adversity; they teach us to adapt, overcome, and continue the mission.” He added another reason for his survival: “And finally, the grace of God. That’s what I have here.”
Franklin Eller told CBS News, “I’m feeling great. And I was really fortunate to find myself laying here at the Mayaguez Medical Center. As you may know, I was evacuated from a ship; we were on a cruise in the Caribbean. And I was feeling pretty lousy about six days into the 14-day cruise. So I kinda let it go, and it kept getting worse and worse and I had trouble breathing and I couldn’t walk very far. So finally on the third day my wife convinced me to go down to the medical center. I checked in there; they saw I was in pretty bad shape, they did all the tests they could do; they didn’t have any of the virus tests …”
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They sure do. Semper Fi, Sir!
Should we call him “Lucky”?
Semper Fi!
maybe 2 years of ant-malaria medication from his Vietnam tours had a long term anti-viral effect. Who knows ?
God bless him! I’m very glad he is recovering.
Peach
Silver Star
AWARDED FOR ACTIONS
DURING Vietnam War
Service: Marine Corps
Rank: Captain
GENERAL ORDERS:
CITATION:
The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Captain Franklin Peter Eller, Jr. (MCSN: 0-67808), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving as the Senior Battalion Advisor to the Fourth Battalion, Vietnamese Marine Brigade, in the hostile area of Binh Gia Village, Phuoc Tuy Province, Republic of Vietnam, on 31 December 1964. Captain Eller chose to accompany a company size patrol on an assigned mission of rescuing or recovering the remains of the crew of a U.S. helicopter shot down, although his task would normally have been assigned to the Assistant Battalion Advisor. At the crash site, the company was taken under heavy assault by an estimated Viet Cong Regiment. Despite the intense automatic weapons, small arms and mortar fire, Captain Eller calmly directed air strikes on the Viet Cong who were closing in all around him. Captain Eller was severely wounded in the nose and cheek and was partially blinded by the heavy flow of blood, however he continued to attempt to regain communications with air support. With all communication gone and faced with an overwhelming enemy, he steadied the troops and effected an orderly withdrawal. Despite his own wound, he twice refused medical evacuation until he had personally supervised the evacuation of all Vietnamese dead and wounded. His courage, exemplary leadership and devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.
https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/39625
Ooh Freakin’ Rah!
See # 7
Another glorious day in the history of the corps
I remember getting something for malaria was that chloroquine?
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Glad the guy is okay. I would check to see if he still has a fever.
My leaky heart valve is located in my heart, not my lung. Last I heard San Diego is in San Diego County. I'm not aware of a San Diego in Humboldt County.
Yep, that’s what your corpsmen handed out and made sure you took it.
That’s what I thought. I wonder if this stuff taken over 50 years would have any lasting effect? I suspect not but a study of Nam vets and the virus would be interesting.
However, in the present era, the Marine Corps emphasizes training to accomplish & survive "diversity" more than to survive "adversity"...
Good! Let’s get back to work!
definitely not a snowflake....
Mind: Semper Fidelis
Body: Semper Fortis
Way to go, Marine.
Effin A.
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