1 00:00:01,031 --> 00:00:02,906 - When you think of the 2 00:00:02,906 --> 00:00:05,989 people in the Marine Corps that were 3 00:00:06,162 --> 00:00:07,749 the rocks of the Corps, 4 00:00:07,749 --> 00:00:10,738 you think of people like Howlin' Mad Smith 5 00:00:10,738 --> 00:00:13,905 who commanded the Marines at Iwo Jima, 6 00:00:15,861 --> 00:00:16,944 who developed 7 00:00:18,590 --> 00:00:21,031 the concept of the Fleet Marine Forces Pacific, 8 00:00:21,031 --> 00:00:22,531 Howlin' Mad Smith. 9 00:00:23,744 --> 00:00:25,327 He is my godfather, 10 00:00:26,310 --> 00:00:28,477 okay, he was my godfather. 11 00:00:28,854 --> 00:00:31,187 All the greats of the Corps, 12 00:00:32,879 --> 00:00:34,796 people like Lou Wilson, 13 00:00:35,838 --> 00:00:37,171 and Bob Barrow, 14 00:00:38,951 --> 00:00:41,451 Twining, Shupe, Vandegrift. 15 00:00:42,533 --> 00:00:45,866 They all sat around my dining room table 16 00:00:45,963 --> 00:00:47,713 when I was young lad. 17 00:00:48,994 --> 00:00:50,827 And it's through them, 18 00:00:51,275 --> 00:00:54,124 and people like them and my father, 19 00:00:54,124 --> 00:00:56,374 I came to have this passion 20 00:00:57,411 --> 00:01:00,494 and this love for this Corps of ours.