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- When you think of the

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people in the Marine Corps that were

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the rocks of the Corps,

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you think of people like Howlin' Mad Smith

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who commanded the Marines at Iwo Jima,

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who developed

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the concept of the Fleet Marine Forces Pacific,

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Howlin' Mad Smith.

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He is my godfather,

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okay, he was my godfather.

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All the greats of the Corps,

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people like Lou Wilson,

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and Bob Barrow,

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Twining, Shupe, Vandegrift.

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They all sat around my dining room table

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when I was young lad.

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And it's through them,

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and people like them and my father,

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I came to have this passion

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and this love for this Corps of ours.