Reading hastily by candlelight, the Marine rifleman immediately forgave the kid for addressing him as “soldier” — Marines are called “Marines” and they’ll rightly correct you on that.
Christmas in the military is certainly different than celebrating the holidays as a civilian, and Christmas during war is an entirely unique experience from anything else.
Military Times' dedicated site to the Vietnam Commemoration, Rolling Thunder the POW/MIA mission and telling the stories of Vietnam veterans. “If you were a reconnaissance Marine and you served ...