"Where do they get young men like this?
Martin Savidge of CNN, embedded with the 1st Marine battalion,
was talking with 4 young Marines near his foxhole this morning
live on CNN. He had been telling the story of how well the
Marines had been looking out for and taking care of him since the
war started. He went on to tell about the many hardships the
Marines had endured since the war began and how they all look
after one another.
He turned to the four and said he had cleared it with their
commanders and they could use his video phone to call home.
The 19 year old Marine next to him asked Martin if he would
allow his platoon sergeant to use his call to call his pregnant wife
back home whom he had not been able to talk to in three months.
A stunned Savidge who was visibly moved by the request shook
his head and the young Marine ran off to get the sergeant.
Savidge recovered after a few seconds and turned back to the
three young Marines still sitting with him and asked which one of
them would like to call home first, the Marine closest to him
responded with out a moments hesitation Sir, if is all the same
to you we would like to call the parents of a buddy of ours, Lance
Cpl Brian Buesing of Cedar Key, Florida who was killed on 3-23-
03 near Nasiriya to see how they are doing.
At that Martin Savidge totally broke down and was unable to
speak. All he could get out before signing off was Where do they
get young men like this?.
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