Return to Makin Island. What Memorial Day Is Really All About
By John DL Arendsen, Crest Backyard Homes "ADU" dealer & RE Developer
(CREST "BACKYARD' HOMES, ON THE LEVEL General & Manufactured Home Contractor, TAG Real Estate Sales & Investments)
Return to Makin Island What Memorial Day Is Really All About................Lest We Ever Forget Those Who Gave So Much For All We Have Today. A true story about 19 marines killed on an island (defending against the Japanese). They had to retreat, so asked the islanders to please bury the dead for us. This of course was WWII. Years later, they checked and found a man who had been a teenager then and remembered where they were buried. They sent a C-130 and an honor guard over there and found all 19 had been buried with their helmets on, their rifles in their hands, in perfect condition. The islanders had really done a wonderful job. As they were loading the bodies, a voice from out of nowhere started singing "The Marine Hymn" - gave everyone goose bumps. ...
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