Leatherneck Magazine--Gyrene Gyngles--1970.

[USMC 2571]

Just found this deep within my archives:

Remember the feature at the end of the magazine? I submitted this and they published it, back in 1970.

*** The Nation's Best ***

Here they come in perfect line
All in step, in uniforms fine
They carry their heads above the rest
With pride, for they're The Nation's Best

The drums beat softly as if they were one
People stand tall, every father and son
For they know that there is none to compare
With the U.S. Marines, anyplace, anywhere

Polished shoes and shining rifles
Everything cleaned, all down to the trifles
They march with pride, with reason, you see
For they are part of the USMC

If ever you stand, patiently waiting
For a parade, be it sunny or raining
Your time will be well spent,
If, after the rest,
You catch a glimpse of The Nation's Best.

[William Hardy]

LOL - Few can make that claim. You need to have that copy open to that page and then sealed in plastic!

SF

[USMC 2571]

I don't have the magazine, Bill, just the original poem cut of out of that 1970 issue. Never submitted one before or since.

[irpat54]

awesome job,, :thumbup:

[USMC 2571]

Thanks, Pat---that was long ago, only 3 years after I got out.

These days I'd be hard pressed to come up with anything more involved than "Roses are red, violets are blue, I hated Camp Lejeune and you will too"---I doubt they'd publish it.