We recently had the unique opportunity to have dinner with a group of "old" Marines who fought in the battle of Iwo Jima.  Their reunion was scheduled to meet at the Cherry Point Air Show.  Although I use the term elderly to describe these men, the glint in their eyes and the stories they recall shed a whole new light on a previous life they endured.  They epitomize what "proud to be an American" means.  My husband's Uncle John D'Addamio is no longer with us, but he lives on in spirit through these men, the Corps, and anyone proud to call themselves American.