John's poems of...LIFE - LIVING &LOVE...JDJ

ON. The. 19th.  OF. AUGUST
In. The. YEAR---1975-:////////\\\\\\\\


My. DREAM. TO   BECOME. A
UNITED-STATES--MARINE
BECAME---ALIVE:////////\\\\\\\\






The. ". NINETEENTH.    
OF.   AUGUST.   In.    ". 1975. "
WAS.  MY. ____ 19th____ BIRTHDAY.
  And.  MY.  FIRST.    MOTIVATING
D
                A
                                 Y
IN.   MARINE-CORPS.      
CHALLENGING
".  BOOT-CAMP. "
And. From. DAY-ONE
I.  Always.  DID. MY
Very. BEST:////////\\\\\\\\


And. ALWAYS
S T R I V E D
TO. BE.  ". FIRST. "
IN.  EVERY.  ". RECRUIT. "
BOOT.  CAMP.  TRAINING
C
   H
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         L
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From.  ALL.  OF.  MY
YEARS.  IN.   Junior-HIGH
and.   IN.  HIGH-SCHOOL
I. Was. ALWAYS.  In
GREAT--SHAPE
With. Cross-Country--Swimmming--and--Track
and.   TO.  BECOME.  A----UNITED-STATES--MARINE
I.                           WAS.                R E A D Y_______
and. The.  MARINE-CORPS.  DRILL--INSTRUCTORS
PUSHED.  US.   VERY.  HARD----and.  WERE
MOTIVATED.  And.  REALLY
Tougher. Than
TOUGH:////////\\\\\\\\\


THE
MARINE
CORPS
BOOT
CAMP
DAY &  NIGHT
T R A I N I N G
WAS. EXHAUSTING
PHYSICALLY. &. MENTALLY
DEMANDING.  And.  CHALLENGING
and.  P U S H E D.  Every.  RECRUIT
TO.  THE.      E.  X.  T.  R.  E.  M.  E
".  LIMIT.  ".         And.        MY
DREAM.   TO.   BECOME.     A
". UNITED-STATES-MARINE. "
     WAS________ROUGH:////////\\\\\\\\







WHEN. FROM. MY. ". BOOT-CAMP. "
i. GRADUATED.  And.  I.  HAD.  THE
". PROUD-TITLE. "
OF.  BEING.  A
UNITED-STATES
M
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                                                                                E
MY.  ". BOYHOOD. "
             DREAM.  CAME
T
        R
                U
                        E
and. I.  Went.  HOME
on.  LEAVE. To. My
WINONA-MINNESOTA
HOME-SWEET
H
        O
                M
                         E:///////\\\\\\\\







THE
D
   E
      E
         P
RESPECT
        OF
          ALL
MY.   FAMILY
MOM. &. DAD
Neighbors
Friends
and
Strangers
W
   A
      S
DEEPLY.  FELT.  And
K
        N
                O
                       W
                               N:///////\\\\\\\\








THERE. IS. NO. GREATER.  LOVE. IN
ALL.  OF. THIS.  WORLD
THAN. THAT. OF. A
BROTHER
MARINE
AS. A. BROTHER 
MARINE. YOU. TRUST
THEM:////////\\\\\\\\


WITH.  YOUR
L
        I
               F
                     E
Through.
Every
Troubles
STRESS.  
And.  Challenges
Trials.  And.  STRIFE.   
Every.  MARINE.   KNOWS. That
ONCE. A. MARINE. 
Always. A.  MARINE
with. SEMPER-FI
M O T I V A T I O N
Second. To. NONE
GOD.  BLESS.  AMERICA
and. GOD.  BLESS. EVERY
M
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                                          E
AS. In. HARMS. WAY
In. Every. CLIME. &. PLACE
THEY. GO. To.  PROTECT
and.  DEFEND:////////\\\\\\\\










BY.  JOHN.  D.  JUNGERS
10---NOVEMBER---2021

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