OT.... Incident at Tomb of the Unknowns...

[Nittany.Lion]

amazing.....that's one tough son of gun!!!!

http://blog.theveteranssite.com/tom...ET_VETFAN_SOCIAL_FBPC_PC_TOMB-SENTINEL-MISHAP

 

[step.eng69]

amazing.....that's one tough son of gun!!!!

http://blog.theveteranssite.com/tom...ET_VETFAN_SOCIAL_FBPC_PC_TOMB-SENTINEL-MISHAP

Thank you for the post Nitt and the site info

 

[psu1969a]

Seals and other Special Forces groups are tough. But I have the highest respect for the guards at the Tomb not just for their time spent in active duty but for a lifetime. of dedication.

 

[creamery freak]

amazing.....that's one tough son of gun!!!!

http://blog.theveteranssite.com/tom...ET_VETFAN_SOCIAL_FBPC_PC_TOMB-SENTINEL-MISHAP

I remember being at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier for a changing of the guard during a 6th grade trip in 1971. There was a group of kids a distance from us who were talking. The Commander immediately approached them and in a very loud voice, almost a scream, told them that there would be complete silence during the changing of the guard out of respect for the Unknown Soldier. I'll never forget that.

 

[Fox Chapel Lion II]

There is a really good sleeper movie about The Old Guard during the Vietnam War. James Earl Jones, James Caan, and Anjelica Huston. It's called Gardens of Stone. Give it a watch, I think you'll like it. Francis Ford Coppola directed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardens_of_Stone