A friend of mine sent this story to me by e-mail. Very inspiring . . . .

Martin Savidge of CNN embedded with the 1st Marine battalion was talking
with 4 young marines near his foxhole this morning live on CNN. He had
been telling the story of how well the marines had been looking out for
and taking care of him since the war started. He went on to tell about the
many hardships the marines had endured since the war began and how they all
look after one another. 

He turned to the four and said he had cleared it with their commanders
and they could use his video phone to call home. The 19 year old marine
next to him asked Martin if he would allow his platoon sergeant to use his call
to call his pregnant wife back home whom he had not been able to talk to in
three months. A stunned Savidge who was visibly moved by the request
shook his head and the young marine ran off to get the sergeant. 

Savidge recovered after a few seconds and turned back to the three young
marines still sitting with him and asked which one of them would like to
call home first, the marine closest to him responded with out a moments
hesitation " Sir, if is all the same to you we would like to call the
parents of a buddy of ours, Lance Cpl Brian Buesing of Cedar Key,
Florida who was killed on 3-23-03 near Nasiriya to see how they are doing". 

At that Martin Savidge totally broke down and was unable to speak. All
he could get out before signing off was "where do they get young men like
this".