Very proud dad

[SNAFU]

SEMPER FIDELIS to your son,,,welcome him to our Brotherhood
of The Few The Proud....The Mariners
Sign at 3rd BN India Company Recruit Depot Parris Island
that I will never forget,..

When I first got here,,I thought I would die.
After 2 weeks here,,I prayed to die
After 6 weeks here,,I knew I wouldn't die.
For I became to tough to die,because I had become
A United States MARINE
Author unknown 1916