AMERICA’S MARINES IN PHILADELPHIA(Ep103) 4:48

Female 1:
Philadelphia supports the Marine Corps one hundred percent. This was the birthplace of the Marine Corps.

Female 2:
We came down specially to see him. Oh, they’re so cool, really cool looking and nice and polished.

Male 1:
You feel secure being here and they do a commendable job.

Female 1:
I think what makes the Marine Corps special is it’s such a brotherhood. Any Marine that he runs into, they’re always close. It doesn’t matter if it’s the guys in the office or it’s some guy he runs into when we’re traveling, it seems like he knows those guys.

Biker:
You’re always a Marine. You’re a Marine twenty-four hours of the day for the rest of your life. It’s a camaraderie, it’s a brotherhood, it’s people going through the same things in life that others have gone through.


Female 3:
They’re really there as a symbol for America, I mean, in terms of what they provide for us and what they do for us.

Biker :
They’re over there doing stuff for our freedom, for our country and for other countries.

Marine 1:
We were in Africa, I think, back in 2003, when we had a small village and we actually gave them dental care and we helped them build a school. That was a real big moment when we seen our first class going to the school. That was pretty big. I get a sense of pride about helping people throughout the world. I mean it sounds kind of clichéd but it’s nice to help other people. It’s pretty exciting doing what I do.

Male 2:
The Marine Corps Law Enforcement Association raises money for the children of Marines who have lost a parent, tries to raise some money for the future education of these children.

Foundation Spokesman:
The foundation has been running since 1995. It’s all volunteer. They lay on a hundred percent of every dollar raised to go right to the child of a former Marine or law enforcement officer. And then we’re going to be here tonight to give the people who have spent their hard-earned money to come here to support the foundation and in turn are supporting children, to give back a little bit to them too. So it should be a great night.

A lot of people join the Marine Corps and have a lifetime in service and when they get out of the Marines they seem to jump right into some kind of law enforcement to continue their life of service. A gunnery sergeant was killed in a motorcycle accident—Twentynine Palms—and he was from the Philadelphia area and although his widow could not be here, we’re going to have someone accept $40,000 bonds in the gunnery sergeants name for her children and we’re going to have that done tonight.

Foundation Spokesman:
Please welcome to Philadelphia, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, Colonel James Connelly and Mrs. Connelly…

Foundation Spokesman:
The Philadelphia police have been great to us and everybody handled everything well. They had a four star general and a commandant of the Marine Corps here. It was just absolutely phenomenal.

Male 2:
All these young men, Marines today, and young women, they’re doing what they feel they need to do and that’s what we need. We need people like that.

Male 1:
They are all proud of what you are doing for us and hats off to you guys for doing a commendable service for the nation. We all feel proud of you.

Female 3:
Everyone loves you and your family and your friends. It’s a comfort to have you out there for all of us, for everyone in America.