Marine Corps Stories: The Commandant's Color
A commandant must decide what to do in the wake of an attack.
Resplendent in his evening attire of dress including red and white and gold. Of course, the midnight blue offered a feast for the eyes. The first black Commandant in Marine Corps history walked with his wife. He was sixty-two and she was forty. The evening went well until it was announced that Iran had attacked a barracks in Tehran that housed forty Marines. Sixteen of them were dead and a few more were injured.
The night was spoiled but the Commandant ensured that everyone else had a good time while he prepared a speech for the press. He felt it.
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