3/6 Welcome Home... OOHRAH

3/6 Welcome Home… OOHRAH

Sgt.Grit,

On August 9th 2007,my sons Marine 3/6 unit came home from Iraq,it was the 2nd tour for them,the first tour was the Anbar province on the Syrian border,we made the trip down to see the return of these heroes,we are from Michigan,it was the 2nd trip to Camp Lejeune for us,after we greeted our son CPL David Somerville,and his friend and roomate CPL Chad Lamb,I must have spent the next hour walking up to as many Marines as possible to say welcome home and thank you,by the way the temperatures that day 115 degrees. My son David and Chad recieved the (NAM) medal NAVY AND MARINE,we still don’t know what they did,but we do know that both of them had volunteered to be coptered around Iraq to pick up the belongings of fallen Marines,well over 70 missions,I wanted to share this with your readers,we are so proud of all of our men and women,to all the members of the 3/6,welcome home,you are all heroes to all of us,SEMPER FI.JOB WELL DONE

Bud Somerville
Westland Mi

P.S HERE IS A PICTURE OF CPL DAVID SOMERVILLE (LEFT)AND CPL CHAD LAMB (RIGHT)