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Jun 2012
He was small for a Marine,
The dying boy there in the bed.
Three times he'd fought off cancer
but now, inside his head,
a serious infection
would claim his life instead.

Cody Green was only twelve.
All his life he'd loved the Corps.
They made him a navigator,
The insignia he wore.
An honorary soldier
A marine in time of war.

The crises was upon him.
He would not win this fight
A fellow member of the Corps
Stood honor guard all night

There would be a flag draped coffin
for this member of the Corps.
Cody Green, a Young Marine
A Marine in time of war..
A simple poem about a 12 year old boy. A victim of Leukemia and infection, who was made an honorary Marine by men who appreciate true courage. Cody Green succumbed recently to a fungal infection.
John F McCullagh
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John F McCullagh  63/M/NY
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