War and its effects
me | 12.08.2004 16:26
Men of which our country can be proud
BBC live interview with Martin Savidge on Sunday, 30 July 2004:
Martin Savidge of the BBC, stopped to talk to a group of Royal Marines near Basra. He was talking with 4 young Marines near thier Land Rover this morning live on BBC World. He had been telling the story of how well the Marines had been looking out for and taking care of him since the war he had been there. He went on to tell about the many hardships the Marines had endured since the war began and how they all look after one another.
He turned to the four and said he had cleared it with their commanders and they could use his video phone to call home. None of these Marines had been able to talk with their families for many weeks. The 19 year old Royal Marine next to him asked Martin if he would allow his sergeant to use his call to call his pregnant wife back home whom he had not been able to talk to in over a month. A stunned Savidge, who was visibly moved by the request, nodded his head - yes. The young Marine ran off to get the sergeant.
Savidge recovered after a few seconds and turned back to the three young Marines still sitting with him. He asked which one of them would like to call home first? The Marine closest to him responded with out a moments hesitation, "Sir, if is all the same to you we would like to call the parents of a friend of ours. Cpl Brian Buesing of Leicester, who was killed on the 23rd of March near Nasiriya. We would like to see how his familiy are doing and let them know their son died bravely."
At that Martin Savidge totally broke down and was unable to speak. All he could get out before signing off was, "Where do they get young men like this?"
BBC live interview with Martin Savidge on Sunday, 30 July 2004:
Martin Savidge of the BBC, stopped to talk to a group of Royal Marines near Basra. He was talking with 4 young Marines near thier Land Rover this morning live on BBC World. He had been telling the story of how well the Marines had been looking out for and taking care of him since the war he had been there. He went on to tell about the many hardships the Marines had endured since the war began and how they all look after one another.
He turned to the four and said he had cleared it with their commanders and they could use his video phone to call home. None of these Marines had been able to talk with their families for many weeks. The 19 year old Royal Marine next to him asked Martin if he would allow his sergeant to use his call to call his pregnant wife back home whom he had not been able to talk to in over a month. A stunned Savidge, who was visibly moved by the request, nodded his head - yes. The young Marine ran off to get the sergeant.
Savidge recovered after a few seconds and turned back to the three young Marines still sitting with him. He asked which one of them would like to call home first? The Marine closest to him responded with out a moments hesitation, "Sir, if is all the same to you we would like to call the parents of a friend of ours. Cpl Brian Buesing of Leicester, who was killed on the 23rd of March near Nasiriya. We would like to see how his familiy are doing and let them know their son died bravely."
At that Martin Savidge totally broke down and was unable to speak. All he could get out before signing off was, "Where do they get young men like this?"
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