Reply #49: Corporal of the Guard at a small Marine base..

[Bigmack]

in Japan.

A buddy at the radio shack brought us the word in the guard shack. We were stunned... and uncharacteristically non-profane. No dark humor.

Japanese holiday, so we had to raise our big holiday flag, and then lower it to half staff.

Damn near touched the ground. I'd have lost a stripe.