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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: JakeStyle on May 03, 2012, 01:37:03 PM
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http://www.wlfi.com/dpp/news/local/boy-made-honorary-marine-before-death
FLORA, Ind. (WLFI) - 12-year-old Cody Green has always admired the strength and courage of the marines. At 12:35 Saturday afternoon, it was the Marines admiring the strength and courage of Cody.
Cody had leukemia since he was 22 months old, but beat the disease three times. Although he was cancer-free, the chemotherapy lowered his immune system and Saturday afternoon, he died from a fungus that attacked his brain. Members of the Marines decided to step in and do something.
"They decided Cody, with the strength and honor and courage he showed through the whole thing, he should be a Marine," said Cody's father David Snowberger.
Cody was given Marine navigator wings and was made an honorary member of the United States Marine Corps. For one Marine, that wasn't enough, so he did even more.
"The night before Cody passed, he stood guard at Cody's door at the hospital all night long for eight hours straight," said Snowberger.
Cody was a fifth grader at Carroll Elementary School and, if you asked anyone, could only be described in one way.
"He was a comedian all the time," said Snowberger. "I mean, nothing was ever negative. He was just always happy, always worried about everybody else."
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Semper Fi, Cpl Green. Your leadership has been an inspiration for many, including many who don't even know you.
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:usmcflag: :taps: :usmcflag:
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:bawl: What a strong little man. Semper Fi, Sweet baby.
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Either my allergies are acting up or it's very dusty here.
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Either my allergies are acting up or it's very dusty here.
I know what you mean. What a brave little man. Semper Fi, Cpl. Green. :taps: :taps: :taps:
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He would been a great Marine rest in peace