 Marine Plays Bagpipes In Iraq, Marines show Real men wear kilts |
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Posted: 09-Jul-2004, 11:52 AM
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| QUOTE (Ceciliastar1 @ 09-Jul-2004, 10:44 AM) | Marines rule! My brother is a marine. He doesn't play any instruments though. I wish I could have read the story. The link didn't work for me.
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Here is an article from The Detroit Free Press. "Detroit Marine's request brings 5 new kilts Tue Jul 6, 3:54 AM ET BY MARISOL BELLO, FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER Detroit's bagpipe-playing, kilt-sporting Marine 1st Sgt. Dwayne Farr has become something of a minor celebrity these days. Since news reports published around the world featured the leatherneck from the city's east side wearing a kilt and wailing the Marine Corps Hymn on his bagpipes for battle-weary troops in Fallujah, Iraq (news - web sites), the calls from the media and private citizens have not stopped. He even has his own spokeswoman assigned to handle the inquiries. Many of the callers want to honor Farr's wish for a desert-camouflage kilt to replace the red, blue and green plaid one he wore on the field. Boy, did he get his wish." http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/krdetroit...t6_20040706.htm
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| freekenny |
Posted: 09-Jul-2004, 12:41 PM
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| QUOTE (stevenpd @ 09-Jul-2004, 12:52 PM) | | QUOTE (Ceciliastar1 @ 09-Jul-2004, 10:44 AM) | Marines rule! My brother is a marine. He doesn't play any instruments though. I wish I could have read the story. The link didn't work for me.
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Here is an article from The Detroit Free Press. "Detroit Marine's request brings 5 new kilts Tue Jul 6, 3:54 AM ET BY MARISOL BELLO, FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER Detroit's bagpipe-playing, kilt-sporting Marine 1st Sgt. Dwayne Farr has become something of a minor celebrity these days. Since news reports published around the world featured the leatherneck from the city's east side wearing a kilt and wailing the Marine Corps Hymn on his bagpipes for battle-weary troops in Fallujah, Iraq (news - web sites), the calls from the media and private citizens have not stopped. He even has his own spokeswoman assigned to handle the inquiries. Many of the callers want to honor Farr's wish for a desert-camouflage kilt to replace the red, blue and green plaid one he wore on the field. Boy, did he get his wish." http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/krdetroit...t6_20040706.htm |
What an enchanting and inspirational story! Ni Ya We (thank you in Cherokee/Navajo) for sharing! 
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| celticwoodsman |
Posted: 14-Sep-2004, 10:17 AM
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I have had a beyond all repair stoy of new age kilts...I ordered a kilt in July from a group called utilikitz in seattle, and first of all they say it takes like 6-8 weeks that I can understand but after a bunch of lost orders and phone tags I am not even sure I will get the actual kilt I ordered....I ordered black they said I ordered brown...right now i just want the kilt, but for my next investment I would like to know if anyone can recommend a more reputable supplier?
I don't mean to diss the company or to flood the list with my rant but I figure that as a former S&R person if u can't trust a bunch of marines there is no one u can trust
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As a Marine myself, who just happens to be retired, I find nothing unusual about a Marine in a kilt. I also remember being at Red Beach north of DaNang, Viet Nam in 1970 and listening to a Marine piper playing from somewhere across the camp about every evening. I never did find out who he was but when he would miss a night I would wonder if something had happened to him. He would play for half an hour or an hour. It was something that I came to look forward to hearing.
