Thursday, October 23, 2008

25 years after Beirut

By Bryan Mitchell - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Oct 22, 2008 20:40:15 EDT

Every October, Judith Young makes a solemn trip from her home in southern New Jersey to Jacksonville, N.C., to honor her late son, Sgt. Jeffrey D. Young.

Along the way, she wonders about the life her son might have lived: A wife, possibly children and maybe a full career in the Corps he loved to serve.

“He loved jumping out of airplanes and rappelling down buildings, but I have no idea what he would have done,” she said. “Who knows? He was only 22.”

http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/10/marine_beirutintro_102308/