Eyeballs??

November 2nd, 2008

Okay, I thought I’d seen it all in the field of Marine Corps body-related memorabilia: rank tattoos, dogtag tattoos, giant monster boot camp rings with huge fake colorful jewels, goofy mushy moto t-shirts, you know what I mean. Then I saw this guy…and I just didn’t know what to say:

…an Eagle, Globe, and Anchor ARTIFICIAL EYEBALL??

Posted on Sunday, November 2nd, 2008 and filed under tidbits.
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5 Responses to “Eyeballs??”

  1. por la calle yo te vi says:
    November 2, 2008 at 19:39

    I think he would make an awesome Kindergarten teacher, shape those 5-6 year olds into real warriors of the future not these soft x-box playing bubble gum chewing kids, aha!

  2. Shay says:
    November 2, 2008 at 19:49

    I remember a colonel at Lejeune in the mid-90′s who had one he wore every year on Nov 10th. Name of Sutton.

  3. Sara says:
    November 3, 2008 at 08:19

    GySgt Popaditch… also has a tank-gunner design and the 1st Tank Bn logo.

  4. navybrat57 says:
    November 5, 2008 at 09:59

    WOW!! Talk about Semper Fi!

  5. Viper says:
    May 3, 2009 at 10:24

    This guy is a friend of mine and his is a great story. He has a new book out. He pulled down the Saddamn statue and was “The Cigar Marine” that was the poster shot for our success in Baghdad. He was actually celebrating his anniversary (hence, the cigar) but of course the media assumed it was for the victory and ran with it. EXACTLY one year later(yes, on his wedding anniversary), he was …read this slowly…hit in the head with an RPG while on top of his tank driving down a narrow Baghdad street. And survived. Blown to shit, yeah, but survived. Blew his eardrums and one eye out. Lost his sense of smell and taste too. He tried like hell to recover … read this slowly again… so he could get back with his unit in Iraq. Ended up he had to get out and now is finishing up college to be a teacher. He was the guest speaker two years ago at the SNCO Birthday Ball. And one of the finest American heroes I ever knew.