Less than 2000 men survive of WWII's 1st Marine Division, the Marines who won victories on Guadalcanal and other Pacific islands.
The last man left - - the last of the 1st, as he is referred to - - will receive a bottle of Etournaud cognac that is approximately 160 years old. What will his thoughts be? Will he weep over the memories of his fallen comrades, or share the cognac with a younger generation of Marines, or not even care? No one knows.
Click the link to read the whole thing, it's well worth the time.
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