tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1718316039989930020.post8094875213244148562..comments2023-09-24T05:44:26.434-04:00Comments on The View from Downrange: Sergeant First Class Martin "Marty" Maher, US ArmyIHChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12045231491282547282noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1718316039989930020.post-24121238383875817252020-08-04T02:40:42.886-04:002020-08-04T02:40:42.886-04:00They never had a baby.
.it was a Hollywood inventi...They never had a baby.<br />.it was a Hollywood invention Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06514485332240578960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1718316039989930020.post-89070536561436641302016-11-18T12:50:29.720-05:002016-11-18T12:50:29.720-05:00Just FYI: I am a 68-year old WASP, upper middle cl...Just FYI: I am a 68-year old WASP, upper middle class. So here is my comment: I would like to agree with everything above and add that there are now more than a few female grads of the USMA who have gone in harms way and returned with the physical and emotional scars of watching your buds being blown to bits. And then the ones who gave it all and came home in a body bag. God bless them all, so many men and women who have done what was needed without hesitation to protect our own great nation and to protect the people of nations that don't have what we enjoy. Almost forgot: I love that movie. Not sure how many times I have seen it. If that movie doesn't do something for you, you ain't wired right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1718316039989930020.post-23509512571788672262016-07-26T03:21:39.991-04:002016-07-26T03:21:39.991-04:00I am the very proud parent of a West Point Grad. a...I am the very proud parent of a West Point Grad. and a Marine<br />I have had the honor of being the high school swim coach for my son and two Naval Academy Grads, How great of a life Marty must have had!<br /><br />What a wonderful story about a man, a life, and The Corps around him.<br /><br />I can't wait to go back to West Point and trace some of the story parts.<br /><br />"The Long Grey Line" is an incredible statement about West Point and all who serve our country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1718316039989930020.post-24291755238648407772016-07-25T23:34:25.707-04:002016-07-25T23:34:25.707-04:00Movies like this make you proud to be an American....Movies like this make you proud to be an American. Mid-West Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12493389425660918014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1718316039989930020.post-61627737772924834292016-07-25T23:05:47.251-04:002016-07-25T23:05:47.251-04:00There should be more great movies like one today, ...There should be more great movies like one today, called "The Long Gray Line" as it makes a person realize that not enough great devotion and appreciation is given to our men in all branches of military service, for the greatness of their service to our nation. Sincerely, Bernadine Smith July 25, 2016.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1718316039989930020.post-26180248703536327162016-07-25T22:51:46.416-04:002016-07-25T22:51:46.416-04:00About a year after I graduated Infantry OSUT and A...About a year after I graduated Infantry OSUT and Airborne School, I was recommended for West Point by my first "Permanent Party" Commander. The first stop would have been the USMA Preparatory School, which IIRC was at Fort Monmouth, NJ then (1985).<br /><br />Unfortunately, I was just a "Resident Alien" (aka: "Green Card Holder") which made me ineligible. That was my last chance to attend West Point because of my age - I was a 21-year old PFC at that time.<br /><br />I eventually obtained my Commission (in Aviation) while serving in the Army National Guard and finally left service (USAR) in 2013 with the rank of Captain (O-3). I would have made it higher had I not gone Inactive along the way and had not experienced various medial issues.<br /><br />I hope to visit the Academy some day, and while may I have never attended, I had the honor to have served with quite a few graduates of that great Academy not just as a subordinate, but also as a peer and a superior.<br /><br />I saw this movie for the very first time tonight and it brought back memories of my almost 30-years of combined service (AD, ARNG, ING, IRR, and USAR). Too bad the chances that our current and future generations of Americans will probably not understand what this movie invokes in those of us who did serve.Carlosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1718316039989930020.post-9009183684193688392016-05-27T02:58:59.629-04:002016-05-27T02:58:59.629-04:00One of the best movies I have ever watched in my l...One of the best movies I have ever watched in my life.<br />I am 66 and a registered nurse and Allied Health Instructor. This move speaks about devotion to God and Country. It also talks about devotion in marriage.<br />I spent 18 months in Vietnam Nam with the navy helping to pull out Gun Boats out of the river and repair them. I love this country. I try and tell my students to thank everyone they see who has served this great nation of ours. Thank you for all who have served and have posted on this site. God bless you and your family's.<br />Sincerely<br />Bill White USNRBillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06412218137392266378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1718316039989930020.post-72240596768892145062016-04-09T17:11:22.608-04:002016-04-09T17:11:22.608-04:00I was in the West Point hospital in 1960 and he wo...I was in the West Point hospital in 1960 and he would sit up in his bed when we enlisted guys walk by. He would yell out an order and just smile when we were alarmed. He was the talk of the place and everyone wanted to get a glimpse or talk to him. <br /><br />Larry Swanson<br />Sometime in 1960Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1718316039989930020.post-41996537662094431972014-10-13T14:10:23.649-04:002014-10-13T14:10:23.649-04:00I just finished watching the movie for the first t...I just finished watching the movie for the first time. Very heartwarming story, especially the Irish aspect of it. <br /><br />And to all of you posters: I thank you for your service!<br /><br />Barry ShannahanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1718316039989930020.post-58335203295110810732014-07-15T14:41:25.804-04:002014-07-15T14:41:25.804-04:00After watching this movie I was thrilled to hear w...After watching this movie I was thrilled to hear when Marty leaves the kitchen near the end of the movie and is informed there is big brass here and he comments must be the superintendent or Wedemeyer perhaps. As I knew General Wedemeyer up until his passing in 1989 I can assure you when visiting the General on numerous occasions he still religiously wore his West Point Robe when puttering about his home in Boyds, Md. Tom Kalbacher USN.Tom Kalbacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14431335963076533717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1718316039989930020.post-42001081498760869012013-09-26T11:55:09.917-04:002013-09-26T11:55:09.917-04:00And for those of us that served, and didn't at...And for those of us that served, and didn't attend or graduate from the Point, it is a heart warming story of all that is good in our country.<br /><br />United States Army enlisted 1967-68Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1718316039989930020.post-7094515360440055472013-02-11T18:35:06.707-05:002013-02-11T18:35:06.707-05:00I watched the movie in grade school as an 8 year o...I watched the movie in grade school as an 8 year old. I went home and told my parents I was going to go to West Point. I did. So I lived the experience you talked about. It is real and it is the most wonderful experience in my life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1718316039989930020.post-91477192077581612702012-04-19T13:08:30.117-04:002012-04-19T13:08:30.117-04:00I too happen to be a retired soldier, and as a boy...I too happen to be a retired soldier, and as a boy, I considered West Point to be something of a playground. One of the most beautiful playgrounds in the world, I might add. Anyhow, and I was a small boy at the time, I remember when "The Long Gray Line" had its screening at a theater on Broadway in New York. The whole Corps of Cadets was there. At the time, that consisted of about 2,400 cadets. Later, as a young cadet at a nearby military school, I remember entering the gym at the Point, and there was a big portrait of Maher to welcome you. <br /><br />As a soldier, I and many others wondered just how he managed to pull of spending his whole Army career in one place. His luck and our jealousy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com