Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they've made a difference.
The Marines don't have that problem. In gratitude for the liberation of The Netherlands by U.S. forces during the Second World War, and in a gesture of friendship between the American and Dutch peoples, The Netherlands Carillion was presented to the United States. The idea for the carillion originated with G.L. Verheul, a prominent Dutch government official in The Hague. His proposal for a carillion to be presented to the United States as a token of eternal friendship and gratitude met with enthusiastic support in the Netherlands. In 1995, the 50th anniversary of Dutch liberation from Nazi oppression, a group of businessmen in The Netherlands undertook a campaign to refurbish the carillion in order that it last into the 21st century.