Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they've made a difference.
The Marines don't have that problem. The Marine Corps community strongly supports the building of a memorial to honor the members of the United States Air Force who gave of themselves, many paying the ultimate sacrifice, for the sake of this Nation. We feel equally as strong that such a memorial have a distinctive place in our Nation's capitol, but we do not believe that place is the grounds surrounding the Marine Corps War Memorial. With the marking of the site recently, the Air Force Memorial Foundation has thrown down the gauntlet. What has totally escaped the well-intentioned, but unyielding Air Force Memorial planners is that Marines, active and retired, their families and their friends, consider this site hallowed ground.