Tom “Ghost” Martin

“Reach back out to your local Marine Corps community. Let them know that you’re around.”

“Be part of that community. It’s something we all have the inherent ability to do. It’s just whether we want to go do it.”

“I can speak to anybody about my Marine Corps history and I can do it with gusto and I can do it with pride.”

“We're competing against Hoover Dam. We're competing against the Sphere, the Red Rock.”

“I never expect to see Marine Veterans at the Leatherneck Club five to six years after they get out.”

“When do I start pining for my history? When do I start discovering there’s something in my life I’m missing?”

“The whole time I was in the Marine Corps, brotherhood meant brotherhood. It didn't mean, oh, well, you're a girl, so you're not part of the brotherhood.”

“Wherever you are in the world, know it’s your day.”

“The patrons at the bar were Korea War, Vietnam War, and I was probably one of the very first Desert Storm Marines to walk in this place.”

“Leatherneck for me means a brotherhood.”

“I was a civilian. I was done.”

“We got back to our fighting holes after doing all that and about an hour later, artillery incoming.”