Mary Anthony Iovino

I'm the one they call "Doc"
 

By

Henry D. Penny, Jr. HMC(AC)USN

I shall not walk in your footsteps, but I will walk by your side.

I shall not walk in your image, I've earned my own title of pride.

We've answered the call together, on land and foreign land.

When the cry for help was given, I've been there right at hand.

Whether I am on the ocean, or in the jungle wearing greens,

Giving aid to my fellow man, be it Sailors or Marines.

So the next time you see a corpsman, and you think of calling him "squid",

think of the job he is doing, as those before him did.

And if you ever have to go out there, and your life is on the block,

Look at the one right next to you...

I'm the one called "Doc"

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