My Daughter Was Laughed at for Standing Alone at the Father-Daughter Dance—Until a Dozen Marines Walked Into the Gym

said if he ever couldn’t be here… we would come.”

A silence spread through the gym.

Katie’s voice trembled.

“You knew my dad?”

The General smiled.

“We didn’t just know him,” he said. “He was one of us.”

One of the Marines stepped forward.

“He talked about you all the time,” he added warmly. “Your drawings. Your boots. Your dance routines. Everything.”

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