I’d like to say Happy Birthday to the US Marines! I have never been in the military but my cousin Keith is a retired Marine.

Keith is the only child of my mothers only brother, Maurice. For some odd reason my Uncle Maurice had the nickname of Wiggy. I was a little kid so I gave it no thought as to why we called him Uncle Wiggy. He wasn’t particulary wild or anything like that. In fact he was a very laid back mellow person.

I did not grow up with his son Keith because Keith was an adult when I was a kid. I would only see him when he was on leave from the military. The only thing about him I can recall is that he wore glasses and that he was a very large muscular looking man. To me as a child cousin Keith, looked like a friendly giant who happened to wear glasses.