 So, on the 15th of April 2015, when myself and Major General Kaufman had the opportunity to present a living Montfort Port Marine, a medal, I felt that that was history and the making. Because you had history back in 1942 who paved the way for someone such as myself to be in, to listen to what private first class Adams stated occurred during 1942. It's something you have to experience yourself, to feel this presence of history, to be a part of it, to know who actually paved your way. It's like being right there with Rosa Parks and sitting right beside her or being with Chester Puller and knowing what he went through in regards to all of the orders that he gave to his men when they were in war. To be sitting there made me feel like I was in a moment. He had the strength that I myself would have to find from somewhere in order to survive what he went through. In order for him to survive being spit on, being talked about even by the commandant then of the Marine Corps stating he would not want to serve even 250,000 at the time. He said Negroes. But the fact that they went on and the stories that he told me, how they did not get the same child that their counterparts received or he wasn't treated the same way or he did not get the same recognition. To go through that and know that you are doing this for a bigger purpose almost brought me down to tears. It brought me to being more humble than what I am. To even think of something that I might go through because I'm upset made me forget that just thinking about what private first class Adams said. You come back and you go, oh my goodness. You paved the way through dignity, through hunger, through hatred, just so someone like me could honor what you've done and honor our Corps and it was amazing.