As you can see, prayer is communicating with God. Prayer is a one on one conversation with the only person who many times is the only one who can help. Prayer is conversation from the deepest part of your heart to the Almighty Creator. Prayer is telling God what is on your mind and what is in your heart.raying for others. When we pray for others, we become partners with God in his work of salvation, healing, comfort, and justice. God can certainly accomplish those things without us, but he gives us the privilege of being involved with him through prayer.
At the time of his retirement, Col. Bowen was the longest active U.S. Marine on duty. Col. Edmund J. Brown. His retirement ceremony was attended by numerous family and friends who traveled from across the country to Quantico, Va., and then to Washington, D.C., to the Marine Corps Base.
The average infantryman in the South Pacific during World War II saw about 40 days of combat in four years. The average infantryman in Vietnam saw about 240 days of combat in one year thanks to the mobility of the helicopter. One out of every 10 Americans who served in Vietnam was a casualty. 58,169 were killed and 304,000 wounded out of 2.59 million who served. Although the percent who died is similar to other wars, amputations or crippling wounds were 300 percent higher than in World War II.