<p>“McGarvey was the fifth radio operator I had lost in three months.”</p>
<p>After McGarvey was wounded, Webb wrote, the Marine looked at him, shook his head and said, “Knock that stuff off, Lieutenant. It’s only an arm.”</p>
<p>Within a week after McGarvey was taken away in a medevac helicopter, he wrote the platoon a letter. Webb continued, “He went to a tattoo shop and had a ring of blue dashes inked around what remained of his arm. Just above it was inscribed ‘CUT ALONG DOTTED LINE.’”</p>
<p>I’m guessing he can handle the Washington crowd.</p>