![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Master-Sgt.-William-H.-Cox-and-First-Sgt.-James-T.-Hollingsworth-300x188.jpg\")
<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nMaster Sergeant William H. Cox and First Sergeant James T. Hollingsworth made a promise to each other one New Year night in 1969 under an enemy mortar barrage in Vietnam, that if they lived through the night, they’d meet up every year afterwards on that day and they did. Up until Hollingsworth succumbed to an illness, but his last mission for Cox was to deliver Hollingsworth’s eulogy, according to The Telegraph<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI said, \u2018Boy, that\u2019s a rough mission you\u2019re assigning me to there,\u2019\u201d Mr Cox told the Greenvilleonline.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n When Mr Hollingsworth, whose nickname was \u2018Hollie\u2019, passed away aged 80, Mr Cox honoured his friend\u2019s request by delivering his eulogy.<\/p>\n The 83-year-old also insisted on standing guard over Mr Hollingsworth\u2019s casket without the aid of the walking stick he usually relies on.<\/p>\n Mr Cox added: \u201cThere\u2019s a bond between Marines that\u2019s different from any other branch of service. We\u2019re like brothers.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I’d say that there’s a bond between all veterans, irrespective of their branch of service, but I won’t take anything away from these two Marines. I do know that my uniform won’t fit as well 50 years after I was discharged like Sergeant Cox’ uniform fits him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"