I know who you are. Your a Soldier in the United States Marine Corps, a freedom fighter, and The Great American Hero. For years you have filled the toy boxes of young boys and girls literally all over the world. I always fascinated that I would be a United States Marine and wanted right next to you during formation, or receiving a metal for saving the day. I could never sleep unless I knew that you, G.I. Joe, The Great American Hero was under my pillow.

You where always there. You never left anyone in need. It seems that you where always the one to get the job done when there was not anyone to do it. If anyone needed anything G.I. Joe, you where the one who was there, waiting and poised to make things right for everyone involved.

I am writing you this letter G.I. Joe of the United States Marine Corps to tell you that your under attack. Attack from every direction. G.I. Joe there are people that want to change you. They want to change what your name ( G.I. Joe ) stands for. They want to say your from another country. Further these people want to say that your not a Soldier in the United States Marine Corps and say that your from some country in Europe and that your in a military there.

Here is who we know G.I. Joe, The Great American Hero as:
Mitchell Paige (August 31, 1918-November 15, 2003) was a recipient of the Medal of Honor from World War II. He received this most prestigious military honor awarded by the United States of America for his actions at the Battle of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands on October 26, 1942, where, after all of the other Marines in his platoon were killed or wounded, he operated every operating machine gun that he seen, single handedly stopping two entire Japanese regiments.
G.I. Joe please tell all of the other Great American Heroes that are in the United States Marine Corps and The Great American Heroes that are in the other branches of The United States Military that I/we stand behind them and everything that they do.

Thank You
Matthew

P.S. Mom is gone but I got my sister to bake you some cookies with Red, White and Blue striped icing.