Eugene F. Flanagan

Gene and I served together. He was not only a Brother Marine but was like a real brother to me.
GySgt McKinley USMC Retired.

Eugene and I were in Hawaii together 1985-1988. When we met it was as if I found a big brother and brother I never had. After we met we were inseperable we went everywhere together. I was a SSgt he was a GySgt. Joe.

Miss you gunny, sucks cant have a drink with you and Col today like norm...wow its been awhile already, just know I remember your Smokey like it was yesterday

Never forgotten sir...

-SgtMaj Wilfong

Hi Gene,

I guess by now you and the Col. have gotten together
for a few drinks by now! I know you have been
waiting for your friend to come by. It hasn't been that long
ago for you, it doesn't seem that it has been over
2 years already! It just feels like a few months
ago really..
I have a pic of you in my office at
work and I always get the comment, "Boy he
sure looks like a real Marine!". I always tell
them, " He was a thru and...

Please look out for Col for me, give him a BIG hug for me and assure him I will carry on exactly as he wanted me to. Miss you now more than ever.

Gunny Sgt. you are always in our hearts! Semper Fi! We miss you.

Gene,

Hope you told Mother Happy Birthday like I asked you too. Tell her I said she will always be sorry she was born on Groundhog Day! Always looking for her shadow. Your windchimes have been ringing a lot lately and Spanky's chimes too. It's almost like you two are trying to out talk each other.

Been emailing Kim a lot lately and she thinks of you quite often too and really misses you as well as we do.. It's great that you have Kim for a friend, now we have her as a...

Well another Christmas come and gone without you, Mother, Mike and Denny. I'm sure y'all have celebrated together up there without us, sure do miss all of you. Not the same without all of you.

Pretty soon it will be 2009! Wishing all of you a Happy New Year! Y'all have the best seats in the house and are better off than we here on earth as we still have much to deal with. Y'all are Happy, Healthy and Home right now.

Tell Denny we visited Susie today.

Gene your...

Happy MARINE CORPS Birthday Brothers!
USMC: Gunny Sgt. Gene Flanagan and Dennis Flanagan!

Semper Fi Brothers!

Gene, I guess you are sitting up there with brother Dennis also a former Marine celebrating the Marine Corps Birthday together.. You were both so PROUD to be MARINES and we were and still are proud of you both!

We all miss Gene, Denny, Mike and Mother so much, but y'all have the best seat in the house and can watch over all the Family that has remained here...