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UPDATE 10/18/10! Parley Philip shared an update on his military family. As you may know BOTH of his sons AND his son-in-law are serving overseas in the Marines. Here is the latest...

He [Parley Philip and Gail’s son Luke McIntyre Johnson] has done well in Afghanistan over the past 7 months. We will sleep better when he gets back to the states in November…

Parley Philip III “Tracy” is now assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Manila, Philippines where he is attached to the USMC Security Guard Detachment.

Our son-in-law Sgt. Joey Graham USMC is set to deploy to Afghanistan on 14 November with the USMC 2nd ANGLICO from Camp Lejune, NC. He will be there 7 months as a forward observer.

Thank you for sharing this, Parley. WOW! Few U.S. families have given so much for their country!

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U.S. citizens can feel safer when one of the Johnson clan is on patrol. CPL Luke McIntyre Johnson is doing just that. He is deployed with the 1st Marine Division in Afghanistan. Recently, this photo of Luke made the UPI news wire. The caption reads, “Marines patrol In bazaar of Hazar Joft in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan on August 8, 2010.” The UPI photo was made by Hossein Fatemi. See the photo on the UPI at:
http://www.upi.com/enl-win/6d788840eb98bbf37626bbd1ef2725b7/

Luke is the son of Parley Philip , Jr. and Callie Gail Pickron Johnson and grandson of Parley Philip, Sr. and Edith Christine Fail Johnson (Uncle Philip and Aunt Christine).

Luke’s father Parley asks that all the family keep Luke in our thoughts and prayers. We certainly will, Parley. We are especially praying for his safe return.