mundy, jr. it's not often i would think that a former sergeant in the marine corps reserves becomes friends with a four star general and a former commandant of the marine corps, but such was my good fortune. . i met general mundy through my father, ike. they lived in the same retirement community in florida and shared the special bond that bonds one generation of marines to the next. it transcends grade and rank, officer and enlisted and that my father bought in the battle of iwo jima, made their friendship and their mutual respect that much deeper and it was at my dad's encouragement that i reached out to general mundy when i sought this office and when i met him he was 73 years old yet he exuted without effort and without pretense the dignity and the military baring that we'd expect of a marine commandant. it was his humble spirit, however, that i truly found myself pondering and admiring long after our meetings and conversations that ended and though the general always encouraged me to call o