Marines Pfc. Matthew Fleek and Lance Cpl. Monique Moses had their plan: They would head to Las Vegas over the weekend and get married. What they found in Las Vegas was more than a 24-hour marriage license bureau that could accommodate a quick wedding. Beaming in the front of the Leatherneck Club meeting room in Las Vegas as the two enlisted Marines said their I-do’s were Cheré Pedersen of Henderson and Cheryl Gardner of Las Vegas. The tale began 10 days before the Aug. 16 wedding day, when Fleek and Moses, who are in communications training, were talking about what to do. He had orders for Camp Lejeune, N.C., in September. We talked about breaking up, which would be the most practical thing at this point,” Moses said. “But I wasn’t ready to let him go, I guess. Then Fleek told his mother, Patricia Moritz, a former Marine staff sergeant who lives in Oregon, of their plans, and she started looking into what it would take to get them married in California. Moritz suggested ...
Originally from: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/aug/22/marines-band-together-help-couple/ |