Connor, Matthew and Griffin Wehr came into the world together so tiny and frail they required neonatal intensive care before their parents Michelle and Kenneth Wehr of Marshfield, Massachusetts, could take them home.
The triplets were a big surprise to the Wehrs. Only two showed up on the ultrasound. “I always say one of them was a stowaway,” mom Michelle says.
They grew up strong and competing at everything. Living near the ocean, the boys loved fishing. Connor and Matthew ran track. Griffin played rugby. Like all teenagers, they had their “blips,” as Michelle puts it, but they were good kids. She was stunned when not one or two but all three of her boys decided to join the U.S. Marine Corps. She couldn't understand it and still wonders. All three?
On Friday, the Wehrs will be in the audience at Parris Island in Port Royal when Connor, Matthew and Griffin graduate together as Marines. They will march across the parade deck wearing white covers and crisp blue slacks and tan shirts as members of one of the world's elite fighting forces.
It's been a long journey that began with a difficult pregnancy and the neonatal intensive care. The all-consuming job of raising triplets followed.
Even though they are now Marines, Michelle Wehr says, “They will always be my babies.”
Major Philip Kulczewski, a Marine spokesman, said the graduation ceremony will mark one of the few occasions in the history of the…
