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"Land of the free ... because of the brave!"
"What the world needs today is a definite, spiritual mobilization of the nations who believe in God against the tide of Red agnosticism. It needs a moral mobilization against the hideous ideas of the police state and human slavery. And in rejecting an atheistic other world, I am confident that the Almighty God will be with us."
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LETTER FROM BOOT CAMP....
Dear Ma and Pa,
I
am well. Hope you are. Tell Brother Walt and Brother Elmer the Marine
Corps beats working for old man Minch by a mile. Tell them to join up
quick before all of the places are filled.
I
was restless at first because you got to stay in bed till nearly 6 a.m.
but I am getting so I like to sleep late. Tell Walt and Elmer all you
do before breakfast is smooth your cot, and shine some things. No hogs
to slop, feed to pitch, mash to mix, wood to split, fire to lay.
Practically nothing.
We all have to shave but it is not so bad, there's warm water & no out house!
Breakfast
is strong on trimmings like fruit juice, cereal, eggs, bacon,
fruit,etc., but kind of weak on chops, potatoes, ham, steak, fried
eggplant, pie and other regular food. Tell
Walt and Elmer you can always sit by the two city boys that live on
coffee. Their food plus yours holds you until noon when you get fed
again. It's no wonder these city boys can't walk much.
We go on
"route marches," which the platoon sergeant says are long walks to
harden us. If he thinks so, it's not my place to tell him different. A
"route march" is about as far as to our mailbox at home. Then the city
guys get sore feet and we all ride back in trucks.
The country
is nice but awful flat. The sergeant is like a school teacher. He nags a
lot. The Captain is like the school board. Majors and colonels just
ride around and frown. They don't bother you none.
This
next one will kill Walt and Elmer with laughter... I keep getting
medals for shooting & I don't know why. The bulls-eye is near as big
as a chipmunk's head and don't move, and it ain't shooting at you like
the Higgett boys at home. All you got to do is lie there all comfortable
and hit it. You don't even load your own cartridges. They come in
boxes.
Then
we have what they call hand-to-hand combat training. You get to wrestle
with them city boys. I have to be real careful though, they break real
easy. It ain't like fighting with that ole bull at home. I'm about the
best they got in this except for that Tug Jordan from over in Silver
Lake. I only beat him once. He joined up the same time as me, but I'm
only 5'6" and 130 pounds and he's 6'8" and near 300 pounds dry.
Be sure to tell Walt and Elmer to hurry and join before other fellers get onto this setup and come stampeding in.
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WHAT IS A MARINE?
WE WALK THE WALK AND TALK THE TALK
WE LEAD, WHILE OTHERS FOLLOW.
WE HAVE WALKED THROUGH THE VALLEY,
WHERE OTHERS FEAR TO GO.
WE HAVE SERVED WITH GIANTS
AND FOUGHT ASIDE HEROES.
WE ARE WHAT OTHERS STRIVE TO BE.
WE HOLD THE HIGH GROUND.
NAY WE ARE THE HIGH GROUND
WE ARE UNITED STATES MARINES!
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS...THE CHANGE IS FOREVER!
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A FEW GREAT COMMENTS FROM A FEW OF THE FINEST!
I thought that hat looked good on the web it is awesome, thanks man!!! I
have been retired almost 16 years and am always looking for quality
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Cemetery Escort Duty
WARNING....DO NOT READ.....YOUR MONITOR WILL
TEAR UP!
I
just wanted to get the day over with and go down to Smokey's. Sneaking a
look at my watch, I saw the time, 1655. Five minutes to go before the
cemetery gates are closed for the day. Full dress was hot
in the August sun. Oklahoma summertime was as bad as ever--the heat
and humidity at the same level--both too high.
I
saw the car pull into the drive, '69 or '70 model Cadillac Deville,
looked factory-new. It pulled into the parking lot at a snail's pace.
An old woman got out so slow I thought she was paralyzed; she had a cane
and a sheaf of flowers--about four or five bunches as best I could
tell.
I
couldn't help myself. The thought came unwanted, and left a slightly
bitter taste: 'She's going to spend an hour, and for this old Marine, my
hip hurts like hell and I'm ready to get out of here right now!' But
for this day, my duty was to assist anyone coming in.
Kevin
would lock the 'In' gate and if I could hurry the old biddy
along, we might make it to Smokey's in time.
I
broke post attention. My hip made gritty noises when I took the first
step and
the pain went up a notch. I must have made a real military sight:
middle-aged man with a small pot gut and half a limp, in Marine
full-dress uniform, which had lost its razor crease about thirty minutes
after I began the watch at the cemetery.
I
stopped in front of her, halfway up the walk. She looked up at me with
an old woman's squint.
'Ma'am,may I assist you in any way?'
She
took long enough to answer.
'Yes,
son. Can you carry these flowers? I seem to be moving a tad slow these
days.'
'My pleasure, ma'am.' Well, it wasn't too much of a lie.
She
looked again. 'Marine, where were you stationed?'
' Vietnam, ma'am. Ground-pounder. '69 to '71.'
She
looked at me closer. 'Wounded in action, I
see. Well done, Marine. I'll be as quick as I can.'
I
lied a little bigger: 'No
hurry, ma'am.'
She
smiled and winked at me. 'Son,
I'm 85-years-old and I can tell a lie from a long way off. Let's get
this done. Might be the last time I can do this. My name's Joanne
Wieserman, and I've a few Marines I'd like to see one more time.'
'Yes, ma 'am. At your service.'
She
headed for the World War I
section, stopping at a stone. She picked one of the flowers out of my
arm and laid it on top of the stone. She murmured something I couldn't
quite make out. The name on the marble was Donald S.
Davidson, USMC: France 1918.
She
turned away and made a straight line for the World War II
section, stopping at one stone. I saw a tear slowly tracking its way
down her cheek. She put a bunch on a stone; the name was Stephen
X.Davidson, USMC, 1943.
She
went up the row a ways and laid another bunch on a stone, Stanley J.
Wieserman, USMC, 1944.
She
paused for a second. 'Two more, son, and we'll be done'
I
almost didn't say anything, but, 'Yes,
ma'am. Take your time.'
She
looked confused. 'Where's the Vietnam section, son? I
seem to have lost my way.'
I
pointed with my chin. 'That
way, ma'am.'
'Oh!'
she chuckled quietly. 'Son, me and old age ain't too
friendly.'
She
headed down the walk I'd pointed at. She stopped at a couple of stones
before she found the ones she wanted. She placed a bunch on Larry
Wieserman, USMC, 1968, and the last on Darrel
Wieserman, USMC, 1970. She stood there and murmured a few words I
still couldn't make out.
'OK,
son, I'm finished. Get me back to my car and you can go home.'
Yes, ma'am. If I may ask, were those your kinfolk?'
She
paused. 'Yes, Donald
Davidson was my
father, Stephen was
my uncle, Stanley was my husband, Larry and Darrel were our sons. All killed in action,
all Marines.'
She
stopped. Whether she had finished, or couldn't finish, I don't know.
She made her way to her car, slowly and painfully.
I
waited for a polite distance to come between us and then double-timed it
over to Kevin, waiting by the car.
'Get to the 'Out' gate quick. I have something I've got to do.'
Kevin
started to say something, but saw the look I gave him. He broke the
rules to get us there down the service road. We beat her. She hadn't
made it around the rotunda yet.
'Kevin, stand at attention next to the gatepost.
Follow my lead.' I
humped it across the drive to the other post.
When
the Cadillac came puttering around from the hedges and began the short
straight traverse to the gate, I called in my best Gunny's voice: 'TehenHut!
Present Haaaarms!'
I
have to hand it to Kevin; he never blinked an eye--full dress uniform
standing at attention and a salute that would make his DI proud.
She
drove through that gate with two old worn-out Marines giving her a
send-off she deserved, for service rendered to her country, and for
knowing duty, honor and sacrifice.
I
am not sure, but I think I saw a salute returned from that Cadillac.
Instead
of 'The End,'...just think of 'Taps.'
As a
final thought on my part, let me share a favorite prayer: 'Lord, keep
our servicemen and women safe, whether they serve at home or overseas. Hold them in your loving hands and
protect them as they protect us.'
Let's
all keep those currently serving and those who have gone before in our
thoughts. They are the reason for the many freedoms we enjoy.
'In God We Trust.'
Sorry about your monitor; it made mine blurry too!
"If
we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a
nation gone under!"
President Reagan
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at one point in his
life, wrote a blank check made payable to 'The United States of America,' for
an amount of 'up to, and including his life.'
That
is honor and there are way too many people in this country today, who
no longer understand this...to those who do....Semper Fi
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"Being
ready is not what matters. What matters is winning after you get there."
(Lieutenant
General Victor H. Krulak, USMC, April 1965.) "You
don't hurt 'em if you don't hit 'em."
(Lieutenant General Lewis B. Puller,
USMC, 1962.) "Retreat
Hell! We're just attacking in another direction."
(Attributed to Major General Oliver P.
Smith, USMC, Korea, December 1950.) "Goddam it, you'll never
get the Purple Heart hiding in a foxhole! Follow me!"
(Captain Henry P. "Jim" Crowe, USMC,
Guadalcanal, 13 January 1943.) "Come
on, you sons of bitches-do you want to live forever?"
(Attributed to Gunnery Sergeant Dan Daly,
USMC, Belleau Wood, June 1918.) "Once
a Marine, always a Marine!"
(MSgt Paul Woyshner, a 40-year Marine, is credited with originating
this expression during a taproom argument with a discharged Marine.)
"I
can't say enough about the two Marine divisions. If I use words like
brilliant, it would really be an under-description of the absolutely
superb job they did in breaching the so-called impenetrable barrier. .
.Absolutely superb operation, a textbook, and I think it'll be studied for
many, many years to come as the way to do it."
(General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, USA,
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 27 February 1991.) "I
have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is
not a finer fighting organization in the world."
(General Douglas MacArthur, USA,
outskirts of Seoul, 21 September 1950.)
"Casualties
many; Percentage of dead not known; Combat efficiency; we are winning."
(Colonel David M. Shoup,
USMC, Tarawa, 21 November 1943.)
"The deadliest
weapon in the world is a MARINE and his rifle!"
GEN. PERSHING, US.ARMY
"Hard pressed
on my right. My center is yielding. Impossible to maneuver. Situation
excellent. I am attacking!"
FERDINAND FOCH "The more
MARINES I have around the better I like it!"
GEN. MARK CLARK, U.S. ARMY
"I want you
boys to hurry up and whip these Germans so we can get out to the Pacific
to kick the s**t out of the purple-pissing Japanese, before the Godda**ed
MARINES get all the credit!" Lt General George
Patton, US Army 1945
"People sleep
peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do
violence on their behalf." GEORGE ORWELL
"Sometimes it
is entirely appropriate to kill a fly with a sledge-hammer!"
MAJ. HOLDREDGE
"A ship
without MARINES is like a garment without buttons."
ADM. DAVID PORTER, USN
"The MARINES
have landed and have the situation well in hand!"
RICHARD HARDING DAVIS
"Casualties
many; Percentage of dead not known; Combat efficiency: we are winning!"
COL. DAVID M. SHOUP, USMC
"I can never
again see a UNITED STATES MARINE without experiencing a feeling of
reverence."
GEN. JOHNSON, U.S. ARMY
"The raising
of that flag on Suribachi means a MARINE CORPS for the next 500 years."
JAMES FORRESTAL, SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
"Come on, you
sons of b*****! Do you want to live forever?"
GySgt. DANIEL DALY, USMC
"We're not
retreating, Hell! We're just attacking in a different direction!"
GEN. OLIVER SMITH, USMC
"I have just
returned from visiting the MARINES at the front, and there is not a finer
fighting organization in the world!"
GEN. DOUGLAS MACARTHUR, U.S. ARMY
"Teufelhunde!
(Devil Dogs)"
GERMAN SOLDIERS, WW1 at BELLEAU WOOD
"So they've
got us surrounded, good! Now we can fire in any direction, those b*****ds
won't get away this time!"
CHESTY PULLER, USMC
"We have two
companies of MARINES running all over this island and thousands of ARMY
troops doing nothing!"
GEN. JOHN VESSEY, CHAIRMAN OF JOINT CHIEFS
"Retreat hell!
We just got here!"
CAPT. LLOYD WILLIAMS, USMC
"The safest
place in Korea was right behind a platoon of MARINES. LORD, how they could
fight!"
MAJ. GEN. FRANK LOWE, U.S. ARMY
"Panic sweeps
my men when they are facing the AMERICAN MARINES."
CAPTURED NORTH KOREAN MAJOR
"Some people
spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference. The Marines
don't have that problem."
PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN, 1985
"There are only two kinds of people that
understand Marines: Marines and those who have met them in battle.
Everyone else has a second-hand opinion."
Unknown
WE STOLE THE EAGLE FROM THE AIR FORCE, THE ANCHOR
FROM THE NAVY AND THE ROPE FROM THE ARMY.
ON THE SEVENTH DAY WHILE GOD RESTED, WE OVERRAN HIS
PERIMETER, STOLE THE GLOBE AND WE'VE BEEN RUNNING THE WHOLE SHOW EVER
SINCE.
WE LIVE LIKE SOLDIERS, TALK LIKE SAILORS, AND SLAP
THE HELL OUT OF BOTH OF THEM.
WARRIORS BY DAY, LOVERS BY NIGHT, PROFESSIONALS BY
CHOICE, AND MARINES BY THE GRACE OF GOD.
Every now and then, in the middle of the
constant barrage of trash that’s just lighting us all up these days, we come
across a story, a feat, an event that just makes us stop in our tracks.
This was one for me....
Cody Green was a 12-year kid in Indiana who was
diagnosed with leukemia at 22 months old. He loved the Marines, and his parents
said he drew strength and courage from the Marine Corps. as ...he bravely fought
the battle into remission three times. Although he was cancer-free at the time,
the chemotherapy had lowered his immune system and he developed a fungus
infection that attacked his brain.
Two weeks ago, as he struggled to fend off
that infection in the hospital, the Marines wanted to show how much they
respected his will to live, his strength, honor and courage. They presented Cody
with Marine navigator wings and named him an honorary member of the United
States Marine Corps.
For one Marine, that wasn’t enough ... so that night,
before Cody Green passed away, he took it upon himself to stand guard at Cody’s
hospital door all night long, eight hours straight.
Nowhere on the face of this planet is there a
country so blessed as we to have men and women such as this. I wish I could
personally tell this Marine how proud he makes me to be a MARINE!
God... I
do so love this country.
ONCE A MARINE....TO ALL THOSE WHO SERVE .....SEMPER FI VIC VETURIS USMC VET
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