[truthguy]

I don't understand your post. How could the Germans have named the Marines devil dogs at Guadalcanal? We were fighting the Japanese in the Solomons and on that important island. I have heard that the Germans never named the marines devil dogs. They have denied it. The name came from a Chicago Newspaper Man who was covering WWI and he claimed that's what the Germans named them. There is no evidence that the Germans invented this name. The Marines were a very small force in WWI and were nearly disbanded after the War. They became prominent in WWII because The PTO was a perfect theater for the amphibious operations that they trained for. You might say that WWII actually saved the Marines.

This is not to say I'm not a fan of the Marines. I am. I just thought I'd set the record straight.

[Dubya]

You can best tell your story to the Marines that were there. I wasn’t there.

[PAR35]

Next thing you’ll be telling him is that the Germans didn’t bomb Pearl Harbor.

[TankerKC]

I just thought I'd set the record straight.

I don't know one way or the other, but...there is a old recruiting poster on the wall in the Marine area on the E-ring in the Pentagon showing a bull dog chasing a wiener dog (wearing a WWI German Helmet)...it says the Germans called the Marines Devil Dogs. FWIW.

[Semper Mark]

Well, regardless of where the nickname, Tuefel Hunden, came from truthguy...if you ever had to go up against a Devil Dog, you would realize that it's a quite appropriate moniker.

I just thought I'd set the record straight.