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Posted on 11/09/2004 8:05:46 PM PST by Spotsy
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1st!
Thank You for Honoring our US Marines!
WOO HOO!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!
Happy Birthday, all you fine Leathernecks.
Semper Fi.
My pleasure. :)
Thank you for all you do Tonkin!
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MARINE CORPS ORDERS
No. 47 (Series 1921)
HEADQUARTERS U.S. MARINE CORPS
Washington, November 1, 1921
The following will be read to the command on the 10th of November, 1921, and hereafter on the 10th of November of every year. Should the order not be received by the 10th of November, 1921, it will be read upon receipt.
(1) On November 10, 1775, a Corps of Marines was created by a resolution of Continental Congress. Since that date many thousand men have borne the name "Marine". In memory of them it is fitting that we who are Marines should commemorate the birthday of our corps by calling to mind the glories of its long and illustrious history.
(2) The record of our corps is one which will bear comparison with that of the most famous military organizations in the world's history. During 90 of the 146 years of its existence the Marine Corps has been in action against the Nation's foes. From the Battle of Trenton to the Argonne, Marines have won foremost honors in war, and is the long eras of tranquillity at home, generation after generation of Marines have grown gray in war in both hemispheres and in every corner of the seven seas, that our country and its citizens might enjoy peace and security.
(3) In every battle and skirmish since the birth of our corps, Marines have acquitted themselves with the greatest distinction, winning new honors on each occasion until the term "Marine" has come to signify all that is highest in military efficiency and soldierly virtue.
(4) This high name of destinction and soldierly repute we who are Marines today have received from those who preceded us in the corps. With it we have also received from them the eternal spirit which has animated our corps from generation to generation and has been the distinguishing mark of the Marines in every age. So long as that spirit continues to flourish Marines will be found equal to every emergency in the future as they have been in the past, and the men of our Nation will regard us as worthy successors to the long line of illustrious men who have served as "Soldiers of the Sea" since the founding of the Corps.
JOHN A. LEJEUNE,
Major General Commandant
Especially the young man in his blues facing the camera. He looks about the same age as my youngest, who's 14 . . . and wants to join the Navy.
He'd be the first non-Army guy in our family since Uncle Henry Augustus who was with Dewey at Manila.
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http://204.2.118.231/store/mchf/news1014.asp 1st Marine Division Commander to speak at Marine Corps' 229th birthday celebration luncheon in Arlington, VA. Major General James N. Mattis, current Commanding General, 1st Marine Division, soon to return from Operation Iraqi Freedom with the Division, will be the guest of honor and principal speaker at the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation's Wednesday, 10 November 2004 luncheon commemorating the 229th birthday of the US Marine Corps. The Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, a non-profit organization chartered in 1979 to stimulate greater interest in Marine Corps history, is hosting its sixth annual luncheon at the Hilton Crystal City Hotel, 2399 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA. Cost per person is $75.00. Proceeds from the luncheon will be used to fund the construction of the National Museum of the Marine Corps, to be located on a 135-acre Heritage Center campus, 35 miles south of Washington, D.C. at Marine Corps Base, Quantico. Information about the Marine Corps Heritage Center and National Museum of the Marine Corps can be found at the Foundation's web site www.marineheritage.org. For luncheon reservations, call 703-640-7965. |
Happy Birthday, Marines.
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