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Happy Birthday fellow Teufel Hunden's.
Happy Birthday to The United States Marine Corp. Congrats and kudos to my late father-in-law, Gunnery Sergent John “Jack’’ Scharffenberger,4th. Marine Division, Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima. Thanks Dad. And congrats and kudos to my big brothet Chris, 1st. LT. 5th. Marine Division, 3rd. Battalion(ret.) 1976-1980. Thanks bro’. ‘’Marines. No better friend, no worse enemy’’.
My favorite branch. I was honored to be a “sea-going bellhop” for them on LPH-11 (helo carrier). Countless flight operations with them into the wee hours of the morning.
Happy Birthday Marines!
God protect those of you far from home, and on foreign soil.
Semper Fi.
Unites State Marine Corps for President!!!!
SEMPER FI.
JUST got up on a Piano at Mojos Dueling Piano and as they played our song, did some one armed pushups while holding the Flag in the other.
God Bless the Devil Dogs.
Best wishes for a Happy Birthday to the Corps from an old treadhead!
CPT ARMOR
MACV 1971
Somehow I’ve lived long enough to call the Commandant a “boot.”
Happy Birthday!
To all of my brothers and sisters; past, present, and future in the glorious and exclusive “BIRD ON THE BALL” club.
GOD—CORPS—COUNTRY
SEMPER FIDELIS
I am what was once called Old Corps, there is no such thing.
There are only ..... MARINES.....
Semper Fi, brothers-in-arms.
Thank you Marines for all you have done and do to make our country great. Semper Fi.
Happy Veterans Day and a belated Happy Birthday to all of my fellow Devil Dogs!
Thank you all for your service and sacrifice! And be sure to thank you family, as they too have sacrificed during your service!
God Bless the Marine Corps and all those in our military!
My Dear Fellow Patriots;
It was a brew house built in 1693 at the intersection of Water Street and Tun Alley near the docks, and so the wooden structure built by Samuel Carpenter and his brother Joshua was ultimately known simply as Tun Tavern.
Over the decades, while fires of independence were being stoked that would eventually enflame all thirteen colonies, it became a favorite gathering place in that part of colonial Philadelphia known as Carpenter’s Wharf, attracting the likes of Jefferson, Washington and Franklin. So it was that when Captain Samuel Nicholas was commissioned by the Second Continental Congress on November 10th, 1775 to raise two battalions of Marines, he appointed Robert Mullen, the proprietor of the establishment, to the position of Chief Marine Recruiter.
It must have been a raucous scene in that watering hole, night after night, as Mullen set out to attract able-bodied volunteers, though he was instructed that “no persons be appointed to office, or enlisted into said Battalions, but such as are good seamen, or so acquainted with maritime affairs as to be able to serve to advantage by sea when required…”
The newly-established Continental Marines were to provide on-board security for the ship’s Captain and crew, and during naval engagements Marine sharpshooters were dispatched to the top of the fighting masts. From there, they targeted enemy officers, gunners and helmsmen.
They wore green coats with white lapels and a distinctive high collar made of leather, designed to protect against sword and cutlass slashes. Even today, the Marine Corps dress uniform features a high collar in commemoration of those first two battalions - and they are still known as “Leathernecks.”
I could not let this date go by without asking you to think of them. I am, as you are, intensely and rightly proud of ALL branches of our military, but I must admit that I experience a little surge of adrenalin when I read the words, “The Marines have landed!”
They have defended our flag in God-forsaken, pestilent jungles across the globe. They have defended our liberty and independence with glory and honor, engaging and defeating enemies who may have had the advantage in numbers and guns, but could never surpass them in heart and courage.
They have been fighting and dying for our freedom since the days when the fate of our Republic may have depended upon the outcome of the next battle. They are symbolized by men like Sergeant Dan Daly, exhorting his Marines up and over the top against overwhelming odds in bloody Belleau Wood with the words “C’mon you sons-of-bitches, do you want to live forever?”
They are the stuff of legends.
Happy 236th Birthday, Marines. We couldn’t have made it without you. May God bless you and keep you, and from the bottom of our hearts, we thank you.
Yours in Liberty,
Frank Santarpia
Staten Island, NY
www.teapartysi.com
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“Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they’ve made a difference. The Marines don’t have that problem.”
- President Ronald Reagan
Happy Birthday to the Corps.
From another branch’s Vet (Army 68-71)
Happy Birthday Marines! I enjoyed seeing hundreds of you looking SHARP at the ball last night!
My uncle, Col. George Lawrence, went E-1 to O-6 with a battlefield commission on Guadalcanal. He was a Marine's Marine.
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
Semper Fi, and Happy Birthday Marines!
THANK YOU for your service to our great country, FRiends. :o)
Happy Birthday U.S. Marines!
I will always love my fellow Marines and our beloved Corps. Semper Fi.
Happy 237th!
Semper Fi