Thank you for your service and I’m sure , if you fought for “ole Glory”, you were good enough for the Marines. You are right though , we are different.
Korean War Marine veteran
Guys, I love jarheads! At my sayonara party in 1971 in Japan, we all went to the brig together after a big fight broke out at the Moulin Bar. I was finishing my 2 years active duty in the USNR, all spent in Sasebo.
Notwithstanding the foregoing though, I’m going to pick up the sword of facts for the Army AND the Navy vs the jarheads in WWII.
11,260,000 people served in the Army in WWII. 669,100 served in the Marine Corp. 4,183,446 served in the Navy.
318,274 Mothers sons that were in the Army died or are missing. In the Navy, that same statement can be said about 62,614. In the Marine Corp killed or missing were 24,511.
So, on this Memorial Day, let’s all love our Marines, but this former squid loves all the services.
And, hey jarheads of today, this squid reminds you this Memorial Day 2017 that 62,614 of us died hauling yall’s asses to battle!
Go Navy!