To: Chainmail
The “woke” USMC never recovered after The Ribbon Creek incident occurred on the night of April 8, 1956. It’s all been downhill from then and it is never going to return to what it was.
USMC ‘55 to ‘60.
34 posted on
08/09/2021 11:40:23 AM PDT by
OldLurker
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To: OldLurker
Oh, I don’t know - we did quite well fighting in Vietnam. The enemy learned to avoid fighting us head-to-head throughout our war.
I believe that real drop in the value of the Corps came when we were forced to violate our own standards in the 80’s.
35 posted on
08/09/2021 12:23:26 PM PDT by
Chainmail
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To: OldLurker
37 posted on
08/09/2021 6:01:37 PM PDT by
Notthereyet
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