In order to meet extraordinary numbers, the Army has been forced to mass market its appeal. As such, a significant portion of the Army is not the combat arms type. Unfortunately, this affects the Army image as a whole. But go to any Infantry/Armor/Artillery or combat aviation unit you you won't find any lack of esprit.
However, if you want to talk about "legends":
Murphy
York
Pershing
Patton
MacArthur
LeMay
.....
Go out on the street and ask somebody to name a famous soldier or general and what are the chances that they'll name a Marine?
"Legends" or legends to the USMC.
As they say, "There's history, and then there's Marine Corps history."
you missed the point of my post, but I'll play
"There's history, and then there's Marine Corps history."
- which do you think sells better ?
but you gotta admit "The Few, The Proud, The Marines" is quite a bit better than "An Army of One". The Army's next slogan has to be an improvement.
btw, I was USMC in the 70's, got out to go to college, joined the Army National Guard (signed the second they said I wouldn't have to go to boot camp again, lol) and just retired after 18 full-time years there. I know both sides of this street.