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They were the 'Old Corps'". But they told stories about their D.I.'s who were WWII vets, so those were really the "Old Corps". No doubt they had stories of their own about the Marines they knew who were really the "Old Corps." We have a long and proud heritage, and may we never forget it.

How true, how true!!!

At this time I consider myself as having been in the "old corps" but it brings to mind a Sergeant Major (then a MSgt of course) who was ready to retire in 1948 after 30 years of service. Things were a bit different then, we had an NCO Club and an Officer's Club, and we were gathered in the NCO Club after payday (5th and 20th and not much money!). The Sergeant Major was telling stories of the "old corps" which were fascinating. The Banana Wars, His time in China in the '30s, getting into fights in the bars of North Africa while on liberty from the ship's detachment on a Battleship.

To me, "that" was the Old Corps. Thanks for the memories.

THIS is old-Corps :-)

Someone said I was Old Corps because I joined in '56. One of my DI's was a buck sergeant with three hashmarks who made us pray for war so he could win the Congressional and get free beer at the slop chute. Two others were Korea vets. Those guys were Old Corps to me, along with my cousin, who was in the 6th Marines from Guadalcanal to Okinawa. Me, I'm still fit to fight if they'd let me.