Older than the Country itself, the United States Marine Corps celebrates their 247th Birthday tomorrow, the 10th of November. Click the attached link to view the Commandant of the Marine Corps Annual Birthday Message … and if that doesn’t leave you in complete awe … some quotes about the finest fighting force that has ever graced this planet, and of the brave young men and women, who provide the blanket of freedom that we sleep under.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARINES
“That two battalions of Marines be raised consisting of one colonel, two lieutenant colonels, two majors and officers as usual in other regiments, that they consist of an equal number of privates with other battalions; that particular care be taken that no person 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.”
Resolution of the Continental Congress, 10 November 1775
“The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps!”
Eleanor Roosevelt
“Once a Marine, always a Marine!”
Master Sergeant Paul Woyshner
“Come on, you sons of bitches-do you want to live forever?”
Gunnery Sergeant Daniel Daly
“Casualties many; Percentage of dead not known; Combat efficiency; we are winning.”
Colonel David M. Shoup
“Among the men who fought on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue.” General Alexander A. Vandergrift
“I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world.”
General Douglas MacArthur
“Retreat Hell! We’re just attacking in another direction.”
Major General Oliver P. Smith
Marines I see as two breeds, Rottweilers or Dobermans, because Marines come in two varieties, big and mean, or skinny and mean.
They’re aggressive on the attack and tenacious on defense. They’ve got really short hair and they always go for the throat.
Rear Admiral “Jay” R. Stark, USN
“Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don’t have that problem.”
Ronald Reagan
And those quotes don’t even include other fantastic Marine Generals like Chesty Puller and New Jersey’s own Al Gray.