[Rhodes22-list] P - Marines

Wed Nov 9 16:07:58 EST 2005

Forgive me all!  It has been very busy around here and
I send this on without comment.  My employer is a
semi-Marine outfit and I've developed an affection for
these guys.

Brad

It's getting close to the Marine Corps Birthday. .
.this is a good review...

We signed up knowing the risk. Those innocent people
in New York didn't go to work thinking there was any
kind of risk.
Pvt. Mike Armendariz-Clark, USMC; Afghanastan, 20
September 2001
As reported on page 1 of the New York Times

The safest place in Korea was right behind a platoon
of Marines. Lord, how they could fight!
MGen. Frank E. Lowe, USA; Korea, 26 January 1952

Marines know how to use their bayonets. Army bayonets
may as well be paper-weights.
Navy Times; November 1994

Why in hell can't the Army do it if the Marines can.
They are the same kind of men; why can't they be like
Marines.
Gen. John J. "Black Jack" Pershing, USA; 12 February
1918

The United States Marine Corps, with its fiercely
proud tradition of excellence in combat, its hallowed
rituals, and its unbending code of honor, is part of
the fabric of American myth.
Thomas E. Ricks; Making the Corps, 1997

For all of those that have son's or daughter's at
bootcamp let me pass on what I found. Let me give you
a little back ground first. When my son left home he
had no motivation, he was lazy, slobby, no pride, no
self worth. This is the boy that got off the bus March
18th at Parris Island. The man that I met on Thursday
for parents day is AWESOME. There is no way I can
describe to you all the difference. He looks
different, he walks different, he talks different, he
has such a sense of bearing and pride all I could do
was look at him in awe. Oh yes, the training is hard,
what he went through is unimaginable to any one that
has not been there. They are definitely taught to be
Warriors. Let me tell you the surprise of what else
they are taught. My Marine son has better values,
better morals, better manners than any one I know. It
is so much more than Yes Sir, Yes Mam...so much more.
He cares about how he looks, he cares about what he
does, and its not a boastful, bad ass thing. He is a
true gentleman. I saw patience, and a calmness in him
that I have never seen. I could never express my
gratitude enough to the Marine Corps for what they
have given my son. I know this, I have an 11 year old
Devil pup still at home. When the time comes for his
turn if I had to I would take him kicking and
screaming all the way. Although I'm sure that will not
happen. The hero worship I see in my younger sons eyes
for his Marine brother tells me I will have two
Marines in the family, and I will be one very proud
mother.
"Cybil", Mother of a Marine writing to the myMarine
Group

The raising of that flag on Suribachi means a Marine
Corps for the next five hundred years.
James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy; 23 February
1945
(the flag-raising on Iwo Jima had been immortalized in
a photograph by Associated Press photographer Joe
Rosenthal)

I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the
front, and there is not a finer fighting organization
in the world!
General of the Armies Douglas MacArthur; Korea, 21
September 1950

We have two companies of Marines running rampant all
over the northern half of this island, and three Army
regiments pinned down in the southwestern corner,
doing nothing. What the hell is going on?
Gen. John W. Vessey Jr., USA, Chairman of the the
Joint Chiefs of Staff
during the assault on Grenada, 1983

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, First Lady of the United States,
1945

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, President of the United States; 1985

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.
RAdm. "Jay" R. Stark, USN; 10 November 1995

They told (us) to open up the Embassy, or "we'll blow
you away." And then they looked up and saw the Marines
on the roof with these really big guns, and they said
in Somali, "Igaralli ahow," which means "Excuse me, I
didn't mean it, my mistake".
Karen Aquilar, in the U.S. Embassy; Mogadishu,
Somalia, 1991

For over 221 years our Corps has done two things for
this great Nation. We make Marines, and we win
battles.
Gen. Charles C. Krulak, USMC (CMC); 5 May 1997

Come on, you sons of bitches! Do you want to live
forever?
GySgt. Daniel J. "Dan" Daly, USMC
near Lucy-`le-Bocage as he led the 5th Marines' attack
into Belleau Wood, 6 June 1918

Gone to Florida to fight the Indians. Will be back
when the war is over.
Colonel Commandant Archibald Henderson, USMC
in a note pinned to his office door, 1836

Don't you forget that you're First Marines! Not all
the communists in Hell can overrun you!
Col. Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, USMC
rallying his First Marine Regiment near Chosin
Reservoir, Korea, December 1950

Marines die, that's what we're here for. But the
Marine Corps lives forever. And that means YOU live
forever.
the mythical GySgt. Hartman, USMC; portrayed by GySgt.
R. Lee Ermey, a Marine Corps Drill Instructor using
his own choice of words in Full Metal Jacket, 1987

You'll never get a Purple Heart hiding in a foxhole!
Follow me!
Capt. Henry P. Crowe, USMC; Guadalcanal, 13 January
1943

We are United States Marines, and for two and a
quarter centuries we have defined the standards of
courage, esprit, and military prowess.
Gen. James L. Jones, USMC (CMC); 10 November 2000

I have only two men out of my company and 20 out of
some other company. We need support, but it is almost
suicide to try to get it here as we are swept by
machine gun fire and a constant barrage is on us. I
have no one on my left and only a few on my right. I
will hold.
1stLt. Clifton B. Cates, USMC
in Belleau Wood, 19 July 1918

I love the Corps for those intangible possessions that
cannot be issued: pride, honor, integrity, and being
able to carry on the traditions for generations of
warriors past.
Cpl. Jeff Sornij, USMC; in Navy Times, November 1994

Courage is endurance for one moment moreâ€¦
Unknown Marine Second Lieutenant in Vietnam

My only answer as to why the Marines get the toughest
jobs is because the average Leatherneck is a much
better fighter. He has far more guts, courage, and
better officers... These boys out here have a pride in
the Marine Corps and will fight to the end no matter
what the cost.
2nd Lt. Richard C. Kennard, Peleliu, World War II

A Marine should be sworn to the patient endurance of
hardships, like the ancient knights; and it is not the
least of these necessary hardships to have to serve
with sailors.
Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery

Lying offshore, ready to act, the presence of ships
and Marines sometimes means much more than just having
air power or ship's fire, when it comes to deterring a
crisis. And the ships and Marines may not have to do
anything but lie offshore. It is hard to lie offshore
with a C-141 or C-130 full of airborne troops.
Gen. Colin Powell, U. S. Army
Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
During Operation Desert Storm

This was the first time that the Marines of the two
nations had fought side by side since the defence of
the Peking Legations in 1900. Let it be said that the
admiration of all ranks of 41 Commando for their
brothers in arms was and is unbounded. They fought
like tigers and their morale and esprit de corps is
second to none.
Lt Col. D.B. Drysdale, Commanding
41 Commando, Chosen Reservoir, on the 1st Marine
Division Division

You cannot exaggerate about the Marines. They are
convinced to the point of arrogance, that they are the
most ferocious fighters on earth- and the amusing
thing about it is that they are.
Father Kevin Keaney
1st Marine Division Chaplain
Korean War

There was always talk of espirit de corps, of being
gung ho, and that must have been a part of it. Better,
tougher training, more marksmanship on the firing
range, the instant obedience to orders seared into men
in boot camp.
James Brady, columnist, novelist,
press secretary to President Reagan, television
personality and
Marine

The bended knee is not a tradition of our Corps.
General Alexander A. Vandergrift, USMC
to the Senate Naval Affairs Committee, 5 May 1946

By their victory, the 3rd, 4th and 5th Marine
Divisions and other units of the Fifth Amphibious
Corps have made an accounting to their country which
only history will be able to value fully. Among the
American who served on Iwo Island, uncommon valor was
a common virtue.
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, U.S. Navy

Being ready is not what matters. What matters is
winning after you get there.
LtGen Victor H. Krulak, USMC
April 1965

The Marine Corps has just been called by the New York
Times, 'The elite of this country.' I think it is the
elite of the world.
Admiral William Halsey, U.S. Navy

I still need Marines who can shoot and salute. But I
need Marines who can fix jet engines and man
sophisticated radar sets, as well.
General Robert E. Cushman, Jr., USMC
Commandant of the Marine Corps, 17 May 1974

I can't say enough about the two Marine divisions. If
I use words like 'brilliant,' it would really be an
under description of the absolutely superb job that
they did in breaching the so-called 'impenetrable
barrier.' It was a classic- absolutely classic-
military breaching of a very very tough minefield,
barbed wire, fire trenches-type barrier.
Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, U. S. Army
Commander, Operation Desert Storm, February 1991

I am convinced that there is no smarter, handier, or
more adaptable body of troops in the world.
Prime Minister of Britain, Sir Winston Churchhill

The deadliest weapon in the world is a Marine and his
rifle.
Gen. John "Black Jack" Pershing, U.S. Army
Commander of American Forces in World War I

Do not attack the First Marine Division. Leave the
yellowlegs alone. Strike the American Army.
Orders given to Communist troops in the Korean War;
shortly afterward, the Marines were ordered
to not wear their khaki leggings.

The American Marines have it [pride], and benefit from
it. They are tough, cocky, sure of themselves and
their buddies. They can fight and they know it.
General Mark Clark, U.S. Army

They (Women Marines) don't have a nickname, and they
don't need one. They get their basic training in a
Marine atmosphere, at a Marine Post. They inherit the
traditions of the Marines. They are Marines.
LtGen Thomas Holcomb, USMC
Commandant of the Marine Corps, 1943

I've always been proud of being a Marine. I won't
hesitate to defend the Corps.
Jonathan Winters, comic and Marine

Every Marine is, first and foremost, a rifleman. All
other conditions are secondary.
Gen. A. M. Gray, USMC
Commandant of the Marine Corps

A Ship without Marines is like a coat without buttons.
Adm. Farragut

If I had one more division like this First Marine
Division I could win this war.
General of the Armies Douglas McArthur in Korea,
overheard and reported by Marine Staff Sergeant Bill
Houghton, Weapons/2/5
"Monk"

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