Happy Birthday Marines!!!

[Bekki]

Happy 233rd Birthday to our Marines

The entire list is to large to Post here but here are some highlights!

Happy Birthday Marines!!!!

Semper Fi!!!

Bekki
Former Sgt of Marines 1986-2007

And for those who ask Why
Lt. Gen. Lewis B. "Chesty Puller
is not on this list...

He IS "Chesty" Puller... Need I really say More?...

The Top 10 Reasons to Love the Corps:


1. Cpl. Jason Dunham.

First Marine to receive the Medal of Honor
since Vietnam. If jumping on a grenade to save a buddy isn't
worth the top of the list, nothing is.

2. Sgt. Rafael Peralta.

Like Dunham, he hugged a grenade to save his
buddies in Iraq. No Medal of Honor ... yet.

3. Navy Lt. Vincent Capodanno, Medal of Honor recipient.

If Marines have a hot line to heaven, Father Capodanno
- aka the "Grunt Padre" - would take the call.
His body peppered by shrapnel, his right hand nearly severed,
the Navy chaplain and priest crisscrossed a Vietnam battlefield Sept. 4, 1967,
to render last rites to his fallen Marines and corpsmen with 3rd Battalion,5th Marines,
until 27 rounds from an enemy machine gun took his life.
In 2006, the Vatican declared him a "Servant of God."
Next step, sainthood?

4. Gen. Peter Pace, the first Marine Chairman of the Joint Chiefs.

He left his four-star insignia with his fallen comrades at the
Vietnam Wall when he retired. Classy move.

5. Cpl. Gareth Hawkins.
Lying on a stretcher after an IED shattered
his leg, demanded re-enlistment before medical evacuation.
And got it.


6. The Montfort Point Marines.

The first African-American Marines know a
little something about honor, courage and commitment.

These dedicated Marines trained in a little out of the way base
on the Base on the back side of Camp Lejune, NC.
Paved the Way not for Equality in the Marine Corps…

But for ALL of the Armed Forces. Semper Fi! Marines!!!

7. John Lovell.

A 71-year-old former Marine is sitting in a Subway
restaurant when two armed men try to rob the place. Lovell grabs his .45,
kills one and wounds the other.

No word on how Lovell's sandwich fared.

8. Maj. Gen. Marion E. Carl.

The Corps' first fighter ace. First Marine to fly a helicopter.
Winner of Two Navy Crosses, five Distinguished Flying Crosses, 14 Air Medals.
In 1998, the 82-year-old was killed during a home break-in
when he jumped in front of a shotgun blast aimed at his longtime wife, Edna.


9. Cookies Tavern:

A little out of the way place in Philadelphia, PA.
The owner; Retired Marine Msgt James “Daddy Wags” Wagner
Led the charge and Opened his tavern up to a host an Annual
Birthday Ceremony After the city of Philadelphia
announced they wanted to close and Demolish Tun Tavern...
It has since grown so large, that they need to close down
an entire Section of Oregon Ave in South Philadelphia!

Sadly we Lost “Daddy Wags" Several years ago,
but his Children still carry on the tradition today…

10. Brig Gen Walter S. "Tabasco Mac" McIlhenny.

Served in WW11, earning the Navy Cross, & Silver Star, just to name a few.
His grandfather invented Tabasco sauce, and when Walt took over the co in 1949,
he marketed it into a household name.
No MRE (or C-Rat), was complete without Tabasco Sauce.


11. Honorable Mention:The National Marine Corps Historical Association

The National Marine Corps Historical Association
is currently raising money to have the Tun Tavern
restored and relocated to “Penn’s Landing” in Philadelphia…

After All What would Philadelphia Be without “Tun Tavern”…

Happy Birthday Marines!!!

Semper Fi!!!

[Vorn]

Ooh-Rah!!!

Happy Birthday Marines!

[Ringos]

Happy Birthday Marine Corps!

Thanks for posting some things for further reading man. The John Lovell story was great BTW!

[Fenrisulven6]

"We stain our souls with blood, so that you have the luxury to question the morality of War" - SGT B Wood

Happy Birthday, fellow Leathernecks!

[Lodraine]

OOH-RAH!! Happy Birthday fellow Jarheads. Let's all go the tavern and have a beer!

[Bekki]

Here is a Video of the Birthday Message from the commendabt for your Enjoyment...

Happy Birthday Marines!

http://marines.feedroom.com/?&fr_sto...=oneclip&rf=ev

[Benjarrus_Bloodfeat]

Happy Birthday Devil Dogs. We got your back.

Old saying goes "Once a Marine, always a Marine" that should handle any explaination to the uninformed regarding those old Leathernecks on the OP's list.

[Bekki]

Happy Birthday Devil Dogs. We got your back.

Old saying goes "Once a Marine, always a Marine" that should handle any explaination to the uninformed regarding those old Leathernecks on the OP's list.

Thank You!

I Am trying to Pull down the
Written version of the
Commendants Birthday Message.

But in case I cannot.

Go to USMC.MIL and it is on the Front Page
under the heading Commendant of the Marine Corps.

You can Download the Video and a PDF. file
of his Written version of the Birthday Message.

Semper Fi!!!

[petegunn]

Ultimate respect to the U.S.M.C men and ladies from U.K.L.F .

[Gennerik]

Happy birthday, Marines. 233, if we're a day!

[Grimgore]

Happy Birthday Leathernecks, without you, my job (paratrooper) would have been a 1000x harder in every theater I was dropped, shipped, or thrown into.

Nothing but love from the US Army aka the guys who clean up whatever you happen to leave behind (which ain't much! )

-Grim

[Tenkari_Rozahas]

My dad's still in the marines. roughly 23ish years in and he keeps re-enlisting, seems he loves his job too much to leave it.

not to use exactly when he went in, all i know is that he's more than 20 eyars in and is a master sergeant.