Happy 229th Birthday USMC

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MARINES' HYMN

From the halls of Montezuma, to the shores of Tripoli,
We fight our country's battles in the air, on land and sea.
First to fight for right and freedom, and to keep our honor clean;
We are proud to claim the title of United States Marine.

Our Flag's unfurled to every breeze from dawn to setting sun.
We have fought in every clime and place, where we could take a gun.
In the snow of far off northern lands and in sunny tropic scenes,
You will find us always on the job, the United States Marines.

Here's health to you and to our Corps, which we are proud to serve.
In many a strife we've fought for life and never lost our nerve.
If the Army and the Navy ever look on heaven's scenes,
they will find the streets are guarded by United States Marines.

229 years ago, November 10th, 1775, The United States Marine Corps was born.

In a TAVERN.

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Since then, The Congressional Medal of Honor has been awarded to Marines 296 times. 6 Marines have been double recipients of the award.

The History and Traditions of The United States Marine Corps

HAPPY BIRTHDAY USMC

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No kidding, Timber - 10 USMC casualties in Fallujah on the very birthday of the Corps. Perhaps that's a fitting way to celebrate, focus on the job....

All good wishes from me!

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Update - I walked into my favorite bar an hour ago and the manager (who knows me) quickly stepped to meet me and said he's terribly sorry, the establishment is closed for a private party for the evening. I turned to leave when suddenly a group there (some in uniform, most in civvies) called out: "Let her in! Let her in! She's our guest!"

I did attempt to explain I had received no invitation but was assured "beautiful women are always invited" so stayed and had a drink - a VERY hospitable group, thank you!

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Semper Fi, Timber!

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Thanks, MA ... and thanks to the lovely Helen for droppin' by, too.

I appreciate it.

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Timber is a jarhead! It figures. Well I flew for a few months with the Shamrocks of VMF 333 ("Trip Tre").

'You can always tell a Marine, but you can't ....' Well never mind.

Happy Birthday Marines!

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Happy Birthday--and many more of the same.

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Can't let this day pass without a sharp salute to our brothers-in-arms.

Here's to every sumbitch ever lucky enough to be a leatherneck.

And here's to us lucky sumbitchs who had those lucky sumbitchs
out front of us in every fight.

And here's to ones who can't raise their glass, the ones who have gone on way in front of us,

to you we say "Salute"

Joe (Grateful) Nation

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Thanks, georgeob1 ... never was at Beafort - Cherry Point, New River, El Toro, and Alameda, but never Beaufort - but I knew a few Shamrocks ... mostly from sea cruises. When you flew with 'em were they operatin' Corsairs, Panthers, Furys, Crusaders, or Phantoms? i ask just to narrow down your age ... and realize I've prolly just disclosed my own Mr. Green

(well, I wasn't there for the Corsairs, Panthers or the Furys). And no, no point tryin' to tell a jarhead much.

Thanks to you, too, Noddy. I'm sure much of this is a mystery to you, and that's exactly as it should be. That's what its all about.

Joe Nation, thanks a helluva bunch. That sorta choked me up, and I'm not ashamed to say so. Be assured you've long had my respect and regard.

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timberlandko wrote:

Thanks, georgeob1 ... never was at Beafort - Cherry Point, New River, El Toro, and Alameda, but never Beaufort - but I knew a few Shamrocks ... mostly from sea cruises. When you flew with 'em were they operatin' Corsairs, Panthers, Furys, Crusaders, or Phantoms? i ask just to narrow down your age ... and realize I've prolly just disclosed my own (well, I wasn't there for the Corsairs, Panthers or the Furys). And no, no point tryin' to tell a jarhead much.
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They had Phantoms then - it was during a cruise on the JFK. I think the skipper's name was Fritz Menning.

When were you in Alameda? I had a ship homeported there.

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Phantoms, on JFK ... mid '80s huh? Then I guess you're just a puppy yet :wink:

Tell ya what, though .. the old F-4 was a helluva warrior. Sucker had a payload greater than its dry weight.

I was at Alameda about 20 years before that.

What ship in Alameda?

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Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday dear Mar-iiiines
Happy Birthday to you!

I am grateful for the sacrifices made past and present and for those still to come.

I just wish it didn't have to be. But I know, unfortunately that sometimes it does.

Here's to making it necessary as little as possible.

Timber, I don't understand much of this marine stuff......but I am impressed. I can see there's been a lot of fightin goin on.

Kiss, thank you and george and the others for all you've done.

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Congratulations!

(The Royal Marine (1664) and the Koninklijke Nederlandse Corps Mariniers (1665) are just a bit older.)

But what are the Marines without those who tranport them (even needed by our flying branch)?

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timberlandko wrote:

Phantoms, on JFK ... mid '80s huh? Then I guess you're just a puppy yet :wink:

Tell ya what, though .. the old F-4 was a helluva warrior. Sucker had a payload greater than its dry weight.

I was at Alameda about 20 years before that.

What ship in Alameda?

We are all pups forever.

The F-4 was good with lots of thrust & acceleration, but with under wing stores it was a rock in a hard turn - start at 600Kts & after 90 degrees at 5g you were down to 400Kts and slowing fast. It was good in the vertical though - and fairly easy to bring aboard the ship.

I had two ships there - USS Wabash a 70,000 ton logistics ship (ammo/fuel/food), and a Nimitz class carrier, USS Carl Vinson. Indeed I still own a house in Alameda.

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Timber--

I spent one summer with little to read except combat paperbacks. I can't footnote or contibute, but I can follow--and be very thankful.

Heroism is glorious--or would be if all heroes lived.

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Happy Birthday, USMC.
May God watch over all in harm's way.

I have a friend who served in something called the Studies and Observations Group during the Vietnam War. Sounds academic, but it involved some scary stuff in hostile territory. He came back pretty messed up and it took some time and care to get him healthy. Still, he always credited the Marines with giving him confidence and a sense of pride in his accomplishments.

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Happy
Birthday
Marines!!

Timber, you and all the others have done superhuman feats to help win wars. I dated a Marine serving on the Coral Sea in the 60's. Great guys all.

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Thanks again to all ...

And I just wanna say I think its great the "Icon" photo from Fallujah ... the one that's gonna be remembered, is of a Marine ... the now-famous "Marlboro Marine"

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Luis Sinco, the photographer, now has a classic to his credit.

There's been a lotta media attention ... TV Network News, Major Papers around the globe, even Time and Newsweek. One accident of photography has turned a 20-year old Marine Lance Corporal from rural Eastern Kentucky into an international celebrity. I thought mebbe some might be interested in something a little different ... less "Mainstream".

Here's what a TV station from his neck of the woods had to say:

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Photograph of eastern Kentucky Marine hits front pages

PIKEVILLE, Ky. -- The mother of a Marine from eastern Kentucky now fighting in Iraq said she was thrilled to see her son's photograph on the front pages of newspapers this week.

Maxie Webber of Robinson Creek in Pike County said the close-up of Lance Cpl. Blake Miller, his face covered with dirt and a cigarette hanging from his lips, let her know that her son was OK.

Miller, 20, a graduate of Shelby Valley High School, is serving with Charlie Company of the U.S. Marines First Division in Fallujah, an insurgent stronghold.

Fallujah has been the site of some of the most severe battles with the Iraqi insurgency, and this week U.S. troops began a fierce battle for control of the city.

The photo, taken by Los Angeles Times photographer Luis Sinco, has appeared in newspapers across the nation. Webber said she first saw it when CBS News anchor Dan Rather showed it to viewers on Wednesday. Photo editor Alan Hagman confirmed Friday that the photo was of Miller.

"I just sat here and I thought, that's my son," Webber said. "I couldn't believe it. To me, it's just God's way because Blake is a Christian. It's just like God saying, 'I'm letting you know he's OK.'"

Webber said she stays home as much as possible in case her son calls.

"I don't want to miss his call because you never know if that call will be the last one," she said.

Webber said she also bought an answering machine for her phone just in case Miller, the oldest of her three sons, calls while she's out. She has one message on the answering machine from Aug. 1.

"And when I get lonely, and it's been a few days, I play that tape," Webber said.

Webber said her son's decision to join the Marines has changed the way she thinks about America.

"Until my son went into the Marines, I never really realized what that flag stood for, but now I do," she said.

And this is from his hometown paper (well, home county ... his town ain't got no paper):

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Thanks, Timber. I can grasp part of the great sweep of events much more clearly through particular people from particular places.

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Tiny little detail here - the Carl Vinson's electronic support systems (except weapons) were designed by a team I was in charge of. Went to explain the lot to a gold-braid-to-the-elbow guy who, profoundly unimpressed, interrupted me with: "You realize of course the Carl Vinson only has TWO nuclear reactors whereas I was commander of the Enterprise which has FOUR!" Great thread, Timber - all that remains for the rest of us here to do is buy you a couple of drinks at Lola's Cafe!

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Happy 229th Birthday USMC

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