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Category: Blog
Marines’ bravery recalled in comic
Two Camp Lejeune Marines who gave everything for their country in 2008 are remembered two years later in an unusual way: a comic strip. Full article
Military funeral picketing tests free speech
YORK, Pa. — Albert Snyder tears up, then turns angry as he recalls burying his Marine Corps son while members of the anti-gay fundamentalist Westboro Baptist Church picketed nearby.
“I can remember being presented the flag at the graveyard. I can remember saluting the coffin,” Snyder says of the unusually balmy day in March 2006 when the family memorialized Matthew, a lance corporal killed in Iraq. Full Article
A Message from One of our Facebook Friends
Sgt. Grit,
My Dad Bob Maher graduated from high school in 1953 and immediately joined the United States Marines. My Dad spoke for years of his service to the Corp and the country and he spoke a lot about Paris Island and that it was one of the most important and proud times of his life. About a year ago when he was able to still carry on a conversation he talked about the Marine Corp, knew the Marine Corp Birthday knew who Chesty Puller was and more even though with his late stages of Parkinson’s' it was hard for him to remember me. I keep him enrolled in the Marine Corps League and the American Legion detachment in Waltham Mass. His room at Marist Hill Nursing Home Waltham Mass has plenty of memories of the Marine Corp. My Dad went on to become a Deputy Fire Chief on the Waltham Mass Fire Dept. but overall the Marine Corp clearly stood by as one of his most important accomplishments and endeavors. If you know of any other retired Marines who would have ideas for me here is the link to my Facebook Profile – my dad can no longer talk but I read a lot of Marine and Military magazines and tell him stories hoping he it gets into him. Got Bless all Military and especially all retired and active U.S. Marines
Col. Archibald Henderson
Gone to Florida to fight the Indians. Will be back when the war is
over.
Col. Archibald Henderson, USMC (CMC); in a note pinned to his office
door, 1836
On War: Bodies misidentified, misplaced at Arlington
WASHINGTON – (AP) An Army investigation has found that potentially hundreds of remains at Arlington National Cemetery have been misidentified or misplaced, in a scandal marring the reputation of the nation’s pre-eminent burial ground for its honored dead since the Civil War. Photos and article
Analysis: Will battle for Kandahar win the war?
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Since the war began, this southern city and surrounding countryside have been marked as the heartland of the Taliban, the insurgents' springboard to retake all of Afghanistan. It has witnessed some of the bloodiest fighting. Full article
Gen. Charles C. Krulak
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
On War: U.S. Marines Tattoos in Afghanistan
The True Heroes, 1st Battalion 6th Marines: Marjah Afghanistan
Not your normal “Mot Video” but this video will make you think twice about the men and women in the Marine Corps. Against GySgt Wallgreens request I recorded his speach in secret….. the result is this awesome video with the last words we heard before boarding helos and heading into the heart of Marjeh. Have you ever wondered how Marines get pumped up? This video will show you how true leaders inspire their Marines to do the unthinkable. View here