Posted on 11/10/2010 6:55:42 AM PST by jmaroneps37
Today we celebrate the 235th birthday of the United States Marine Corps. Happy birthday Marines, Semper Fidelis and May God bless you all.
On November 10, 1775 the fledgling Continental Congress passed a resolution that two Battalions of Marines be raised and maintained for purposes for fighting our British oppressors as a seagoing army. Since the times of Col. Samuel Nicholas the first Commandant of the Corps, Marines have always fought above and beyond expectation on the high seas, on land and more recently in the air.
Because we Americans are a peace loving people, the Marine Corps and the United States Navy were actually allowed to go out of existences at the close of the Revolutionary War. This state of unpreparedness existed until July 11, 1798 when the Corps was reestablished in preparation for a potential war with France. Soon the Marines were sailing off the foreign shores.
The Corps’s first large scale assignment came at the dawn of the 19th century when President Thomas Jefferson sent them to smash the “Barbary pirates” who were kidnapping and terrorizing American merchant sailors.
These “pirates” were actually Islamist thugs who had to be given a clear message about America’s willingness to fight back and the Marines were just the fighting force to send that message.
The Corps distinguished itself throughout the rest of the 19th century in the Mexican War, the Civil War (on both sides) and the Spanish American War.
During World War I the ferocious fighting Marines earned the grudging respect of German troops who named them “Devil Dogs” a name still treasured by Marines today.
During World War II from Guadalcanal to Iwo Jima, and finally on to Okinawa the United States Marine Corps fought won battle after battle until Japanese… More..
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Thank you J - we are having a birthday dinner in our home tonight! Happy birthday United States Marine Corps -
thank you Sir - I wished my Marine a very happy birthday this morning -
thank you Sir - I wished my Marine a very happy birthday this morning -
Well Gee, it is a big day and all but I certainly didn’t mean to post that many times!
LOL. No problem. Thank him for his service.
You too! Tomorrow is Veteran’s Day and we appreciate your service as well.
See your FReepmail in a few.
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