Top 10 Quotes BY Marines
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.
Col. Archibald Henderson, USMC (CMC); 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 from the movie "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 Sornig, USMC; in Navy Times, November 1994
Comments
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AMEN!
There is also one I like (the thought behind), but I can never remember the exact wording, or who said it, it's something like.....
Free men sleep soundly at night, because men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
No matter what the wording is, I can sleep tonight thanks to those men and women willing to risk their lives for my freedom.
GOD BLESS!
There is also one I like (the thought behind), but I can never remember the exact wording, or who said it, it's something like.....
Free men sleep soundly at night, because men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
No matter what the wording is, I can sleep tonight thanks to those men and women willing to risk their lives for my freedom.
GOD BLESS!
Posted by: Smokey at November 10, 2005 09:58 PM (K7uqT)
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Great stuff, Ogre. Thanks for pulling those together. Happy Birthday, Marine. Semper Fi.
Posted by: DC at November 11, 2005 12:15 AM (vyvra)
Posted by: Ogre at November 11, 2005 07:12 AM (/k+l4)
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Those are some great quotes. Good work.
Posted by: Contagion at November 11, 2005 08:54 AM (Q5WxB)
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Thanks, I really love them -- and they'll all completely true.
Posted by: Ogre at November 11, 2005 10:07 AM (/k+l4)
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Semper Fi Ogre...I'll send today's toons-they have some Marine B day stuff.
Posted by: Raven at November 11, 2005 06:45 PM (D1BL0)
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Cool! Good stuff.
Posted by: Ogre at November 11, 2005 06:51 PM (7PCNv)
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