It is very hard to be humble...when you are the BEST !!!!!
"I can never again see a UNITED STATES MARINE without experiencing a feeling of reverence." GEN. JOHNSON, U.S. ARMY
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"There are only two kinds of people that understand Marines: Marines and those who have met them in battle. Everyone else has a second-hand opinion." Unknown
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"Uncommon valor was a common virtue."
Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
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"Panic sweeps my men when they are facing the AMERICAN MARINES."
CAPTURED NORTH KOREAN MAJOR
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"The MARINES have landed and have the situation well in hand!"
RICHARD HARDING DAVIS
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If I had one more division like this First Marine Division I could win this war.
General of the Armies Douglas McArthur in Korea,
overheard and reported by Marine Staff Sergeant Bill Houghton, Weapons/2/5
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Do not attack the First Marine Division. Leave the yellowlegs alone. Strike the American Army. Orders given to Communist troops in the Korean War;
shortly afterward, the Marines were ordered to not wear their khaki leggings.
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The Marine Corps is the Navy's police force and as long as I am President that is what it will remain. They have a propaganda machine that is almost equal to Stalin's.
Harry S. Truman
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"The deadliest weapon in the world is a MARINE and his rifle!"
GEN. PERSHING, US.ARMY
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"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." GEORGE ORWELL
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"A ship without MARINES is like a garment without buttons." ADM. DAVID PORTER, USN
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"The more Marines I have around, the better I like it."
General Clark, U.S. Army
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"No one can say that the Marines have failed to do their work in handsome fashion."
Major General Hagood, U.S. Army
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"There is no military body in our country of higher efficiency than the Marine Corps.
They take great pride in their profession. They never let things slack a bit."
Rear Admiral C.M. Wilslow, U.S. Navy
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"They're on our right, they're on our left, they're in front of us, they're behind us;
they can't get away from us this time."
Chesty Puller, USMC, Chosin Reservoir, Korean War
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Old breed? New breed? There's not a damn bit of difference so long as it's the Marine breed. Chesty Puller, USMC
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"Marine Corps integrity is doing that thing which is right, when no one is looking"
Col. Colin Lampard, USMC
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Every Marine is, first and foremost, a rifleman. All other conditions are secondary
General A. M. Gray, USMC
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Ensure that no Marine who honorably wore the eagle, globe and anchor is lost to the Marine Corps family. General James L. Jones Jr., Commandant of the Marine Corps
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"They (Marines) have given us our only real fight." Commanding Officer of the British, War 0f 1812
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"The American Marines are terribly reckless fellows... they would make very good storm troopers." Unidentified German officer at Belleau Wood
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The US Air Force Chief-of-Staff would never be called -- Airman
The Chief-of-Naval Operations would never be called -- Sailor
The Commanding General of The US Army would never be called -- Soldier
BUT the Commandant of the Marine Corps would be proud to be called a --
United States Marine
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"Marines know how to use their bayonets. Army bayonets may as well be paper-weights." Navy Times; November 1994
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"The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps!" Eleanor Roosevelt
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"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
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"My only answer as to why the Marines get the toughest jobs is because the average Leatherneck is a much better fighter. He has far more guts, courage, and better officers... These boys out here have a pride in the Marine Corps and will fight to the end no matter what the cost." 2nd Lt. Richard C. Kennard, Peleliu, World War II
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"It's a funny thing, but, as years go by, I think you appreciate more and more what a great thing it was to be a United States Marine... People will tell me what a shame it was I had to go back into the service a second time, but I'm kinda glad I did.. Besides, I am a U.S. Marine and I'll be one till I die." Ted Williams
Notice a lot of Army Guys think Marines are the BEST.