Happy Birthday: Today is the Marine Corp birthday. Founded in 1775 at Tun Tavern, Philadelphia. To those you never knew To those I will never forget. Semper Fi..60-67.

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Nov 10, 2019 10:29:54 #

traderjohn Loc: New York City

Today is the Marine Corp birthday. Founded in 1775 at Tun Tavern, Philadelphia.
To those you never knew
To those I will never forget.
Semper Fi..60-67.

Nov 10, 2019 10:38:09 #

PixelStan77 Loc: Vermont/Chicago

traderjohn wrote:

Today is the Marine Corp birthday. Founded in 1775 at Tun Tavern, Philadelphia.
To those you never knew
To those I will never forget.
Semper Fi..60-67.

Very nice. I was in the Army. Will I be invited to the birthday party?

Nov 10, 2019 10:48:09 #

Bob Mevis Loc: Plymouth, Indiana

Sampler Fi. My oldest son did 2 tours in Iraq, as a Marine.

Nov 10, 2019 11:01:22 #

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

A Marine in our work group would always bring in a cake on the Marine Corp birthday. On our morning break, with great ceremony and respect, he would cut the cake with his KaBar and dispense those slices to all his co-workers. We would then all stand sing the first verse of the Marine Hymn with him before enjoying the birthday cake with our coffee. His, and our, way of showing our appreciation for the Corp and those who serve.

Stan

Nov 10, 2019 11:01:47 #

flyguy Loc: Las Cruces, New Mexico

Semper Fi

Nov 10, 2019 13:57:02 #

traderjohn Loc: New York City

PixelStan77 wrote:

Very nice. I was in the Army. Will I be invited to the birthday party?

Welcome aboard.

Nov 10, 2019 14:04:27 #

traderjohn Loc: New York City

flyguy wrote:

Semper Fi

Three weeks ago. I was at a retirement lunchen for my brother.
At my table there was this ole guy. He was in pretty good shape. He was 97 years old. A WW2 jarhead he also did a stint in Korea.
Semper Fi.

Nov 10, 2019 14:05:15 #

traderjohn Loc: New York City

StanMac wrote:

Nov 11, 2019 07:31:42 #

Dannj

PixelStan77 wrote:

Very nice. I was in the Army. Will I be invited to the birthday party?

Nov 11, 2019 08:02:33 #

machia Loc: NJ

My Godfather was a WW2 Marine. His first battle was Guadalcanal and last was Okinawa.
My Dad was Navy, Coral Sea to Okinawa.
What a tough generation.
And they never spoke about it.
🇺🇸

Nov 11, 2019 09:43:27 #

Dannj

machia wrote:

My Godfather was a WW2 Marine. His first battle was Guadalcanal and last was Okinawa.
My Dad was Navy, Coral Sea to Okinawa.
What a tough generation.
And they never spoke about it.
🇺🇸

My Dad, a WW II vet, told me that the ones who told no war stories were often the ones who had the most to tell.

Nov 11, 2019 11:11:31 #

Don W-37 Loc: Bangkok, Thailand

Traderjohn & his fellow Marines,
Congratulation on the USMC birthday! 👍

Here is a bit of history trivia for you:

Many long years ago, shortly after the Marines were established, the Defense Department was trying to allocate resources in a fair unbiased manner. So they decided to use a coin flip between the Army and the Navy. The Navy lost, so we got the Marines because the the Army picked the Mules!

No need to thank me for the history leesson; it was my duty!! 😁😁😁

Cheers,
Don, USN (retired)

Nov 11, 2019 13:21:41 #

wrangler5 Loc: Missouri

Our family had Army, Navy and Air Force officers among its numbers over the WWII, Vietnam and Sandbox generations, and my daughter finally married a Marine a couple of weeks ago. So I feel like we're now pretty much complete. (No offense intended to the Coast Guard or Merchant Marine.)

Nov 11, 2019 15:25:52 #

yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey

Nov 11, 2019 20:02:57 #

Jjags

I think I posted to u by mistake. Need to learn how to post.

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