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	United States Marine Corps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The Marine Corps is the second smallest of the five branches of the United States armed forces, with 176,000 active and 40,000 reserve Marines as of 2002.
		Marines were among the first troops deployed to Vietnam, as well as the last to leave during the evacuation of the American embassy in Saigon.
		The Marine Corps has a widely-held reputation as a fierce and effective fighting force and the Marines take pride in their gung-ho attitude, are indoctrinated with a strong belief in their chain of command and the importance of esprit de corps, a spirit of enthusiasm and pride in themselves and the Corps.
	www.eastcleveland.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/United_States_Marines (4435 words)

	United States Marine Corps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Marine Corps is the second smallest of the five branches (Navy, Marine Corps, Army, Air Force, Coast Guard) of the U.S. military, with 172,000 active and 40,000 reserve Marines as of 2005.
		Marines are less generous with awards and unit identification; the rationale behind this is that as a member of an elite force, it is enough to be identified simply as a Marine.
		As of August 2005, Marine Generals Peter Pace (Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) and James L. Jones (Commander of the United States European Command; NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Europe; and a former commandant of the Marine Corps) are senior in time and grade to the commandant.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps (5251 words)

	USMC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Marine Generals Peter Pace (Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) and James L. Jones (Commander in Chief of theUnited States European Command ; NATO Supreme AlliedCommander, Europe ; and a former Commandant of the Marine Corps) are Marines who are currently senior in time in grade to theCommandant.
		The Marines take pride in their gung-ho attitude and are inculcated with a strongbelief in their chain of command and the importance of espritde corps, a spirit of enthusiasm and pride in themselves and the Corps.
		Marine tactics and doctrine tends to emphasize aggressiveness and the offensive, compared to Army tactics for similar units.In addition, the Marines have made a point of recruiting at age 17, tending to enlist youths with more aggressive personalitiesthan their counterparts who join the Army.
	www.therfcc.org /usmc-63296.html (1170 words)

	marines. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		A British marine corps was established in 1664, and the need for skilled riflemen aboard military vessels brought about intermittent renewal of this organization.
		In 1775 the Continental Congress established the Continental Marines in the American Revolution, and after this organization had disappeared with the end of the war, the U.S. Congress created (1798) its successor, the present U.S. Marine Corps.
		In World War II the marines played a key role in the invasion of several Pacific islands held by the Japanese, and they also served with distinction in Korea and Vietnam.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ma/marines.html (286 words)

	Famous Marines
		Marine pilot served (1943–45) in World War II and again (1952–53) in the Korean War; Baseball Hall of Famer; lifetime batting average of.344 and hit a total of 521 home runs
		served as a Marine Corps officer during the Korean War; former editor of the Yale Law Journal; former chief law clerk for Chief Justice Earl Warren; former chancellor of the University of California at Berkeley; inducted as the CEO of The Smithsonian Institution in 1994.
		former Marine fighter pilot; as vice-chairman and president of Chrysler he is largely credited with their revitalization during the company's second turnaround in the 1990's; he retired from Chrysler in 1998 to take over Exide.
	pages.prodigy.net /marsk9/page_36.html (1090 words)

	October 9
		Meditating Marines are part of a new, made-for-the-Corps martial-art program starting this month on four bases that will eventually be mandatory for all Marines.
		The new Marine Corps martial art, however, is focused as much on the soul as it is on soldiering.
		Bristol taught his Marines to fight with fists, bayonets and knives while he schooled the troops in their connection to ancient warrior cultures.
	www.aikicommunications.net /heckler.html (1037 words)

	U.S. Marine Corps - About The Marines - Famous Battles
		The battle raged for a month and, according to Marine Lieutenant General H. Smith, it was "the toughest and hardest fight in Marine Corps history." During the battle, a group of Marines raised the American flag at the summit of Mount Suribachi, the highest point on the island.
		The first verse of the Marines' Hymn recalls the battle, which lives in Marine tradition: "From the Halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli." The Marine Corps officer sword, adopted in 1826 and used today, is modeled after the Mameluke scimitar given to O'Bannon by Hamet of Tripoli.
		In a bold move to reverse the tide of the war, the 1st Marine Division, supported by the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, landed at Inchon and cut off the bulk of the North Korean Army.
	marines.com /about_marines/famousbattles.asp (582 words)

	marines on Encyclopedia.com
		Marines from the Fouth Marines, H and S company, MGySgt.
		A United States Marine from the 5th Regimental Combat Team is among about 45,000 Marines in Kuwait, many of them near Iraq's border.
		BAGHDAD, IRAQ -- Marines from the First Marine Division, Fourth Batallion give water to some residents of the Saddam City section of Baghdad on Monday, April 14, 2003.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/m1/marines.asp (746 words)

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		Served in France with the famous 6th Marines in World War I and with H Company, 2nd Battallion, 5th Marines, 1st Division on Guadalcanal and Tulagi at the age of 52 in World War II.
		Marine sniper with the highest number of confirmed kills (103) - he is still alive and in September 1999 was invited to speak at the Scout/Sniper school on Camp Pendleton
		On 29 January 1943, she was sworn in as a Major in the United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve (USMCWR) and was sworn in as the first Director of the Women's Reserve, which was formed on 7 November 1942.
	pages.prodigy.net /marsk9/page_37.html (1012 words)

	Soundoff! Article: The few, the proud, the brave - Marine Corps celebrate 225 years (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		This resolution established the Continental Marines and marked the birth of the U.S. Marine Corps.
		John A. LeJeune declared that no matter where, no matter what a Marine was doing, he or she (women were first admitted into the ranks as reservists in 1918) would take time to honor all Marines.
		Fritchie said all Marines are fiercely proud of their Corps' heritage and it's a legacy that's carried like a badge of honor.
	www.ftmeade.army.mil /SoundOFF/archives/SO2000/Nov9-00/html/Marine.htm (1212 words)

	Marine Corps Stories - Famous Marines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Zell Miller credits the Marine Corps for turning his life around as a young man. He had dropped out of Emory University and landed in the drunk tank for a night in 1953 when he decided to sign up for a three-year enlistment in the Marines.
		The Marine Corps instilled in me honor, courage and commitment - core values that have sustained me through thick and thin,'' Miller said in a public service announcement he taped for the Marine Corps in 2001.
		Dirty, disheveled and dejected, I sat crosslegged on the floor of the Gilmer County Jail in the Appalachian town of Ellijay, Georgia.
	www.corpsstories.com /MillerZell.htm (2211 words)

	Battle of Belleau Wood - Enpsychlopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		After Marines were repeatedly urged to turn back by retreating French forces, Marine Captain Lloyd Williams of the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines uttered the now-famous retort "Retreat, hell.
		On the first day alone (June 1), the casualties were the highest in Marine Corps history (and remained so until the capture of Tarawa in November 1943).
		Harbord, the commander of the Marines during the battle, was made an honorary Marine.
	www.grohol.com /wiki/Battle_of_Belleau_Wood (724 words)

	List of famous U.S. Marines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Famous people who served in the United States Marine Corps.
		Mark Fuhrman — LAPD detective who became famous during the O.
		Oliver North — officer who became famous in the Iran-Contra affair
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_famous_U.S._Marines (498 words)

	World Famous Quotations
		Marines have been in the forefront of every American war since the founding of the Corps.
		The Marines' long-standing nickname goes back to the leather stock or neckpiece, which was part of the Marine uniform from 1775 to 1875.
		A slang term used by sailors as early as World War II to refer to members of the Marine Corps, drawing the term from the resemblance of the Marine dress blues uniform, with its high collar, to a Mason jar.
	millennium.fortunecity.com /redwood/352/usmc4.htm (496 words)

	usmc Famous Marine Corps Slogans and sayings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Marines have a history, they have fought in every major and minor engagement in which the United States of America has ever been involved.
		Marines are the Presidents Guards, showing dignity and respect to his front and watchfully covering his back with a reverent salute at attention.
		Former SgtMaj of the Marine Corps, John Massaro, was the company gunny of 1st Force in the late 50s and when he tansferred to MCRDSD as an instructor at DI school he took "AARUGHA" with him and passed it on to the DI students and they, in turn, passed it on to recruits.
	home.swbell.net /dg12/a/famoussayings.htm (6668 words)

	Ira Hayes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		On 26 August 1942, Ira Hayes enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve at Phoenix for the duration of the National Emergency.
		One of them became the famous photograph of the raising of the flag at Iwo Jima that you see below, the picture which soon became the universal symbol that it still is today.
		The six marines planting the flag in the photo were Mike Strank from Pennsylvania, Harlon Block from Texas, Franklin Sousley from Kentucky, John Bradley from Wisconsin, Rene Gagnon from New Hampshire and Ira Hayes from Arizona.
	www.stevenshiles.com /Ira_Hayes.html (1303 words)

	Famous Marines
		"...the strength of the Corps is the Marine, the strength of the Marine is the Corps."
		and should not be confused with "Noteworthy Marines", although the two are not mutually exclusive.
		He was killed in action during World War II, so he was not given the opportunity to become famous after his service to our Nation.
	nnhs65.00freehost.com /famous-marines.html (785 words)

	Update: That Famous Marines Quotation
		The Marines don't have that problem." -Author Unknown President Ronald Reagan seems to be universally credited with the above quote, and the quote itself is generally shown with Reagan's name below it.
		So, what I thought was going to be a tough job--finding the original author--has developed into an even bigger mystery by reason that it now appears that I cannot even document when and where Ronald Reagan said it in the first place.
		I'm sure that the proliferation on the Net of Marines' websites showing this quotation is due to its just being accepted and repeated without question, on and on.
	www.angelfire.com /ca/dickg/quoteupdate.html (889 words)

	Famous Former Marines
		He originally served as a USN Hospital Corpsman with the Marines in Vietnam.
		Norton was the only corpsman who served as a Marine Recon team leader.
		% As a young Marine, Nightingale was one of the 12 survivors when the USS Arizona was attacked in Pearl Harbor.
	www.geocities.com /heartland/6350/famous.htm (201 words)

	Famous Marines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Marine Aviator, Medal of Honor; commanded the VMF-214 also known as the "Black Sheep Squadron" and was the Marine Corps' top ranking ace of WWII with 28 victories; a television series was created about him and his squadron.
		A Marine pilot who was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for his courage as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam from December 1964 to December 1967, when he died in captivity.
		Without a doubt he was the most outspoken Marine, the most famous Marine, the Marine who really loved to fight, the most decorated Marine in the history of the Corps.
	www.stevenshiles.com /Famous_Marines.html (1761 words)

	Directory - Regional: North America: United States: Government: Military: Marine Corps: Personal Pages
		The Marine Corps Drill Instructor · cached · Dedicated to the Marine Corps Drill Instructor and all Marines who have served.
		Guadalcanal · Dedicated to the Marines who fought in Americas first major offensive against the crack troops of the Imperial Japanese Army.
		Moscow Marines · cached · A site dedicated to the Marines that served at the US Embassy in Moscow as Marine Embassy Guards, past and present.
	www.incywincy.com /default?p=79471 (950 words)

	Famous Marines
		Colson served in the Marine Corps from 1953 to 1955.
		He spent three years in the Marines in the early 1960's and then tried to combine his passion for storytelling with his passion for adventures by working for five months as a criminal reporter at the Kenosha Daily Tribune.
		Served as a Marine combat correspondent with the 1st Marine Division in Vietnam from 1966-1968.
	www.usmchangout.com /famous_marines_from_a_z.htm (1855 words)

	The ROK/US Marine Corps Friendship Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		April 16, 2001 Republic of Korea Marine Corps (ROKMC) HQ had an event to mark the fifty-second birthday of the ROK Marine Corps.
		The ROK Commandant of the Marine Corps hosted this at the HQ on the large parade field.
		The ROKMC also has the slogan "Once a Marine, always a Marine." They really treat their former Marines well.
	obstadium.com /marine/2001-04-26.htm (353 words)

	Marines tackle paperwork with wireless LAN
		The U.S. Marines are famous for bringing everything they need with them to a hostile beach.
		The Marines have deployed a little more than 2,000 Spectrum24 wireless LAN access points and ruggedized handheld computers with built-in bar-code scanners, all from Symbol Technologies, as part of the Automatic Identification Technology (AIT) project.
		The Marines are looking ahead to upgrading to 802.11b because that is now a widely deployed industry standard.
	www.networkworld.com /news/2002/132978_06-03-2002.html (779 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Military -- 2 Marines on stamp set have links to Pendleton
		John A. Lejeune, Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone and Sgt. Daniel J. Daly are well-known to Marines.
		He was awarded five Navy Crosses – which are second only to the Medal of Honor –; during a career that included service in World War II and the Korean War.
		Camp Lejeune in North Carolina is named after the general who started some of the Marine Corps' traditions, such as celebrating the Corps' birthday.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/military/20041130-9999-1m30stamps.html (258 words)

	Famous Marines Quote
		My nephew just retired from the Marines after 20, he wouldn't have considered another branch.
		Marine Sergeant addressing his troops at Beleau Woods, WWI.
		The Marines aren't the brightest warriors on the planet.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3c0956b27d6d.htm (936 words)

	Cerberus Blog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		He wandered around the country riding the rails and living life as it came.
		In 1943, he enlisted in the Marine Corps where he worked as a cook and added to his skills in food service.
		After the war, Bell was determined to never be poor again, and he started looking for a way to become rich.
	www.sparkpod.com /cgi-bin/WebObjects/sparkpod.woa/wa/view?1017458 (272 words)

	Home Page Hollywood Marines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Access to fellow Marines who work in the Entertainment Industry for networking purposes, mentoring and advice,
		Social events for Marines and their families and esprit de corps events such as Mess Nights and Marine Corps Ball events
		and interviews with famous Marines as well as timely news about active duty Marines and Marine veterans via newsletters.
	www.hollywoodmarines.com (238 words)

	The ROK
		On 19 January 2001 ROK/US Marine Corps Friendship Association had a gala event to Honor the Top 100 Former Marines assisting ROK Marines." Jim Lint, a civilian currently working in Korea is a US Director of the ROK/US Marine Corps Friendship Association.
		He enjoyed the fine hospitality of the Korea Marines with various famous Marines who had made it big in the civilian world.
		Retired Maj Gen Pak, Hwan In, former Commander of the ROK 1st Marine Division, he is presently also a vice president in the ROK Marine Veteran Asso.
	www.s2online.org /rokmc2.htm (626 words)

	USMC/COMBAT HELICOPTER ASSOCIATION
		uring the Vietnam War from 1962 to 1975, helicopter crews were able to locate their fellow Marines on the ground by asking them to "pop a smoke" in the landing zone
		REGULAR MEMBERSHIP is open to personnel from all eras of helicopter deployment in the FMF, since the late 1940.s, in the United States Marine Corps, including the Korean War, Desert Storm, Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.
		This entitles the holder to all the rights and privileges of a full member as long as the dues are paid annually.
	www.popasmoke.com (526 words)

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