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| | Fighting Marine Gene Tunney Magazine Article by Harry Warren (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) |
 | | It included his service as a United States Marine at the age of 21 and the subsequent hurdle up the ladder of fame; not only as a Marine, but also as a boxer and then business executive. |
 | | Gene was transferred to Quantico, Virginia, where he was assigned to the 11th Marine Regiment, which shortly afterwards sailed aboard the steamship De Kalb and landed at Brest, France in October 13, 1918. |
 | | On the 169th anniversary of the Marine Corps, Tunney spoke to a large group of Marines on November 10,1944, and is recorded as saying these stirring words. |
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