Some people spend their whole live wondering if they’ve made a
difference. The Marines don’t have that problem -- Ronald Reagan
There are only two kinds of people that understand Marines: Marines and
the enemy. Everyone else has a second-hand opinion -- Gen.
William Thornson, U.S. Army
The bended knee is
not a tradition of our Corps -- General Alexander A. Vandergrift, USMC to
the Senate Naval Affairs Committee, 5 May 1946
By their
victory, the 3rd, 4th and 5th Marine Divisions and other units of the Fifth
Amphibious Corps have made an accounting to their country which only history
will be able to value fully. Among the Americans who served on Iwo Island, uncommon
valor was a common virtue -- Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, U.S. Navy
I am convinced
that there is no smarter, handier, or more adaptable body of troops in the
world -- Prime Minister of Britain, Sir Winston Churchill
A Ship without
Marines is like a garment without buttons -- Adm. David Dixon Porter, USN in a
letter to Colonel Commandant John Harris, USMC, 1863
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