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Happy 236th Birthday Marines!
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From Col Casey, President MCTA: Fellow Tankers and Marines, we celebrate this 236th birthday of our beloved corps knowing that through the MCTA we are in association with the finest, the extended family of Marine Tankers. I wish you all well and a happy birthday and look forward to our next reunion. Nothing stops us. Neighter earthquake nor hurricane. We roll on and in the path of our tracks a new ..read more
A year after Sgt. Jacob Chadwick, 23, was deployed to Iraq with Regimental Combat Team 1, he returned to his home in San Marcos, Calif., only to suffer blinding, week-long headaches: the first sign of his failing kidneys.
Last Sunday, Chadwick underwent a four-and-a-half hour kidney transplant that saved his life. His kidney donor was a fellow soldier, 24-year-old Lt. Patrick Wayland from Midland, Texas, who went into cardiac arrest on Aug. 1 at Pensacola Naval Air Station in ..read more  Excerpts provided by William (Bill) Dillon from his article on Pfc John Mulkin’s Marine Service in Iwo Jima. The entire work can be downloaded and viewed as a PDF here.
27th Regiment of the 5th Division lands on Iwo Jima, February 19, 1945
The platoon (3rd Platoon, H-Company, 3rd Battalion, 27th Regiment, Fifth Marine Division) landed in the third wave of marines at a place called Red Beach One, on the southeast side of the island. It was the responsibility ..read more
THE WARRIOR SONG -- HARD CORPS
Words and music by: Sean Householder
http://www.thewarriorsong.com/
This is a poem being sent from a Marine to his Dad. For those who take the time to read it, you’ll see a letter from him to his dad at the bottom. It makes you truly thankful for not only the Marines, but ALL of our troops.
THE MARINE
By: Corporal Aaron M. Gilbert, US Marine Corps USS SAIPAN, PERSIAN GULF We all came together, Both young and old To fight for our freedom, To stand and be bold. ..read more |
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