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They should be honored to attend on the arm of a Marine.
United States Marine Corps..... Happy Birthday!
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They should be honored to attend on the arm of a Marine.
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"Some people wonder all their lives if they ever made a difference"..."Marines don't have that problem"...Ronald Reagan
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whitehall
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Chesty Puller at the Chosin. "We are surrounded?" "Now we can fire in any direction".
whitehall
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"Uncommon valor was a common virtue"... Admiral Nimitz after Marines lost almost 7,000 dead in a month of fighting on Iwo Jima.
Happy Birthday!!!! I will forever be in your debt...
"The man who will go where his colors will go, without asking, who will fight a phantom foe in a jungle and mountain range, without counting, and who will suffer and die in the midst of incredible hardship, without complaint, is still what he has always been, from Imperial Rome to sceptered Britain to Democratic America. He is the stuff of which legions are made. His pride is his colors and his regiment, his training hard and thorough and coldly realistic, to fit him for what he must face, and his obedience is to his orders. As a legionary, he held the gates of civilization for the classical world...he has been called United States Marine.
Lieutenant Colonel T.R. Fehrenbach, US Army in "This Kind of War"
geauxtohell
Choose your weapon.
Oh, okay, I'll play along:
"Military service is so honorably badass that the beautiful and powerful are clamoring to be on the arm of any Private Snuffy simply to pay tribute to their service. The stars are virtually beating a path to the barracks in search of a date. I don't know why I didn't ask Scarlett Johansson to one of my balls. I am sure she would have said yes, and even my wife wouldn't have faulted me for that move!"
But back in the real world: The guy scored a date with one of the most beautiful actresses in Hollywood. She could have easily blown him off with some glib statement or signed picture or feigned excuse, but instead she is going with him.
That's a classy move on her part and "Scotty" is a lucky SOB.
"Fortune favors the bold."
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She should consider herself honored to be escorted by a Marine.
geauxtohell
Choose your weapon.
See above.
Justin Timberlake wrote about his night at the Marine Corps ball.
Justin Timberlake - My Night At The Marine Corps Ball
Justin Timberlake - My Night At The Marine Corps Ball
High_Gravity
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Props to JT for showing up.
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Props to the USMC for not kicking his chicken ass.
He's the one to be honored, props to them for allowing him in.
geauxtohell
Choose your weapon.
If you can't say anything nice...........
You would have bitched if he turned down the date, and you ***** about him, not only showing up, but taking the time to write about what a moving experience it was.
Like you would have turned down a date with Timberlake when you were a Marine.
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Happy Birthday, Marines!
From your older brothers-U. S. Army, est. 14 June, 1775
From your older brothers-U. S. Army, est. 14 June, 1775
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There was one story notable out of the many that came out of the battle for Pelieliu, during WWII.
The twelve thousand five hundred defenders of the island that faced the Marine landing forces were seasoned previous veterans of the Manchurian campaign. They had been told not to fear the invading soldiers, the soft children of Democracy, for they were sure to tuck tail and run once they met the indomitable will of the Soldiers of The Empire Of Japan.One member of the Japanese beach defenders, later captured, remarked that the first time he had ever felt fear was while watching one Marine wading through the waters toward him, firing his weapon with one hand as he approached, while dragging the body of his dead comrade behind him through the surf.
Us Marines on Tarawa, November, 1943: This may appear somewhat strange with so many Marines standing around this mound, but it supposedly was the last major fortified Japanese position left on the island and the Marines were just eliminating the last of the ants in the anthill.
http://www.bluejacket.com/usmc/images/w2_usmc_tarawa.jpg
Tough going on Tarawa, November, 1943:
http://www.bluejacket.com/usmc/images/w2_usmc_tarawa_11-43_unk.jpg
Taking a break, Pelieliu, September, 1944:
http://www.bluejacket.com/usmc/images/w2_peleliu_usmc_take5.jpg
Marine stretcher bearers, Pelieliu, September, 1944:
http://www.bluejacket.com/usmc/images/w2_usmc_peleliu_0944_sgt-t-d-barnett.jpg
The twelve thousand five hundred defenders of the island that faced the Marine landing forces were seasoned previous veterans of the Manchurian campaign. They had been told not to fear the invading soldiers, the soft children of Democracy, for they were sure to tuck tail and run once they met the indomitable will of the Soldiers of The Empire Of Japan.One member of the Japanese beach defenders, later captured, remarked that the first time he had ever felt fear was while watching one Marine wading through the waters toward him, firing his weapon with one hand as he approached, while dragging the body of his dead comrade behind him through the surf.
Us Marines on Tarawa, November, 1943: This may appear somewhat strange with so many Marines standing around this mound, but it supposedly was the last major fortified Japanese position left on the island and the Marines were just eliminating the last of the ants in the anthill.
http://www.bluejacket.com/usmc/images/w2_usmc_tarawa.jpg
Tough going on Tarawa, November, 1943:
http://www.bluejacket.com/usmc/images/w2_usmc_tarawa_11-43_unk.jpg
Taking a break, Pelieliu, September, 1944:
http://www.bluejacket.com/usmc/images/w2_peleliu_usmc_take5.jpg
Marine stretcher bearers, Pelieliu, September, 1944:
http://www.bluejacket.com/usmc/images/w2_usmc_peleliu_0944_sgt-t-d-barnett.jpg
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I was never a Marine. Many of my closest friends are though.... and I'd date a Marine over Timberlake every day of the week.
I'm not dissing JT, I am happy that he honored his word... I'm just saying that, in my view, he was the lucky one.
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