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03-16-2010, 10:03 AM

Before the Goddamned Marines get all of the credit

 

High praise from Patton indeed. He was right though, there were a lot of dogface soldiers (like you, Rocky) in the Pacific, too. Marines have to have a great PR team or we wouldn't exist today. There was a major push to eliminate the USMC for quite some time following WWII. Incidentally, here is a website with the whole Patton 3rd Army speech.

 

More high praise from an Army commander: “The deadliest weapon in the world is a Marine and his rifle!” J. J. Pershing

 

Rocky, I bet there were a lot of Marines who would have preferred being in Italy. Each place had a tenacious enemy and it's share of crappy terrain and weather, but Italy had Italian women and wine!

Maj Todd O. USMC, Retired
Grandson of LTC John O'Brien
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The Pacific - by verow - 01-26-2009, 03:27 PM
The Pacific - by Walt's Daughter - 01-27-2009, 12:03 AM
The Pacific - by Frank Gubbels - 01-27-2009, 04:02 AM
The Pacific - by CaptO - 01-27-2009, 09:40 AM
The Pacific - by verow - 09-17-2009, 10:27 AM
The Pacific - by Walt's Daughter - 09-17-2009, 10:56 AM
The Pacific - by Walt's Daughter - 09-17-2009, 10:57 AM
The Pacific - by verow - 11-12-2009, 11:13 AM
The Pacific - by verow - 11-12-2009, 11:23 AM
The Pacific - by verow - 11-12-2009, 11:33 AM
The Pacific - by Walt's Daughter - 11-12-2009, 03:26 PM
The Pacific - by civilwargal - 01-25-2010, 12:28 PM
The Pacific - by Dogdaddy - 01-25-2010, 03:05 PM
The Pacific - by Walt's Daughter - 02-15-2010, 09:52 PM
The Pacific - by CaptO - 03-14-2010, 11:39 PM
The Pacific - by Walt's Daughter - 03-14-2010, 11:48 PM
The Pacific - by Walt's Daughter - 03-15-2010, 08:17 AM
The Pacific - by chambers - 03-15-2010, 10:32 PM
The Pacific - by moose - 03-15-2010, 10:35 PM
The Pacific - by Walt's Daughter - 03-16-2010, 08:43 AM
The Pacific - by roque_riojas - 03-16-2010, 09:47 AM
The Pacific - by CaptO - 03-16-2010, 10:03 AM
The Pacific - by roque_riojas - 03-16-2010, 10:41 AM
The Pacific - by Walt's Daughter - 03-19-2010, 09:40 AM
The Pacific - by CaptO - 03-19-2010, 11:36 AM
The Pacific - by roque_riojas - 03-19-2010, 11:44 AM
The Pacific - by Walt's Daughter - 03-19-2010, 11:51 AM
The Pacific - by roque_riojas - 03-19-2010, 12:38 PM
The Pacific - by Dogdaddy - 03-20-2010, 03:22 PM
The Pacific - by Walt's Daughter - 03-21-2010, 11:05 PM
The Pacific - by CaptO - 03-22-2010, 10:21 AM
The Pacific - by Walt's Daughter - 03-22-2010, 10:25 AM
The Pacific - by Walt's Daughter - 04-09-2010, 07:15 AM
The Pacific - by verow - 09-08-2010, 11:24 AM
The Pacific - by Dogdaddy - 11-06-2010, 04:40 PM
The Pacific - by chambers - 11-06-2010, 10:01 PM
The Pacific - by Walt's Daughter - 11-13-2010, 08:52 AM
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