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Marine Corps Birthday (Belated)

November 11, 2008, in Miscellaneous by

I admit it.  I was AWOL yesterday when I should have put up a post for the Marine Corps Birthday.

Bad SemperFi Wife!!!

I did hang around with a couple of Marines and I did buy a dress for the Ball so I won’t be showing up naked like I have been in my dreams.

So below the fold, is my Marine Corps Birthday post:

Marines are odd creatures.  They delight in doing more with less.  Their pride in being a Marine is evident in all that they do.  From the Pennsylvania Marine Corps League site, comes this great anecdote:

     "NOA war correspondent in Korea during the war told the following story:

In an R & R area, well south of the action, there were two separate camps. The first was a well equipped US Army camp that served high quality hot food and had warm sleep areas. The other was a somewhat bedraggled collection of secondhand tents, with poor quality services available to the war-weary Marines.

The army camp sported a large elaborate sign at their front gate which stated: "WITHIN THESE WALLS RESIDE SOLDIERS WHO ARE SECOND TO NONE"

In front of the shabby Marine camp was hung a poorly hand painted sign, which simply said,"NONE."

My favorite quote about the Marine Corps is from Eleanor Roosevelt:

     "The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale and the lowest group of morals of any group of animals I have evern seen.  Thank God for the United States Marine Corps."  (1945)

There’s nothing more dangerous or entertaining then a bunch of bored Marines.  (Pardon the rough language)

With all the being said and written, they sure do clean up well, don’t they?

Happy 233rd Birthday, Marine Corps!!!

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About SemperFi Wife

Semper Fi Wife has had a military ID card continuously since she was ten years-old. As an Air Force brat, she horrified her father and grandfather when she chose to marry one of the few and the proud.

Almost 25 years later, she is the wife of an OIF vet and the mother of an OIF/OEF vet.

While her motto has always been "Sanity is overrated", in her more lucid moments, she volunteers with Injured Marine Semper Fi fund as well as heads up her own very small military support organization called Honor Their Service.

Comments

  1. LAW says:
    November 11, 2008 at 7:28 am

    this Army Wife says – Happy Birthday, Jarheads! and mmmm hmmmm… there is NOTHING like a Marine in Dress Blues… sigh.
    I just LOVE Eleanor Roosevelt's description. I always loved going to see my Dad at the Embassy or Consulate, cause the Marines were there… and yeah.. clean body, filthy mind – as for the rest of her description , NOW you know why my Dad wouldn't let me date one!
    LAW

  2. Erin says:
    November 11, 2008 at 6:11 pm

    Very well done, SFW! ER's quote was priceless! So very true! Happy 233rd!

  3. loquita says:
    November 12, 2008 at 9:37 am

    I think my Marine definitely cleans up well! :-D
    Semper Fi and Happy Birthday to all Marines. :)

  4. CoolPaPaDra says:
    June 13, 2012 at 9:10 pm

    My favorite quote about the Marine Corps is from Eleanor Roosevelt:

    "The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale and the lowest group of morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps." (1945)