"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem." - PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN, 1985
"Come on, you sons of bitches-do you want to live forever?" - Gunnery Sergeant Dan Daly, USMC, Belleau Wood, June 1918
"Casualties many; Percentage of dead not known; Combat efficiency; we are winning." - Colonel David M. Shoup, USMC, Tarawa, 21 November 1943
"The raising of that flag on Suribachi means a MARINE CORPS for the next 500 years." -
James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, 23 February, 1945
"Among the men who fought on Iwo Jima, UNCOMMON VALOR WAS A COMMON VIRTUE." - Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN, 16 March 1945
Happy Birthday Jarheads!
TO