Happy Birthday, US Marine Corps!
- Thread starter Brian D
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Happy Birthday.
Thank you all for serving.
Thank you for your commitment to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic!”
Our country is a better place as a result.
Thank you all for serving.
Thank you for your commitment to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic!”
Our country is a better place as a result.
On June 3, 1918, a division of Marines was sent to support the French army at the Battle of Belleau Wood. [Capt] Lloyd Williams was serving as a company commander of 51st Company, 2d Battalion, 5th Marines. As the Marines arrived, they found French troops retreating. When advised to withdraw by a French colonel at the defensive line just north of the village of Lucy-le-Bocage, Williams bluntly replied: "Retreat, Hell! We just got here!" [3]
When the British burned Washington during the War of 1812, they also captured the Marine barracks. It is traditionally held within the Marine Corps that, out of respect for the brave showing of the Marines at the Battle of Bladensburg, the British refrained from burning the barracks and the Commandant's house.[6]
To my understanding, this is the first and only encounter between Royal Marines and Colonial (US) Marines.
To my understanding, this is the first and only encounter between Royal Marines and Colonial (US) Marines.