I'd read of our heroes, and wanted the same, To play my own part in the patriot game. -Irish ballad
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"In the rear with the gear."
SAEPE EXPERTUS, SEMPER FIDELIS, FRATRES AETERNI "Often Tested, Always Faithful, Brothers Forever"
"But we...... shall be remembered; We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother"(Wm Shakespeare, Henry V)
"I now know why men who have been to war yearn to reunite. Not to tell stories or look at old pictures. Not to laugh or weep. Comrades gather because they long to be with the men who once acted at their best; men who suffered and sacrificed, who were stripped of their humanity. I did not pick these men. They were delivered by fate and the military. But I know them in a way I know no other men. I have never given anyone such trust. They were willing to guard something more precious than my life. They would have carried my reputation, the memory of me. It was part of the bargain we all made, the reason we were so willing to die for one another. As long as I have memory, I will think of them all, every day. I am sure that when I leave this world, my last thought will be of my family and my comrades... Such good men." Unknown Author.
YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE IN: YOURSELF-YOUR FELLOW MARINE- YOUR CORPS-YOUR COUNTRY-YOUR GOD SEMPER FIDELIS
(sign outside recieving MCRD San Diego)
THE MORE YOU SWEAT IN PEACE THE LESS YOU BLEED IN WAR (sign at MCRD San Diego)
"For I have seen the elephant."
"We die two deaths, one when we take our last breath and one when the last person we know dies"
Other Memories Camp Pendleton, California July 13- Marine Private John J. Langheim, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Langheim of 110 N. Henderson and Private First Class John M. Johnson, son of Mrs. Betty Braden of 508 E. Holden, all of Virden has completed individual combat training here. The four-week course included over 200 hours of instruction under simulated combat conditions, covering squad tactics guerilla warfare, day and night combat patrolling and the use of infantry weapons. Their next stop is four weeks of basic specialist training in their occupational field. Marines to be assigned to infantry units will be taught infantry sub-specialties, such as the machine gun, grenade launcher, rifle, or mortar. Marines to be assigned to highly technical specialties will be sent to military technical schools for their specialist training. Leathernecks bound for the Pacific will receive more training when they report to Staging Battalion, at Camp Pendleton, Calif. This training will emphasize jungle warfare, patrolling, and civic action based on experience gained in Vietnam.