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MillRatUSMC

11-05-05, 12:10 AM

Some us might not be around to celebrate our beloved Corps 230th Birthday.
I'll be going to a Veteran's home to celebrate with any Marines that live in that Veteran's home.
So here my Marine Corps Birthday celebration in cyberspace a few day early.

http://www.geocities.com/millrat_99/mcbirthday2005.html
To celebrate our beloved Corps 230th Birthday here in cyberspace.
Click on the words to see my little celebration...WARNING MUSIC

To a Marine
Honor is loyalty and dedication to God,
Country, Corps, Family, and Self.

"They were the best you had, America,
and you turned your back on them".
~ Joe Galloway ~ Speaking about Vietnam Veterans

TO THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
THAT OTHERS MAY SAY PROUDLY
I AM A MARINE

Semper Fidelis/Semper Fi
Ricardo

yellowwing

11-05-05, 12:30 AM

We would like to close with this

Dear Heavenly Father,
Please look over,
Our "Brothers and Sisters,
Who are now stationed in far away places,
Facing danger,
In your precious, holy name,
We pray,
Amen
Oustanding and Amen!

thedrifter

11-05-05, 06:45 AM

The 230th Marine Corps Birthday 
By Col. Jeff Bearor (USMC) 
Special to World Defense Review 
 
On November 10, Marines around the world will pause to celebrate the birthday of our Corps. Some things...

thedrifter

11-05-05, 06:52 AM

Utah Governor Commerates Marines Birthday as State Observance
12th Marine Corps District
Story by Sgt. T.L. Carter-Valrie

SALT LAKE CITY (Nov. 3, 2005) -- Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. signed an official proclamation, proclaiming Nov. 10, 2005 as the U. S. Marine Corps Birthday Celebration Day for the state.

Marines from three Utah-based commands, Recruiting Station Salt Lake City, Company F, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment and Company C, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, and former Marines, now members of the state House of Representatives, gathered in Huntsman’s office at the state capitol to witness the signing.

"I couldn't be more proud of you," said Huntsman as he addressed the Marines about their valiant efforts both on the home front and overseas.

The governor spoke of the significance of the 230 years that Marines have protected the U. S., and other countries, and guarded freedom often at the cost of their own lives. Huntsman noted that the Marine Corps was founded even before the nation itself, and that since that time, the Marines have proven themselves as dedicated professionals willing to defend the American way of life.

The governor asked the Marines, both active and former, to surround him at his desk as he then signed the proclamation, asking that Utah residents call attention to the courageous deeds of Marines, across the state and nationwide, while honoring the legacy of valor and distinction exhibited by Marines throughout their 230 year history.

He then turned and gave the proclamation to State Representative Lorie Fowlke, in honor of her father, Ted Lofgreen, a Marine pilot who fought in World War II and died shortly thereafter in a training accident.

Traditionally, Marines gather together worldwide on Nov. 10 each year to celebrate the recognized birth date, Nov. 10, 1775, when the Second Continental Congress resolved that two battalions of Marines should be raised. Formal commemoration of the birthday began on Nov. 10, 1921 and traditionally includes a cake-cutting ceremony and the reading of historical, and current, birthday messages from the Commandant of the Marine Corps.

As the Marines reflected, Maj. David Bradney, RS Salt Lake City commanding officer, said, "It's our (230th) birthday and there are Marines deployed worldwide. We are thankful for those who have chosen to serve their country over the past 230 years and that it is important that there are citizens who are ready to step forward and do what needs to be done."

Ellie

thedrifter

11-05-05, 07:02 AM

Marines cut the cake
Corps marks 230th birthday
By MICHAEL NEWSOM
mmnewsom@sunherald.com

BILOXI - The Marine Corps detachment at Keesler Air Force Base commemorated the Corps' 230th birthday Friday, as a Marine brandished the ceremonial Marmaluke sword and cut a slice of the cake.

After the traditional birthday cake was cut before the official party, Maj. Byron King, commanding officer of the Keesler detachment, told the Marines they are the reason U.S. citizens live free.

"Marines, I stand here today to tell you that freedom isn't free," King said. "It is the sacrifice that you make that makes freedom seem free."

Cake escorts parade it out on the serving cart and then a Marine cuts a piece with a sword and it is given to the oldest Marine present, who takes a bite and passes it to the youngest Marine. On Friday, Master Gunnery Sgt. Gordon Y. Yamashiro, 43, ate a piece and then passed the cake to Pfc. Matthew Ebert, 18.

Yamashiro is assigned to Keesler as the staff non-commissioned officer in the Test Measurement and Diagnostics School. Ebert is enrolled in the General Calibration and Maintenance School.

The Keesler detachment is a training center for technical skills mostly related to meteorology and maintaining equipment. At any given time, an average of 120 Marines are with the Keesler detachment.

The Keesler detachment, like the rest of South Mississippi, has had to adjust after Hurricane Katrina. Marines usually don full dress uniforms, but on Friday they wore desert fatigues instead of coats and white gloves.

Usually to commemorate the birthday, the Marines have their annual ball to cut the cake, but this year, they had to cut cake on the base because Grand Casino Biloxi, former site of the ball, was ripped from its foundation and moved across U.S. 90.

The Marine Reservists of the 4th Amphibious Assault Battalion based in Gulfport will have a ball in Gulf Shores, Ala., because like the Keesler detachment, their original site was destroyed.

First Sgt. Thomas Sherwood of the Keesler detachment said his group entertained the idea of going to the ball in Gulf Shores with the 4th Marines on Nov. 12, but the unit does not have the resources.

The establishment of the Marine Corps followed battles at Lexington and Concord, Mass., on Nov. 10, 1775, when the Second Continental Congress ordered the establishment of two Marine battalions to act as a landing force for the expanding Continental fleet.

Ellie

MillRatUSMC

11-05-05, 09:02 AM

Dear Lord,
As a young man, we never really understood the honor given to us by joining brotherhood on a distant parade field.
Now that we're older, and many Marines have past, and we know that soon, we will be joining those Marines, who have past on.
We come to understand what we accomplished and what an honor it is to bear the title of a United States Marine.
Its not the prompt and frills that some think what the Marine Corps is all about.
No Lord, its men and women doing their duty, be it in war or peace.
Some duty is in the infantry, some duty is in support of the infantry.
Which is more worthy in your eyes my Dear Lord?
We come to understand that both were as worthy as the other.
Soon we will celebrate the 230th Birthday of of our beloved Marine Corps, so its fitting that we look to the past, to honor the present Marines, here to all who has worn or are wearing the title of United States Marine, there no distinguishing between Officers or Enlisted, we're all Marines.

"Here they faced an enemy,
who held terrain entrenched in holes and tunnels.
Success weighed on a balance,
Tipped by the courage of Marines--
youngsters just out of their teens--
Whose valor would take them
Well beyond those measures
That determine the call of duty."

In Memory of all my friends and fellow Marines;

Lt. Col. Archie Van Winkle USMC

1st. Lt. Frank S. Reasoner USMC

MGySgt. Bill Robinson USMC

MSgt. L.G. Buddenhagen USMC

SSgt. Steve Daly USMC

Sgt. George H. Morrow USMC

Sgt. Ray Reed USMC

LCpl Randall Kenneth Campbell USMC

Pfc Nihil D. Benuche USMC

Pfc Raymond Mike Clausen Jr. USMC

Pfc John Raymond USMC

Pfc Carl R. Wenzel USMC

W. Ray Thomas USMC

And the countless Marines who have worn or are wearing the Uniform of a United States Marine.

To a Marine
Honor is loyalty and dedication to God,
Country, Corps, Family, and Self.

"They were the best you had, America,
and you turned your back on them".
~ Joe Galloway ~ Speaking about Vietnam Veterans

TO THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
THAT OTHERS MAY SAY PROUDLY
I AM A MARINE

Semper Fidelis/Semper Fi
Ricardo

MillRatUSMC

11-09-05, 10:07 PM

We're about an hour in the East from The Marine Corps 230th Birthday. 
With that thought in mind, we wish to offer these few poems by Edgar A. Guest in memoriam of many fallen Marines

A Patriotic Wish
I'd like to be the sort of man the flag could boast about; 
I'd like to be the sort of man it cannot live without; 
I'd like to be the type of man 
That really is American: 
The head-erect and shoulders-square, 
Clean-minded fellow, just and fair, 
That all men picture when they see 
The glorious banner of the free.
I'd like to be the sort of man the flag now typifies, 
The kind of man we really want the flag to symbolize; 
The loyal brother to a trust, 
The big, unselfish soul and just, 
The friend of every man oppressed, 
The stong support of all that's best— 
The sturdy chap the banner's meant, 
Where'er it flies, to represent.
I'd like to be the sort of man the flag's supposed to mean, 
The man that all in fancy see, wherever it is seen; 
The chap that's ready for a fight 
Whenever there's a wrong to right, 
The friend in every time of need, 
The doer of the daring deed, 
The clean and generous handed man 
That is a real American. 
Edgar A. Guest
<hr>
Our Duty to Our Flag
Less hate and greed 
Is what we need 
And more of service true; 
More men to love 
The flag above 
And keep it first in view.
Less boast and brag 
About the flag, 
More faith in what it means; 
More heads erect, 
More self-respect, 
Less talk of war machines.
The time to fight 
To keep it bright 
Is not along the way, 
Nor 'cross the foam, 
But here at home 
Within ourselves—today.
'Tis we must love 
That flag above 
With all our might and main; 
For from our hands— 
Not distant lands— 
Shall come dishonor's stain.
If that flag be 
Dishonored, we 
Have done it—not the foe; 
If it shall fall, 
We, first of all, 
Shall have to strike the blow. 
Edgar A. Guest
<hr>
Follow the Flag
Aye, we will follow the Flag 
Wherever she goes, 
Into the tropic sun, 
Into the northern snows; 
Go where the guns ring out 
Scattering steel and lead, 
Painting the hills with blood, 
Strewing the fields with dead. 
But in each heart must be, 
And back of each bitter gun, 
Love for the best in life 
After the fighting's done.
Aye, we will follow the Flag 
Into benighted lands, 
Brave in the faith for which, 
Proudly, our banner stands. 
Life for her life we'll pay, 
Blood for her blood we'll give, 
Fighting, but not to kill, 
Save that the best shall live. 
But, when the cannon's roar 
Dies in a hymn of peace, 
Justice and truth must reign, 
Power of the brute must cease.
Aye, we will follow the Flag, 
Gladly her work we'll do, 
Banishing wrongs of old, 
Founding the truth anew. 
What though our guns must speak, 
What though brave men must die, 
Ages of truth to come 
All this shall justify. 
Men in the charms of peace, 
Basking in Freedom's sun, 
Some day shall bless our Flag 
After our work is done.

Aye, we will follow the Flag 
Wherever she goes, 
Into the tropic sun, 
Into the northern snows. 
Fearlessly, on we'll go 
Into the cruel strife, 
Gladly the few shall die, 
Winning for many, life. 
Tyranny's wrongs must cease, 
Brutes must no longer brag, 
This is our work on earth, 
So we will follow the Flag. 
Edgar A Guest