Marine Corps info trivia "game"

[Kildars]

Blood Stripe. Signifies the mass loss of life in the battle of Chapultepec(sp?) during the Mexican American War. Worn by male NCOs, SNCOs, and commissioned officers.

Q. What is the name of the sword carried by an officer, and when/where/by whom was it first awarded?

To answer your question fully it is the Mameluke sword, it was first presented to Lt Presley O'Bannon after battle of Derna. If I'm not mistaken I think it was during the First Barbary war.

Without googling it! Who was the first Commandant of the Marine Corps?

[Echo_Four_Bravo]

Just to back up, you all hit on one of my pet peeves. You all gave the "correct" answer about the blood stripe. However, the "rest of the story" is also interesting. Marines first ended up with red stripes on their trousers because they had run out of pants to issue. When they went to the Army to get pants, they had extra pants with the red stripe (artillery I believe- the different 'branches' of the Army have different colors), so that is what was given to the Marine Corps.

[Master Sephiroth]

Lt Col. Samuel Nichols

A: Who was the Grand Old Man of the Marine Corps

[Kildars]

It's actually Nicholas and.. I'm pretty sure he was a Captain.

[outlaw3179]

4Bravo where did you find that out? I never knew that . Pretty cool.

[Kildars]

But to answer your question it was

General Archibal Henderson

[Kildars]

Q: After the treaty of Paris, the Marine Corps disbanded what date did they formally bring the Marine Corps back together?

[devildoghopeful]

July 11, 1798 to continue fighting the Frenchies and the Barbary Pirates off 'the shores of Tripoli'.

What were the Corps mottos before 1883 before Semper Fi?

[JmikeJr88]

I know of "Fotitude" and "By sea and by land". I googled the other ones so i won't say them, I will give someone who knows them the chance.

[LEADEROFMARINES]

Poolees,

Here is the correct rank, please learn your knowledge!

CAPTAIN SAMUEL NICHOLAS
&
BRIGADIER GENERAL ARCHIBALD HENDERSON

[LEADEROFMARINES]

What were the Corps mottos before 1883 before Semper Fi?[/quote]

Funny you should ask, I just wrote a paper on this subject. Here it goes...

"To the Shores of Tripoli" (1805)
"Fortitude" (1812)
"From the Halls of Montezuma to the Shores of Tripoli" (1848)
"By Sea and by Land" (1850's)
"Semper Fidelis (1883)


What was the name of the women MARINE who secretly served in the MARINE CORPS and what war did she serve in?

[chapman]

Was it perhaps Lucy Brewer in the War of 1812? A book I just read mentioned that story, but I don't know if there was someone else who did something similar...

[devildoghopeful]

Yeah I think that's right, your turn to ask a question chapman

[devildoghopeful]

Although as a bit of bonus info, Hannah Snell revealed herself as a woman to fellow Royal Marines in a London pub in 1750. She had disguised herself as a male when she enlisted, sailed to India through great storms and fought in mud-filled trenches at the siege of Pondicherry.

So technically....she was the first female Marine

[Kildars]

Poolees,

Here is the correct rank, please learn your knowledge!

CAPTAIN SAMUEL NICHOLAS
&
BRIGADIER GENERAL ARCHIBALD HENDERSON

Yes SGT, I didn't know it was Brigadier General but I knew it was a Cpt.