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Thread: History Question........
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09-23-07, 07:28 PM #16
Who was the last Commandant of the Marine Corps to actually....physically,lead his Marines into battle?
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09-23-07, 07:34 PM #17
Commandant Archibald Henderson?
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09-23-07, 08:14 PM #18
Your doing good RJ! Knowledge is power! Keep it up!
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09-23-07, 09:54 PM #19
What award (trophy)is presented annually to Marine Captains in the Ground Combat Arms serving on active duty as a company or battery commander with the ground forces of the Fleet Marine Force at the time of nomination?
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09-24-07, 12:34 AM #20
Leftwich Trophy.
All Poolees. Copy and paste every question and every correct answer and put it in word and keep all the Marine Corps trivia saved. May never know when something comes up.
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09-24-07, 12:48 AM #21
wow, I just discovered this thread lol. I'll do that.
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09-24-07, 03:45 AM #22
No, it's not a trick. It's actually documented in the Parris Island Museum.
For a short time when the Marines first established a barracks on Parris Island they received so much mail that in order to seperate Marine mail to permanent personnel vice other mail, they changed the name to "Marine Barracks, Paris Island". Keep in mind this was before they had zip codes and sleek mail processing facilities.
A few years down the road, after the Marine presence was a bit more established the name was changed back to the original Parris Island.
From the source:
With the entry of the United States into World War I, an enormous
expansion of the installation at Port Royal became necessary. In the course
of the war this expansion took place not only in the number of men trained,
but also in the variety of instruction given them, and the physical plant in
which these operations were conducted was likewise greatly enlarged.
Since an early consequence of the rapid growth due to the war was a
change in the designation of the installation, the discussion of the other
changes will be facilitated if we note this change of designation first. The
precipitating cause was the swollen volume of mail for the station, as is
clearly implied in the directive ordering the change. This was Marine Corps Order No. 27, dated 22 June 1917, which reads as follows: "At
the request of the Postmaster General and in order to avoid delay in the
delivery of mail, it is directed that the official designation of the Marine
Corps post at Port Royal, S. C., be changed from Marine Barracks, "Port
Royal", S. C., to Marine Barracks, "Paris Island", S. C. Mail intended for
this post will be addressed accordingly." The spelling of "Paris" with one "r"
was the official version until the spelling with two "r's" was directed by
Marine Corps Order No. 32, dated 3 May 1919. The latter was issued on the
recommendation of Brigadier General Joseph H. Pendleton, then in command of the post, who enclosed with his letter a copy of Bulletins of the Historical
Commission of South Carolina, No. 5, to support his contention that "the
proper historical manner of spelling the name of this Island" was with two
"r's."<14>
http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/usmchist/parris.txt
(strange to note it's actually from an Air Force domain, but it's the Marine Corps Historical Archive series.)
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09-24-07, 05:56 AM #23
HurricaneRJ Leftwich Trophy.
The Leftwich Trophy for Outstanding Leadership is an award presented annually in memory of Lieutenant Colonel William Groom Leftwich, U.S. Marine Corps, killed in action in the Republic of Vietnam in November 1970.
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09-24-07, 10:11 AM #24
What is the Ledgen Lucy Brewer?What significance does she have in Marine Corps history?
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09-24-07, 10:25 AM #25
She was the first WM. She donned men's clothing and went to fight in the War of 1812. Saw many bloody battles.
This might be ammo for allowing women in combat!
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09-24-07, 10:43 AM #26
answer to history question
it is now called the U.S. Naval Disciplinary Barracks, Port Royal, South Carolina. Hoorah
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09-24-07, 11:24 AM #27
Lucy Brewer is the first woman Marine, she posed as a man and enlisted as a Marine because at that time, the Marine Corps did not recruit women.
A farm girl from Massachusetts, Lucy Brewer was the legendary first
woman Marine. The War of 1812 was raging when Lucy arrived at Boston.
Friendless in the strange city, she met a woman who seemed eager to take a stranger into her home. Lucy was surprised that one woman could have so many daughters, but she soon discovered that home was just a house.
Unsuited to a life of sin, Lucy fled her benefactress, donned men's
clothing, and found refuge in the Marine Corps. No one discovered she was a
woman, and as a member of the "Constitution's" Marine guard, she saw action in some of the bloodiest sea fights of the war.
Her exploits came to light when she published an autobiographical account
of her experiences. She described her heroism in the major battles of the
"Constitution" with such details as manning the fighting tops as a marksman,
taking toll of the British with musket fire. True or not, the story of Lucy
Brewer makes a wonderful addition to the colorful legends about the Marine
Corps.
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09-24-07, 12:54 PM #28
Who was the first Marine aviator and the "father of Marine aviation"?
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09-24-07, 01:35 PM #29
Lieutenant Colonel Alfred Austell Cunningham was the father of Marine aviation and the first Marine Corps aviator.
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09-24-07, 04:40 PM #30
By diddies in boot camp he will simply be known as "A.A. Cunningham, 1912 sir."
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