Amphibious Reconnaissance
In 1953, "A" Co 1st Amphib Recon is credited with the birth of "AARUGHA". or ,as said now by some "OOORAH!", When Recon Marines were aboard the submarine the ASSP # 313 (WWII vintage) When it was order to dive, the Recon Marine would hear the words, "Dive! Dive! Dive!"
followed by the Klaxon horn sounding the "AARUGHA, AARUGHA, ARRUGHA" (just like on the old model A cars).

Sometime between 1953 and 1954, while on a conditioning run and singing out our cadence chants, someone in the company formation initiated the Klaxon Horn dive sound, " AARUGHA", and it was a natural for the Amphib Recon men from then on.

Former Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, John Massaro. was the Company Gunny of 1st Force Recon in the late 50's when he was transferred to MCRD, San Diego.CA, as Instructor at the DI school.
He took "AARUGHA" with him and passed it on to the DI students as
they ran and they, in turn, passed it on to the recruits. So, now you have the whole story. OOORAH, OOORAH, OOORAH

I would like to give credit and my thanks to CMDR Ray Willian Stubbe
who wrote the manuscrip of "AARUGHA" for the history of Force Recon
from the begining to the Vietnam War

Sgthermogenesm
Blinded Marine Veteran