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Local marines were treated like royalty this week, wolfing down cake, lobster and steak, in celebration of the fighting force’s 248th birthday. The U.S. Marine Corps, created as the nation ...
John A. Lejeune, author of Marine Corps Order 47. Prior to 1921, Marines celebrated the recreation of the Corps on 11 July with little pomp or pageantry. [7] On 21 October 1921, Major Edwin North McClellan, in charge of the Corps's fledgling historical section, sent a memorandum to Commandant John A. Lejeune, suggesting the Marines' original birthday of 10 November be declared a Marine Corps ...
Major General Clayton Vogel cuts a piece of cake at the Marine Corps Birthday celebration in San Diego, 1943. From the Clayton Vogel Collection (COLL/1112) at the Marine Corps Archives and Special Collections OFFICIAL USMC PHOTOGRAPH: Source: Clayton Vogel Cuts Cake on Marine Corps Birthday, 1943: Author: USMC Archives from Quantico, USA
The culture of the United States Marine Corps is widely varied but unique amongst the branches of the United States Armed Forces. [1] Because members of the Marine Corps are drawn from across the United States (and resident aliens from other nations), [2] it is as varied as each individual Marine but tied together with core values and traditions passed from generation to generation of Marines.
Nov. 16—Only have a minute? Listen instead The 248th U.S. Marine Corps Birthday Ball will take place from 7 p.m. to midnight Saturday at the Rio Event Center in Brownsville. The gala event is ...
"Major General Vernon E. Megee presents first piece of the birthday cake to Second Lieutenant John H. Allison, Jr. at cake cutting ceremonies held at the Officers Mess of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing. Captain Richard H. Fairchild in background. Korea." From the Marion Fischer Collection (COLL/858) at the Marine Corps Archives and Special ...
By Justine Sterling These fun facts about birthday cake history will come in handy the next time you make a birthday cake. Check out the slideshow above to learn more about the history of birthday ...
"Major General Merwin H. Silverthorn, Commanding General, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, cuts the first piece of birthday cake at this Staff Non-Commissioned Officers Club." From the Marion Fischer Collection (COLL/858) at the Marine Corps Archives and Special Collections OFFICIAL USMC PHOTOGRAPH: Date: November 1953 : Source