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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
"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 ...
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 ...
The Marine Corps emblem is the Eagle, Globe, and Anchor, sometimes abbreviated "EGA", adopted in 1868. [152] The Marine Corps seal includes the emblem, also is found on the flag of the United States Marine Corps, and establishes scarlet and gold as the official colors. [153]
Pages in category "Comics about the United States Marine Corps" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
"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
The crayon-eating Marine is a humorous trope (or meme) associated with the United States Marine Corps, emerging online in the early 2010s. Playing off of a stereotype of Marines as unintelligent, the trope supposes that they frequently eat crayons and drink glue .