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Veterans

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts) Tue Nov 10, 2015, 03:50 AM Nov 2015

Happy Birthday to the Marines on their 240th!

This year also is the 100th anniversary of Parris Island and the 70th anniversary of Iwo Jima.

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Happy Birthday to the Marines on their 240th! (Original Post) pinboy3niner Nov 2015 OP

Semper Fi! marym625 Nov 2015 #1

Happy Birthday Marines, thanks for all you've done! Scuba Nov 2015 #2

Semper Fi The Polack MSgt Nov 2015 #3

marym625

(17,997 posts)

1. Semper Fi!

Reply to pinboy3niner (Original post)

Tue Nov 10, 2015, 04:16 AM

Nov 2015

Ooh rah!!

Happy birthday!!!

Scuba

(53,475 posts)

2. Happy Birthday Marines, thanks for all you've done!

Reply to pinboy3niner (Original post)

Tue Nov 10, 2015, 07:24 AM

Nov 2015

For anyone interested in Marine Corps history who also enjoys historical fiction, I heartily recommend WEB Griffin's 10-book series "The Corps." You'll laugh, you'll cry and you'll learn a great deal about WW II in the Pacific.

The Polack MSgt

(13,189 posts)

3. Semper Fi

Reply to pinboy3niner (Original post)

Tue Nov 10, 2015, 03:10 PM

Nov 2015

Happy Birthday USMC.

Yes, the Men's Department

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