Happy Birthday to the United States Marine Corps Townhall.com Staff | Nov 10, 2015
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Today we celebrate the 240th birthday of the United States Marine Corps. Gaining its origin from a small tavern in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1775, the United States Marine Corps is revered as one of the greatest fighting forces in the world. In the beginning, the Continental Marines were a lively bunch, often fighting from atop the masts aboard an outmanned, outgunned, and infant Continental Navy Man O’ War led by John Paul Jones. Because of Jones’s ‘never quit attitude’ along with the patriotic fighting spirit of this new fighting force, the United States achieved its birth.
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Today we celebrate the 240th birthday of the United States Marine Corps. Gaining its origin from a small tavern in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1775, the United States Marine Corps is revered as one of the greatest fighting forces in the world. In the beginning, the Continental Marines were a lively bunch, often fighting from atop the masts aboard an outmanned, outgunned, and infant Continental Navy Man O’ War led by John Paul Jones. Because of Jones’s ‘never quit attitude’ along with the patriotic fighting spirit of this new fighting force, the United States achieved its birth.
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