Quotes July 26, 2024

“A Marine is a Marine. I set that policy two weeks ago – there’s no such thing as a former Marine. You’re a Marine, just in a different uniform and you’re in a different phase of your life. But you’ll always be a Marine because you went to Parris Island, San Diego or the hills of Quantico. There’s no such thing as a former Marine.”
General James F. Amos
 
 
 
 
“Marines don’t know how to spell the word ‘defeat’.”
Jim Mattis
 
 
 
 
“It was the Marines who taught me how to act. After that, pretending to be rough wasn’t so hard.”
Lee Marvin
 
 
 
 
“I would not trade you a billion dollars for the kids I led to combat in Vietnam or in fact any of the Marines that I served with for a quarter of a century.”
Oliver North
 
 
 
 
“Freedom is not free, but the U.S. Marine Corps will pay most of your share.”
Ned Dolan
 
 
 
 
“Thousands of Marine combat veterans earned medals for bravery every day. A few were even awarded.”
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