Post by samSForce on Dec 30, 2007 18:24:50 GMT -5
"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don't have that problem." Ronald Reagan, President of the United States; 1985
"There are only two kinds of people that understand Marines: Marines and the enemy. Everyone else has a second-hand opinion." Gen. William Thornson, U.S. Army
"Freedom is not free, but the U.S. Marine Corps will pay most of your share." Ned Dolan
"You cannot exaggerate about the Marines. They are convinced to the point of arrogance, that they are the most ferocious fighters on earth- and the amusing thing about it is that they are." Father Kevin Keaney 1st Marine Division Chaplain Korean War
"The Marine Corps has just been called by the New York Times, 'The elite of this country.' I think it is the elite of the world." Admiral William Halsey, U.S. Navy
"I am convinced that there is no smarter, handier, or more adaptable body of troops in the world." Prime Minister of Britain, Sir Winston Churchhill
"The deadliest weapon in the world is a Marine and his rifle." Gen. John "Black Jack" Pershing, U.S. Army Commander of American Forces in World War I
"The American Marines have it [pride], and benefit from it. They are tough, cocky, sure of themselves and their buddies. They can fight and they know it." General Mark Clark, U.S. Army
"We have two companies of Marines running rampant all over the northern half of this island, and three Army regiments pinned down in the southwestern corner, doing nothing. What the hell is going on?" Gen. John W. Vessey Jr., USA, Chairman of the the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the assault on Grenada, 1983
"Why in hell can't the Army do it if the Marines can. They are the same kind of men; why can't they be like Marines." Gen. John J. "Black Jack" Pershing, USA; 12 February 1918
"Marines know how to use their bayonets. Army bayonets may as well be paper-weights." Navy Times; November 1994,
"The safest place in Korea was right behind a platoon of Marines. Lord, how they could fight!" MGen. Frank E. Lowe, USA; Korea, 26 January 1952
"They told (us) to open up the Embassy, or "we'll blow you away." And then they looked up and saw the Marines on the roof with these really big guns, and they said in Somali, "Igaralli ahow," which means "Excuse me, I didn't mean it, my mistake"." Karen Aquilar, in the U.S. Embassy; Mogadishu, Somalia, 1991
"I can't say enough about the two Marine divisions. If I use words like 'brilliant,' it would really be an under description of the absolutely superb job that they did in breaching the so-called 'impenetrable barrier.' It was a classic- absolutely classic- military breaching of a very very tough minefield, barbed wire, fire trenches-type barrier." Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, U. S. Army Commander, Operation Desert Storm, February 1991
"Panic sweeps my men when they are facing the AMERICAN MARINES." CAPTURED NORTH KOREAN MAJOR
"The more MARINES I have around the better I like it!" GEN. MARK CLARK, U.S. ARMY
"I can never again see a UNITED STATES MARINE without experiencing a feeling of reverence." GEN. JOHNSON, U.S. ARMY
WE STOLE THE EAGLE FROM THE AIR FORCE, THE ANCHOR FROM THE NAVY AND THE ROPE FROM THE ARMY. ON THE SEVENTH DAY WHILE GOD RESTED, WE OVERRAN HIS PERIMETER, STOLE THE GLOBE AND WE'VE BEEN RUNNING THE WHOLE SHOW EVER SINCE.