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unusual facts about US marine



Thanatosensitivity

A 2004 news story describes how Yahoo! denied the family of Justin Ellsworth, a deceased US marine, access to his email, preventing them from accessing information necessary for handling the aftermath of the account owner's death.

The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez

The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández is a 2007 American documentary film that investigates the murky killing of Esequiel Hernández Jr by US Marines.


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Aggressor squadron

With the exception of the NSAWC aircraft, all the US Navy and US Marine Corps adversary squadrons are Reserve Component units and aircraft belonging to the Navy Reserve and the Marine Corps Reserve.

BLU-82

During the Mayaguez incident, an MC-130 dropped a single BLU-82 to assist US Marine forces attempting to extract themselves from Koh Tang island.

California Institution for Men

In Crysis 2, the player character is a member of a US Marine squad whose members are all codenamed after US prisons.

Craig E. Steidle

His oldest son, Brian Steidle, former Captain in the US Marine Corps, served as a peace monitor in Darfur during the Darfur Conflict and wrote a book with his sister about his experiences, The Devil Came on Horseback, which was turned into a documentary film of the same name that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2007.

Earheart

James E. Earheart, Jr. (1913–1942), a Silver Star-decorated US Marine killed in action during World War II

Frank Mitchell

Frank N. Mitchell (1921–1950), US Marine and Medal of Honor recipient

General Henderson

Archibald Henderson (1783 – 1859), longest-serving Commandant of the US Marine Corps

Glenn Keeney

Pickel, a black belt under Eiichi Miyazato had studied in Okinawa while in the US Marine corp.

Goldie Taylor

Taylor was an active duty US Marine trained in Public Affairs Broadcasting at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana.

Marvin Dunnette

In addition to 3M, his clients included IBM, Honeywell, Sears, Caterpillar, Ford Motor Company, Office of Naval Research, US Marine Corps, the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, the National Institute on Drug Abuse and others.

Sid Phillips

Sidney Phillips (born 1924), retired American physician and US Marine

W. S. West

Walter Scott West (1872–1943), US Marine Corps private, recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions during the Spanish–American War