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unusual facts about United States Marine



Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian

The one single from Bitter Tears that was released was "The Ballad of Ira Hayes", which reached No. 3 on the Country charts; the song tells the story of Ira Hayes, a young Marine of Pima descent who participated in the flag raising on Iwo Jima and became an instant celebrity, only to die drunk and in poverty on the Gila River Reservation where he was born.

Bob Lee Swagger

Bob Swagger is a retired Marine Gunnery Sergeant who was born in 1946 and raised in Blue Eye (a fictionalized version of Mena, Arkansas) in Polk County, Arkansas.

Dave Karnes

David W. Karnes (born ca. 1958) is a retired U.S. Marine, who with Jason Thomas located and helped rescue two police officers trapped in the rubble from the September 11, 2001 attacks at the World Trade Center.

Foster Campbell

Roemer, however, was not supporting McCrery, but instead the Democrat Stanley R. Tiner, the former editor of the since defunct Shreveport Journal, a native of Webster Parish, and United States Marine veteran of the Vietnam War.


see also

1/9

1st Battalion 9th Marines, an infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps

113 Squadron

VMF-113 (Marine Fighter Squadron 113), a unit of the United States Marine Corps

1st Marine Brigade

1st Provisional Marine Brigade, a United States Marine Corps ad hoc infantry brigade active in World War II and the Korean War

2009 California mid-air collision

At 19:10 local time on 29 October 2009 (02:10 on 30 October UTC), a Lockheed C-130H Hercules aircraft of the United States Coast Guard was involved in a mid-air collision with a Bell AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter of the United States Marine Corps.

Alfredo Gonzalez

Alfredo Cantu Gonzalez (1946–1968), United States Marine Corps sergeant, posthumous Medal of Honor

Arthur Jackson

Arthur J. Jackson (born 1924), United States Marine Corps officer, Medal of Honor recipient

Barcott

Rye Barcott (born 1979), American writer and United States Marine Corps officer

Ben Fuller

Ben Hebard Fuller (1870–1937), Major General in the United States Marine Corps

Davis Filfred

Davis Filfred is also a United States Marine Corps Veteran of the Persian Gulf War (1990–1991).

Frank Young

Frank Albert Young (1876–1941), United States Marine and Medal of Honor recipient

Freddy Gonzalez

Alfredo Cantu Gonzalez (1946–1968), United States Marine Corps sergeant, nicknamed "Freddy"

Gary Martin

Gary W. Martini (1948–1967), United States Marine who posthumously received the Medal of Honor

General Greene

Wallace M. Greene (1907–2003), United States Marine Corps general, Commandant of the Marine Corps

George Day

George Lawrence Day, alias of John Mapes Adams (1871–1921), United States Marine and Medal of Honor recipient

George Thorpe

George C. Thorpe (1875–1936), American officer in the United States Marine Corps

Gyatt

Edward E. Gyatt (1921-1942), a United States Marine Corps private awarded the Silver Star during World War II

Hagee

Michael Hagee, 33rd Commandant of the United States Marine Corps

Halls of Montezuma

"Marines' Hymn", the official hymn of the United States Marine Corps, which starts "From the halls of Montezuma"

Henry Hansen

Henry Oliver Hansen (1919–1945), United States Marine in World War II

Herbert Thomas

Herbert Joseph Thomas (1918–1943), United States Marine Corps sergeant and Medal of Honor recipient

Jack Robinson

Jack C. Robinson (1922–1942), United States Marine Corps Silver Star recipient

James LaBelle

James D. La Belle (1925–1945), United States Marine who received a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service during World War II

James Livingston

James E. Livingston (born 1940), United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient

John Estrada

For the 15th Sergeant Major of the United States Marine Corps, see John L. Estrada.

John Gamble

John M. Gamble (1791–1836) Officer in the United States Marine Corps

José Santiago

José L. Santiago (b. 1960), Puerto Rican sergeant major in the United States Marine Corps

Kenneth Walsh

Kenneth A. Walsh (1916–1998), United States Marine Corps fighter ace in World War II

Kohlmann

Ralph Kohlmann, American lawyer and United States Marine Corps officer

Paul Van Riper

Paul K. Van Riper (born 1938), retired Lieutenant General of the United States Marine Corps

Peter Connor

Peter S. Connor, United States Marine Corps staff sergeant posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor

Quantico

Marine Corps Base Quantico, a major United States Marine Corps training base located near Triangle, Virginia

Ray Edwards

Ray K. Edwards, 1923–1942, United States Marine Corps corporal, received a posthumous Silver Star

Robert Dunlap

Robert Hugo Dunlap (1920–2000), United States Marine Corps, World War II Medal of Honor recipient

Robert H. Dunlap (1879–1931), United States Marine Corps brigadier general

Robert Lee Wilson

Robert L. Wilson (1920–1944), United States Marine and Medal of Honor recipient

Robert Meade

Robert Leamy Meade (1842-1910), officer in the United States Marine Corps

Ronald D. Castille

Following graduation was commissioned an officer in the United States Marine Corps in Vietnam where he served as a platoon commander in 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines.

Stockham

Fred W. Stockham (1881-1918), United States Marine, posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor

The Blue Knight

VMM-365 or the "Blue Knights", a United States Marine Corps tiltrotor squadron

United States Marine Corps rank insignia

Musicians in the "President's Own United States Marine Band" (commonly yet incorrectly referred to simply as The United States Marine Band) wear insignia with the crossed rifles replaced by a lyre to denote their lack of a combat mission; full-service Marines who are attached to the 10 Fleet Marine Force Bands continue to wear their normal rank insignia.

Van Riper

Paul K. Van Riper, retired Lieutenant General of the United States Marine Corps

Vandegrift

Alexander Vandegrift (1887–1973), United States Marine Corps Commandant and general

Vincent R. Capodanno

The city of New York declared July 3, 1976, "Father Capodanno Day" and held a Mass, followed by a parade that included the United States Marine Corps Color Guard, bands from the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps, and Boy and Girl Scouts.

Vokey

Colby Vokey (born 1965), American lawyer and officer in the United States Marine Corps

Wantuck

John Joseph Wantuck (1923-1943), United States Marine private and posthumous recipient of the Navy Cross for his actions on New Georgia in July 1943

Weapons officer

Weapon systems officer (WSO), either a United States Navy air flight officer directly involved in all air operations and weapon systems of a fighter aircraft or the aft crew member in a United States Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle or B-1 Lancer or a United States Marine Corps F/A-18D Hornet

Infantry Weapons Officer, a United States Marine Corps chief warrant officer who is a technical weapons specialist

William Barber

William E. Barber (1919–2002), United States Marine Corps colonel and Korean War recipient of the Medal of Honor

William Bush

William Sharp Bush, United States Marine Corps officer who was killed on the USS Constitution during the War of 1812

William Clement

William T. Clement (1897–1955), general of the United States Marine Corps during World War II