11 - 10 - 1775

[Swamp Yankee]

Semper Fi and a fantastic Birthday for a great organization. Hoo Raa! Devil Dogs Past, Present, and Future.

[twyacht]

Had to get the Gunny in here somewhere....

Happy Birthday Devil Dogs!!!,....What other organization got its start in a Pub.

 

Semper Fidelis

[CJS3]

Happy Birthday jarheads.  
I'll buy ya a cold one when we get on the beach.




My FIL, about 1944;

[bulldog75]

My Grandpa was a Leatherneck in WW1. The rest of us have been dog faces except 2 cousins 1 Navy 1 Leatherneck. The Dog faces in my family have been many places. Uncle with General Patton throughout WW2. Dad 25th ID Korea. Uncle Ranger Vietnam. Brother Panama. 3 cousins and myself Iraq and Afgan. So family reuions are the same we give each other he!!. To bad that Grandpa, Dad and the older warriors of my family are gone. They never talked about what happened to them. I always wondered why and after being there I know now. There is nothing good to talk about. Dad always said only fools want to see war. Every once in awhile you would hear Dad talk to one of my uncles about almost freezing to death and fighting hand to hand, and that is all you would hear. They would just shake their head and say been there done that.