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Happy 235th Marines

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Killian Bundy

And may your brotherhood serve proudly for 235 more.

Marine Corps birthday celebrates 235 years of the few, the proud

“The Few, the Proud”: So says an old advertising slogan of the U.S. Marine Corps, and so it is. The Marines are the smallest branch of the U.S. armed forces, but their reputation outmatches their size. Today, the Marines celebrate their 235th anniversary, born before the country was in 1775.

“The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps!” Eleanor Roosevelt once said.

The Marine Corps makes up less than 11 percent of the U.S. military but more than 23 percent of the Americans killed in action in Iraq and Afghanistan, the New York Daily News notes. Yet, they are fiercely one of the proudest groups with a strong alumni following and high-profile events such as the Marine Corps. Marathon, now in its 35th year (see a gallery of the event here).

Around the world, Marines celebrate the day with a cake tradition: The guest of honor gets the first piece of the birthday cake decorated with the U.S. Marine logo, the oldest Marine gets the second and then the youngest Marine gets the third, Adrian J.T. Rankine-Galloway, a captain in the Marine Corps. told me in a phone interview.

See also:
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It’s impossible to even adequately express the debt of gratitude the country owes the U.S. Marine Corps and all the veterans of the U.S. armed services.

/Semper Fidelis

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