242nd USMC Birthday Message – 2017

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10 November 2017 is the 242nd birthday of the United States Marine Corps, please listen to the message delivered from Guadalcanal by General Robert Neller, Commandant of the USMC and Sgt.Major Ronald Green as they address all Marines and Sailors around the world….

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Farewell Salutes – 

Thomas Barclay – Duxbury, MA; USMC, Korea, 1st Marine Division, Silver Star

Robert Palmer Coles Jr. – Bronx, NY; US Navy, WWII, PTO, Chief Petty Off. radioman (Ret. 30 y.)

James Conard – Lexington, SC; USMC, Vietnam, Major (Ret. 20 y.), Purple Heart

Ray Fenstemaker – Whitehall, OH; USMC, WWII & Korea

Orlis Kennicutt – Orange Park, FL, USMC, Captain (Ret.)

Nicholas Newell – Oceanside, CA; USMC, Sgt.

James Reynolds – Savannah, GA; USMC, SSgt. (Ret.)

Eric Thomas – Portland, ME; USMC & US Coast Guard

Carroll Vorgang – Jeffersonville, IN; USMC, Korea & Vietnam, Colonel (Ret. 29 y.)

Hank Williams – Princeton, WV; USMC, GySgt. (Ret.)

Kenneth Young – Tucker, AR; USMC, WWII, PTO, Purple Heart

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About GP

Everett Smith served with the Headquarters Company, 187th Regiment, 11th A/B Division during WWII. This site is in tribute to my father, "Smitty." GP is a member of the 11th Airborne Association. Member # 4511 and extremely proud of that fact!

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  1. The Emu | November 16, 2017 at 1:43 AM

    Always a pleasure to be reminded of the US Marine Corps Birthday, it also reminds one of the elite specialty of the Corp, and its contribution in Americas Military history.

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  4. Aviationtrails | November 10, 2017 at 2:44 PM

    Happy birthday to the USMC!

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  5. Decker | November 10, 2017 at 9:38 AM

    Having a son-in-law who is a Marine, about to be deployed once again, thank you for posting this.

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  6. Linda Arthur Tejera | November 10, 2017 at 7:53 AM

    Happy Birthday Marines and Happy Veterans Day (11/10)! 😀

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  7. Gallivanta | November 10, 2017 at 7:08 AM

    Happy Birthday to the Marines. And tomorrow we have Armistice Day/Remembrance Day so a time to think of all those who have fought for us.

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  9. Helen C | November 9, 2017 at 7:48 PM

    Happy Birthday 242nd USMC! Marines are my favorite — have I told you that? 😉
    You can read and write in Japanese? Wow. Chinese too?
    Good night.

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    • GP Cox | November 10, 2017 at 6:05 AM

      I’ll pass your birthday wishes on to the Marines – I know they’ll appreciate it.
      I’m afraid my writing in other languages is from Google Translate. As much as I’ve tried, I’ve never been able to master another language.

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  10. natuurfreak | November 9, 2017 at 7:29 PM

    Felicitations for the United States Marines.

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  11. Curt Mekemson | November 9, 2017 at 6:27 PM

    Happy birthday Marines! And thanks for all that you do.

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  12. OIKOS™-Redaktion | November 9, 2017 at 4:44 PM

    Always great, remembering the troups. Thx. Michael

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  14. doesitevenmatter3 | November 9, 2017 at 4:11 PM

    Hap Hap Happy Birthday to the USMC! 242! Wow!
    We are ever grateful and appreciative of your men and women and their service!
    I used to live by Camp Pendleton. I started a social group for the wives and children. It was fun and they loved the “mom” attention from me, and the making of friends of new friends, since so many of them were far from their families.
    HUGS!!! 🙂

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    • GP Cox | November 10, 2017 at 5:58 AM

      Thank you for sharing this story, it was very nice of you. I’m certain both the Marines and their families appreciated all the “Mom” attention you could give!! Being family-orientated, I think you’ll like the Veterans Day post I have planned!!

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  15. John W. Howell | November 9, 2017 at 4:00 PM

    Excellent, GP. Thank you

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  16. Doctor Lynn | November 9, 2017 at 3:12 PM

    Ha, ha….looking for a stick! That’s hilarious. I want to include that video on my blog. I’ll give you credit for finding such an awesome tribute. Thanks!

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  17. Argus | November 9, 2017 at 2:40 PM

    “Looking for a stick” … pure genius~!

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  19. oldpoet56 | November 9, 2017 at 2:31 PM

    Sir, I hope that you don’t mind but I would like to reblog this for you. If you can will you answer a question for me? I see that this article does not have a reblog button but it does have a “press this” button, do you know what the difference is? Why does post have one but not the other? I am very lousy with computers, I have very limited knowledge when it comes to how to do different things on them.

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  20. jfwknifton | November 9, 2017 at 2:29 PM

    Happy Birthday to the Marine Corps! Hurrah!!

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  22. cat9984 | November 9, 2017 at 11:11 AM

    Thank you. My dad and husband (both Marines) have always said that every Marine has two birthdays – the day they were born and the day the Corps was born

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    • GP Cox | November 9, 2017 at 1:59 PM

      My son, uncle and my dearest old friend are former Marines – yes, I have heard that somewhere before. 🙂 Thank you for bringing that up and please shake those gallant men’s hands for me!!

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  23. Amy P | November 9, 2017 at 10:32 AM

    A very moving video! Have to say I do love the jokes too!

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  24. Jacqui Murray | November 9, 2017 at 10:26 AM

    Always well done, GP. RT.

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  25. Lavinia Ross | November 9, 2017 at 10:22 AM

    Happy 242nd birthday to the USMC! May all come home safely.

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  26. fragglerocking | November 9, 2017 at 9:48 AM

    Cool video! Happy Birthday USMC!

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  27. shoreacres | November 9, 2017 at 9:24 AM

    Greetings to the USMC on their special day — and greetings to you, with thanks for both of those funny, funny cartoons. I grew up in the era when the “sticks and stones” phrase passed as parental advice in certain situations, so it’s especially amusing to me.

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    • GP Cox | November 9, 2017 at 1:51 PM

      I’ll let the Marines know you care, Linda.
      My mother used to use that line, ‘sticks and stones’ so often, I think it’s embedded in my scull somewhere! haha

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  28. New England Nomad | November 9, 2017 at 8:17 AM

    Happy birthday to the “First To Fight.”

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  29. Rich Reynolds | November 9, 2017 at 7:06 AM

    Happy Birthday 242nd USMC

    Semper Fidelis

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  30. Carl D'Agostino | November 9, 2017 at 6:59 AM

    Another great birthday – Billy Graham turned 99 this week !

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  31. Nasuko | November 9, 2017 at 6:50 AM

    全ての兵士に敬意を表します。
    同時に、自分の利益や自分の思想実現の為に、民間人を戦場に送り込む「ビジネス戦争」は反対です。その為に怪我をしたり苦しみ続ける人々の存在を無視してはいけません。
    私は、「病院」が必要で無くなる時がいつか来れば良いと思っています。

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    • GP Cox | November 9, 2017 at 7:08 AM

      我々は、負傷した兵士のために病院が必要なくなることを願っています。 兵士は彼の仕事をする。 戦争の「ビジネス」は政治家や民間部門から来ている。

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  32. beetleypete | November 9, 2017 at 6:47 AM

    Happy Birthday to the USMC. Let’s hope all the marines get home safely.
    Best wishes, Pete.

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  33. Garfield Hug | November 9, 2017 at 6:41 AM

    Happy 242nd USMC Birthday! They have kept the world safer.

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  35. GP Cox | November 10, 2017 at 1:33 PM

    Thank you for sharing the link.

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