Great video of a Spontaneous Victory Parade in Honolulu in 1945

Take a look at this absolutely fabulous video! Notice the cars and jeeps, youth. The guys in khaki or gray shirts and black ties are Navy officers or chiefs. The rest are Army or Marine. How young they all were to do what they did.

This guy really captured a moment in history! (You can listen to Jimmy Durante singing “I'll be Seeing You” in the background, too) read more

Seeing Stars

The Company Commander and the Gunny were in the field.
As they hit the sack for the night, the Gunny said: “Sir, Look up into the sky and tell me what you see?”
The C.O.said, “I see millions of stars.”
The Gunny then asked, “And what does that tell you, Sir?”
The C.O. replied, “Astronomically, it tells me there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. Theologically, it tells me God is great, and that we are all small and insignificant. Meteorologically, it tells me we will have a beautiful day tomorrow. What does it tell you, Gunny?”
The Gunny slowly shook his head and said, “Well Sir, it tells me that somebody stole our tent!” read more

Marine Wounded in Iraq Gets New Wheelchair-Accessible Home — for Free

Comrades helping out one of their own — it also happens beyond the battlefield. 

Members of the United States Army 1st Brigade 2nd Armored Division of Fort Bliss and United States Marine Corps students – who claim to be military branch rivals — joined forces to help build a new wheelchair-accessible home for disabled veteran Cpl. Daniel Gasca and his family read more

And So It Began

Scene: Tun Tavern, Philadelphia. Date: 1775 Time: Evening.

Lt. O'Bannon was sitting at a candle-lit table with a feather pen and an open ledger before him.
He was recruiting the world's first U. S. Marine Detachment. The first potential recruit, whose name has been lost in antiquity, walked up and said, “What's the deal?” O'Bannon said, “Just sign this book, and I'll give you $5, which is your first month's pay, a bottle of whiskey and you're in. Of course you have to have your own musket.” read more