First of all to the Marine "I think" who was upset about Semper Fi. I was in the Corps in 1952 and my dad was in WW II, Korea and Nam. We all used Semper Fi and were proud of it.
True story. My wife, at the time, and I were truck drivers. She was an Air Force Brat. We had stopped in Los Vegas for fuel and in doing so they would give you a free dinner. When we went into the Casino she went to the rest room and while in there a fellow truck driver came by and said "Semper Fi" I had on a Marine Corps T shirt and USMC hat. We talked for a few moment then he left. A short time latter my wife came out of the rest room.
We decided to spend the night and the next morning we went in to have breakfast and clear across a large dinning room this guy stands up and hollors "Semper FI". My wife looked at me and I wasn't wearing any thing that said Marine. She asked "What is it with you Marines? I was raised in the Air Corps and they don't do what you guys do, and how did that guy know you were a Marine?
I answered : Well first of all I would be ashamed if I had been in the Air Force too. I don't know how he knew we just know because we are Marines.
I never did tell her that I had met him the night before while she was in the rest room.
Sgt. R. K. Lang 1952 – 1955