Monday, June 4, 2012

Marine Corps Stories and Pictures

i love this web site--they have stories of our heroes for each of the wars the Marines were/are in. Here is the page and some snippets from The World War II section. Worth a look see.

Marine Corps Stories and Pictures: "Four WWII Marines
Posted by Sgt Grit Staff
This is a picture of Four World War II Marines, it is obvious they just got out of Boot Camp and they could be anywhere because Quonset huts were everywhere at that time. I say it is obvious they are boots because they have no ribbons, They have the leather belts and two have the Sharpshooters medal and two have the Marksman medal. Sharpshooters got $3.00 a month BUT Experts got $5.00 a month. Don't sound like much today but when you were getting $50.00 a month and they took …"

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