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BY ACT OF CONTINENTAL CONGRESS MARINE CORPS BECAME A BRANCH OF SERVICE OF OUR COUNTRY WHEN?
NOVEMBER 10, 1775
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WHO ESTABLISHED THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
CAPTAIN SAMUEL NICHOLAS
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WHERE WAS THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS ESTABLISHED?
TUN TAVERN, PA
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WHO WAS THE PROPRIETOR OF THE TAVERN?
PEG MULLEN, ROBERT MULLEN'S WIFE.
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THE MARINE CORPS AS IT EXIST TODAY, WAS FORMED WHEN?
JULY 11, 1798
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WHAT IS THE SYMBOL OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS?
- THE EAGLE- RECOGNIZES THE NATION
- THE GLOBE- RECOGNIZES OUR WORLDWIDE SERVICES
- THE ANCHOR-RECOGNIZES OUR NAVAL TRADITION
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THE EAGLE, GLOBE AND ANCHOR WAS ADOPTED WHEN?
1868
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WHO ADOPTED THE EAGLE, GLOBE AND ANCHOR?
BRIG. GENERAL JACOB ZEALIN, THE 7TH COMMANDANT, USMC.
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THE TERM LEATHERNECK COMES FROM WHERE?
FROM WHEN THE MARINES WORE A LEATHER STRAP TO PROTECT THEIR NECK FROM ENEMY SWORDS, FROM 1798-1880.
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WHAT IS THE MARINE CORPS MOTO?
SEMPER FIDELIS
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WHAT WAS THE MARINE CORPS MOTTO BEFORE SEMPER FIDELIS
BY LAND, BY SEA
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WHEN WAS THE MARINE CORPS MOTTO CHANGE TO SEMPER FIDELIS?
1880
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WHERE DO MARINES GET THE NICKNAME DEVIL DOG?
BATTLE OF BELLEAU WOOD JUNE 1918
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WHO WAS THE FIRST MARINE CORPS AVIATOR?
A.A. CUNNINGHAM IN 1912.
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WHAT IS THE NAVY'S BIRTHDAY?
13 OCT 1775
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HOW MANY JAPANESE WOULD BECOMES PRISONERS AT IWO JIMA?
FEWER THAN 200 WITH 26000 FIGHTING TO THE DEATH.
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WHO COINED THE PHRASE UNCOMMON VALOR WAS A COMMON VIRTUE?
FLEET ADMIRAL CHESTER W. NIMITZ
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WHO SAID THE RAISING OF THAT FLAG ON MT. SURIBACHI MEANS A MARINE CORPS FOR THE NEXT 500 YEARS?
SEC. OF THE NAVY JAMES V. FORRESTAL
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WHO TOO THE PICTURE OF THE FLAG RISING ON MT. SURIBACHI?
JOE ROSENTHAL
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HOW MANY MARINES RECEIVED THE MEDAL OF HONOR DURING WWII?
81 MARINES
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HOW MANY MARINES RECEIVED THE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR THEIR HEROIC ACTS ON THE ISLAND OF IWO JIMA?
22 MARINES
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THAT LAST OFFENSIVE BATTLE OF WWII WAS?
OKINAWA
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HOW MANY KAMIKAZE PLANES WERE SENT AGAINST OUR FLEET AT OKINAWA?
1900
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ON AUG 9, 1945 THE B-29 "ENOLA GAY" RELEASED THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB ON WHAT CITY?
HIROSHIMA
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HOW MANY JAPANESE WERE KILLED FROM THE A-BOMB DROPPED ON NAGASAKI?
40,000
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IN WWII WHO STATED "I HAVE JUST RETURNED FROM VISITING THE MARINES AT THE FRONT, AND THERE IS NOT A FINER ORGANIZATION IN THE WORLD?"
GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR
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ON WHAT BATTLESHIP DID THE JAPANESE SURRENDER, ENDING WWII?
THE USS MISSOURI
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AT THE CHOSIN RESERVOIR WHO STATED "SO THEY'VE GOT US SURROUNDED, GOOD, NOW WE CAN FIRE IN ANY DIRECTION. THE BASTARDS WON'T GET AWAY THIS TIME!"
COLONEL CHESTY PULLER
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WHY WERE REPLACEMENT MARINES SENT TO PICKLE MEADOWS, CALIFORNIA BEFORE GOING INTO KOREAN WAR?
COLD WEATHER TRAINING
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OF THE 7,190 AMERICANS TAKING PRISONER DURING THE KOREAN WAR, HOW MANY WERE MARINES?
227
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MARINES HAVE CARRIED OUT MORE THAN (BLANK) LANDINGS ON FOREIGN SHORES?
300
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WHAT WAS LT COLONEL ANTHONY GALE CONVICTED OF IN HIS COURT MARITAL IN OCTOBER 1820?
CONDUCT OF UNBECOMING AN OFFICER
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IN WHAT WAR WERE THE MOST MARINES KILLED AND DIED OF WOUNDS?
WORLD WAR II 1941-1945, 19,733
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IN WHAT WAR WAS THE MOST MARINES WOUNDED IN ACTION?
SOUTHEAST ASIA 1961-1975, 103,255 CASUALTIES, ALL CAUSES
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WHO OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED SCARLET AND GOLD AS THE OFFICIAL MARINE CORPS COLORS?
GENERAL JOHN A LEJEUNE
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WHO WAS THE FIRST COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT?
WILLIAM WARD BURROWS
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WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE PLANE THAT DROPPED THE ATOM BOMB ON NAGASAKI?
BOXCAR
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HOW MANY BOMBING MISSIONS WERE FLOWN IN WWI
57
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WHAT BATTLE WAS THE FIRST SEABORN ASSAULT AGAINST A CORAL ATTOLL?
TARAWA
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WHOSE MARINES WORE RED UNIFORMS THAT ARE COMMEMORATED BY THE RED PIPING ON THE DRESS BLUE UNIFORM?
JOHN PAUL JONES
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WHO IS KNOWN AS "THE GRAND OLD MAN" OF THE MARINE CORPS?
BRIGADIER GENERAL ARCHIBALD HENDERSON
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WHAT HOLDS A SWORD TO THE BELT?
FROG
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DO MARINES SALUTE IN CIVILIAN ATTIRE?
YES
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IN FORMATION WITH ALL SERVICES WHERE IS THE MARINE CORPS PLACED?
BEHIND THE ARMY OR TO THEIR LEFT
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WHAT MILITARY SERVICES AUTHORIZE NCO'S TO SWORDS?
JUST THE MARINE COPRS
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WHERE DOES THE CANTON BELL HANG?
AT QUANTICO VA
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WHAT DO THE THIRTEEN STARS ON THE ALPHA BUTTON REPRESENT?
THE THIRTEEN COLONIES
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WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM LENGTH OF THE MUSTACHE HAIR FULLY EXTENDED?
1/2 INCH
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WHAT IS THE WIDTH OF THE FINISHED SCARLET NCO STRIPE WORN ON THE DRESS BLUE TROUSERS?
1 1/8
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