“When we left for Pavuvu some of our comrades had unhappily been left behind. They were so distressed… 11 of them stowed away on our tanks before we boarded the LST’s. Imagine, 11 crazy guys went over the hill to go into combat! They were later court-martialed for going AWOL. THE EPITOME OF THE FIGHTING MARINE!”
A Few Good Private First Class Calvin Post (August 1944)
Before the First Wave: The 3rd Armored Amphibian Tractor Battalion, Larry L. Woodard (1994)
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“Marines can do whatever they want to because the eagle, globe and anchor is branded in their heart — and when it’s branded in their heart, that’s all you need,”
Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Carlton Kent (2007 – 2011)