Tomorrow, November 10, is the 232nd birthday of the US Marine Corps. The Marines can be a mystery to those of us who weren’t raised in the military culture. We know from our history books that they are an elite group, something different from other soldiers. But what really makes them different? In celebration of the Marines, HUMAN EVENTS asked a few Marines to describe the difference in their own words. In celebration of the Marines, HUMAN EVENTS asked a few Marines to describe the difference in their own words. I felt proud just speaking with Colonel H.C. “Barney” Barnum, Jr., a retired Marine, now Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Col. Barnum received the Congressional Medal of Honor for valor in combat in Vietnam. He sounded just as I suspected an older Marine would -- direct, convinced and matter of fact. “Once a Marine always a Marine,” he said. “You earn the title…you join the Army you join the Air Force, you join the Navy -- but you earn the title of a United States Marine.” Read the Rest at Human Events....
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