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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-04-09 09:39 PM
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My two favorite Marines: Yours?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Lehrer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_McMahon
               
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-04-09 09:44 PM
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1. OK, three.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Marvin
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edbermac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-04-09 09:47 PM
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2. John Glenn
First American to orbit the earth, retired Democratic Senator from Ohio.
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OmahaBlueDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-04-09 11:04 PM
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9. +1
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-04-09 11:28 PM
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14. +1
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-05-09 06:25 AM
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27. +1
Took a yard of guts to orbit the earth seven times in a tin can built by the lowest bidder.
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hobbit709 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-04-09 09:48 PM
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3. Smedley Butler
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-04-09 11:15 PM
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11. I second that
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-05-09 12:45 AM
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20. My grandparents knew him socially.
I never met him though, it was way before I was born.
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noamnety Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-04-09 09:48 PM
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4. Adam Kokesh, Jimmy Massey
Edited on Wed Mar-04-09 10:18 PM by noamnety
Both in the IVAW.
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cloudbase Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-04-09 09:48 PM
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5. Another


But he wasn't a captain back then.
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mzteris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-04-09 10:48 PM
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6. My Dad was a Marine
and so was one of his brothers.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-04-09 11:03 PM
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7. My mom's dad
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OmahaBlueDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-04-09 11:04 PM
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8. Major McCoy & Gunny Zimmerman
...from W.E.B. Griffin's "The Corps" series


Honorable mention to my Father-In-Law and my Uncle Jess
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Pierre.Suave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-04-09 11:05 PM
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10. My grandpa, my uncle
and to add one more not already listed:

Lieutenant General Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller (June 26, 1898 – October 11, 1971) was an officer in the United States Marine Corps and the only Marine to receive five Navy Crosses, the United States Navy's second highest decoration after the Medal of Honor. During his career, he fought guerrillas in Haiti and Nicaragua, and participated in some of the bloodiest battles of World War II and the Korean War. Puller retired from the Marine Corps in 1955, spending the rest of his life in Virginia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesty_Puller
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-04-09 11:23 PM
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12. Mike Farrell (MASH)
Keith Jackson (retired college football announcer - (Whoa, Nellie!")
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-04-09 11:27 PM
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13. Smedley Butler and Jim Lerher
Smedley Butler kept this country a Democracy, and wrote "War is a Racket"
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mcctatas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-04-09 11:29 PM
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15. PaddyBlueEyes is the only Marine I know personally....
and he is definitely my personal favorite :P
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PaddyBlueEyes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-05-09 12:47 AM
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21. Thank You Baby
ILY... :hug:
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-04-09 11:30 PM
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16. General Anthony Zinni


"Battle Ready" is a great autobiography. General Zinni was the Marines' Wes Clark.
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-04-09 11:32 PM
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17. Gene Hackman and Steve McQueen.
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-04-09 11:34 PM
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18. Chesty Puller 2x.....nt
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ogneopasno Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-04-09 11:40 PM
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19. My friend Joe.
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Dystopian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-05-09 01:24 AM
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22. This man.
Joe, the father of my children.
Causality of Vietnam war, 1992.


peace~
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bluesbassman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-05-09 01:27 AM
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23. Dystopian...
:hug:

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PaddyBlueEyes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-05-09 01:35 AM
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24. SEMPER FIDELIS
MY FALLEN BROTHER... :patriot:
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-05-09 06:28 AM
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28. RIP
:patriot::cry:
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Rhythm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-05-09 01:42 AM
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25. CPL Trent Stover
Edited on Thu Mar-05-09 01:50 AM by Rhythm
One of my best friends in high school... had originally planned to join the Navy, but another friends talked him into buddying-up and going to Parris Island together. Trent's buddy washed-out after assaulting a DI, but Trent graduated top-3 in his company.

In August of '86, CPL Stover, along with 7 others from his platoon, died when the Blackhawk helicopter they were being transported in crashed off the coast of Norway while on a training exercise.

On any occasion when i see someone in Dress Blues, i think of Trent. Guess you could say i miss him just a little.
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-05-09 06:33 AM
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29. RIP
:patriot:
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-05-09 06:23 AM
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26. Gene Hackman and Scott Glenn
No such thing as an ex-marine; you can always count on them to deliver a good performance.
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