TRIVIA:What battle did the Marines first earn the term devil dog?
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That would be the Battle of Belleau Wood.
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USMAN!\nINAMED IT AFTER THE DOG OF jose rizal ...
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Though these were all true, it can be argued that the Virginia Colonial Marines (regiments that were recruited to be auxiliaries to the British Royal Marines, I am unsure of their proper title  though) raised during the French and Indian War was the real beginning of the US Marine tradition.
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I don't know if there's much etymology of the phrase, but here's an article about it which puts forth some interesting possibilities of the origin.\n\nQuote from the site:\n\n"Some linguists and historians think the expression must have been well known during the war years, citing a story about General Eisenhower's dog. The story goes that the dog (Felix) urinated on a map and the officers joked that the enemy was "pissed off." (Leonard Mosely, Marshall, 1982)."
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Union Admiral at the Battle of Mobile Bay during the American Civil War.\n\n"Damn the Torpedoes! Full Speed Ahead!"\n\nYou could always Google it yourself.......
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Hot dogs were frequently known as frankfurters or franks, but the name "hot dog" became popular by the early 1900s. The origin of this name is not precisely known, but at that time hot dogs were often marketed as "dachshund sausages" since they resemble the dog breed of that name. Hot dog lore suggests that newspaper cartoonist Tad Dorgan coined (or at least popularized) the term "hot dog" when he used it in the caption of a 1906 cartoon illustrating sausage vendors at the Polo Grounds baseball stadium because he couldn't spell "dachshund." However, this rumored cartoon has never been located; as well, the phrase "hot dog" appears in print as early as 1895, in the Yale Record of New Haven, Connecticut). While "hot dog" remains by far the most commonly heard term in spoken language, people buying them in grocery stores need to know that they are still almost always labelled as "franks", which is rarely heard in actual speech.
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Mercenary.\n\nAll Marines talk about how they are professional.  Anyone that gets paid to kill people is usually called a mercenary.
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The Devil's Tramping Ground\nIn a wooded area in western Chatham County, ten miles east of Siler City, is a well-worn path that forms a ring forty feet in diameter.  The path itself is a foot wide.  The center of the circle and the ground outside the path are lush with grass and other plant life, but nothing grows in the foot-wide track.  At sunset, when rocks or similar heavy objects are placed in the pathway, they are found the next morning to have been brushed aside.  In fall and winter, when rabbit hunters roam the surrounding countryside, their dogs perform joyously until the chase nears the barren circle.  Then the dogs tuck their tail between their legs and slink away.  They will not go near the spot.\n\nSoon after the first settlers came to Chatham County, they discovered the strange site, which soon became known as the Devil's Tramping Ground.  This was before 1800.\n\nThough no one ever saw him stalking there, it was believed to be the haunt of the Foul Fiend, who came at night to tramp around and around and around in a circle, his head lowered, his expression intense.  It was during these hours that Satan planned his evil schemes to undo mankind.  At the first light of morning he was gone, winging his way like a bat across the world to carry out his nefarious purposes.  Yet so scorching had been his footprints on the ground of his circular pathway that the soil became infertile, and the nocturnal retreat of the hellish Prince of Darkness was shunned and avoided.
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Semper-Fi do or die; no guts, no glory! Cookies Tavern, 10th & Oregon Ave. , S. Phila. Pa. Birthplace of the Marine Corps, Tun Tavern. Al Schmidt and myself, both Philly Marines.
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I served in the Marine Corps during Desert Storm and we did train for all possible scenarios on land and sea.  We trained for Oil Platform and ship takedowns.  It only takes a platoon of about 25 Marines to assault a cargo sized ship and stop it dead in the water.  \nThe helicopters used to pick us up off a Navy ship and then we would fast rope down to the oil platform or ship and then blitz the crew.\nDuring the revolutionary war... Marines crossed over to British ships to kill everybody in sight.  Sailors were used to sail the ships and shoot the cannons.  Marines were used to kill the enemy with sharpshooting skills or hand to hand combat.
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http://www.house.gov/cardoza/BlueDogs/bluedogs.shtml
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To be honest with you the very first code break for the USA was the attack on Midway Island. We just got done with the battle of the Leyte gulf and got our carriers to do battle with the Japs. The US sent a fake siginal that the water distillation unit on Midway Island did not work.They intercepted a code that was headed for the mainland of Japan stating this. The Japanese lost 4 carriers in the battle and was a huge turning point in the war. June 5,1942
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During D-Day, in 1944, General Norman Cota went up to a Ranger battalion and asked the CO, Major Max Scheider, what outfit it was. Schneider replied that it was the 5th Rangers. \n\nCota yelled the famous words, "Well goddamnit then, Rangers lead the way!" Then the Rangers charged, followed by the other Army guys.\n\nAlthough in my opinion, if there had been some Marines on that beach there wouldnt be any need to call for Rangers. Too bad the Marines were busy island-hopping.\n\nThis is the motto of the US Army Rangers.
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The Marine Corps\n\nFirst to Fight, last to leave, the Marine Corps has the honor of being the premiere fighting force.  Marines pride themselves on Espirit de Corps - the Spirit of the Corps, and honor their traditions and history beyond any other branch of the military. The Marines were born November 10, 1775 in Tun Tavern in Philadelphia.  (Figures we'd be born in a bar)  \n\nMarines are hard fighters, hard drinkers, earning the name 'Teufel Hunden' or Devil Dogs from the Germans during the Battle of Baleau Woods during WWII.   Marines are also called 'Leathernecks' from the strip of leather worn across the throat during colonial times, to protect their throats from sabers.  The red stripes on the sides of trousers worn by NCO's (non-commission officers) are called 'Blood stripes' in honor of the blood shed by other Marines.\n\nAnd how do I know the Marines are the best?  Any Marine could recite to you everything I just wrote!\n\nSemper Fi!
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I loved the video. I will always be proud to have been able to call myself a Marine and proud of all Marines since 1775.
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There are actually several stories as to how General Pershing got the nickname "Black Jack"; none of which has been positively verified (see first link verifying historical confusion). Here is the run downs of the more popular ones:\n\n1 - Nicknamed for his mean spirit while at West Point (this is the oldest explanation - see 2nd link below)\n2 - Received for his leading of the famed 10th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers (3rd link - this is the most quoted)\n3 - Nicknamed when he began teaching African-American students after his graduation from secondary school in 1878 (4th - the rarest explanation)
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Here:\n\nhttp://myweb2.search.yahoo.com/search?p=devilfish+pictures&rs=0&fr2=rs-bottom&ei=UTF-8&fr=ks