Trivia 11/10 - Happy Birthday USMC

Luckytrim

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Trivia 11/10 - Happy Birthday USMC

1. How old is the United States Marine Corps ?
a. - 202 Years Old
b. - 222
c. - 242
d. - 262
2. What does the Marine Motto, "Semper Fidelis" translate to in English ?
3. Who is the most decorated Marine in history ?
a. - Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler
b. - Lt. Gen. Lewis B. “Chesty” Puller
c. - Gunnery Sgt. Carlos Hathcock
d. - Sgt. Maj. Gilbert “Hashmark” Johnson
4. MCRD Paris Island is located in which of the Fifty ?
5. If a Marine recruit drops his rifle, he has to...
a. - Complete a half-mile run
b. - Drop and perform ten push-ups
c. - Sleep with his rifle that night
d. - Run the Gauntlet
6. It is for this battle that Marine Noncommissioned Officers (NCOs) wear
the blood stripe on their Dress Blue Trousers. Which battle was it?
a. - Okinawa
b. - Iwo Jima
c. - Chosin Reservoir
d. - Chapultepec
7. Not including the Navy Corpsman, how many Marines raised the SECOND (and
most famous) flag atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima in WWII?
8. The first Marines were recruited at this location, what is it?
a. - Philadelphia City Hall
b. - Central Park, New York City
c. - Washington, D.C.
d. - Tun Tavern
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone was the Marine Corps very first Medal of honor
winner.
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1. - c
2. "Always Faithful"
3. - b
4. South Carolina
5. - b
6. - d
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8. - d
CRAP !!
John Basilone first served in the U.S. Army in the Philippines but switched
to the Marine Corps in time for World War II. He served with distinction in
the Pacific Theater and received a Medal of Honor for his actions at
Guadalcanal and a posthumous Navy Cross for actions at Iwo Jima.

At Guadalcanal he emplaced two machine gun teams under fire and then manned
a third gun himself, killing 38 enemy soldiers before charging through enemy
lines to resupply trapped Marines. He later destroyed a Japanese blockhouse
on his own and then guided a tank through a minefield and artillery and
mortar barrages at Iwo Jima. While escorting the tank, he was struck by
shrapnel and killed.
But he wasn't the first to win the Medal of Honor...

Corporal John Freeman Mackie (October 1, 1835–June 18, 1910) was the first
United States Marine to receive the Medal of Honor, for his heroics during
the Civil War.
His citation reads;
"On board the U.S.S. Galena in the attack on Fort Darling at Drewry’s Bluff,
James River, on May 15, 1862. As enemy shellfire raked the deck of his ship,
Corporal Mackie fearlessly maintained his musket fire against the rifle pits
along the shore and, when ordered to fill vacancies at guns caused by men
wounded and killed in action, manned the weapon with skill and courage."
 

Jim_S

Resident Curmudgeon
Gold Site Supporter
HAPPY BIRTHDAY USMC!

(Sorry LT, clue to one of the answers in the picture)
 

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