“I’ll never forget them or their spirit. Those boys were burned and bruised. But I never saw a Marine who was beaten.” ~ Navy Flight Nurse Norma Crotty, Iwo Jima

“The Marine Corps … took a boy and made him a man.”  –Cpl. Edwin C. Bearss, 1942

"We're not retreating, Hell! We're just attacking in a different direction!" — Gen. Oliver Smith | USMC

“If officers desire to have control over their commands, they must remain habitually with them, industriously attend to their instruction and comfort, and in battle lead them well.”  ~ Lt. Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson, 1861

"This will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave" ~ Elmer Davis (1890-1958)

"Demonstrate to the world there is 'No Better Friend, No  Worse Enemy' than a U.S. Marine." ~ Gen. James "Chaos" Mattis

“One hundred and twenty Marines were detailed to officer a force of twenty-six hundred Haitians.” ~ Maj. Smedley D. Butler, Haiti, 1915

"In war, the chief incalculable is the human will." ~ B.H. Liddell Hart

"Panic sweeps my men when they are facing the AMERICAN MARINES." - CAPTURED NORTH KOREAN MAJOR

"A Marine on duty has no friends." ~ Marine Corps proverb