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"There are only two kinds of people that understand Marines: Marines and the enemy. Everyone else has a second-hand opinion."
-General William Thornson, U.S. Army
At our cake cutting ceremony this morning our guest speaker, Laurence Burgess, Assistant Under-Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and a Marine who served many years ago, said there were three types of people: Those who were Marines, those who wished they were Marines, and those who feared Marines.
Happy Birthday to all my fellow Marines! Semper Fi!
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