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A Marine Birthday |
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Eight
years after they were formed
At the end of the
Revolutionary War
All the Navy's ships were sold
Marines and Sailors were no more.
Then, in
Seventeen ninety-eight
The Marines once more came
to be
And they fought Barbary pirates
Along
the "Shores of Tripoli".
During the War of
Eighteen Twelve
They defended Washington
Along
with many other Operations
Before that War was
done.
They served in the Mexican War
And
among Battles that they fought
One to the "Halls
of Montezuma"
Alongside General Winfield Scott.
"Bull Run" during the Civil War
And blockades
at Cape Hatteras
At New Orleans and Charleston
And Fort Fisher toward the last.
The
Spanish-American War
The Boxer Rebellion in China
Fights in Cuba, Mexico, Haiti
In Nicaragua and
Panama.
On the Battlefields of France
The
"Devil Dogs" earned their name
And many thousands
killed or wounded
In World War One's deadly game.
And most of us know their stories
About the
Heroes of WWII
There's some seem impossible
But we all know they're true.
During the War
in Korea
Twenty-five thousand gave their all
Fighting many gallant battles
Answering, our
Country's call.
"The Cold War" found them
everywhere
In countries all around the Earth
Trying hard to keep the Peace
And showing all
their worth.
In Sixty-Five they landed in Da
Nang
With eighty-five thousand "in country"
They served with Pride and Honor
Although our
Country would not see.
On their Two Hundred
Thirtieth Birthday
We have them serving in Iraq
As well as so many other places
To try to hold
the Terrorists back.
Maybe someday there will
be Peace
And Good Will on Earth and more
But
until then let's all give Thanks
We have the
United States Marine Corps. |
By
Del "Abe" Jones
Copyright 2005
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December 30, 2011 |
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