Among the men who fought on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue. — Chester W. Nimitz Copy Share Image
Loving a marine is a high price to pay its kinda of feel old in a young body¥ — Ellie Copy Share Image
Goddamn it, you'll never get the Purple Heart hiding in a foxhole! Follow me! — Henry Pierson Crowe Copy Share Image
Being ready is not what matters. What matters is winning after you get there. — Victor H. Krulak Copy Share Image
Every Marine is, first and foremost, a rifleman. All other conditions are secondary. — Alfred M. Gray Copy Share Image
“Then, as now, it was just uncomfortable. Now, as then, it was a lifted chin and a crooked smile that said more… — Sandi Layne Copy Share Image
I can never again see a UNITED STATES MARINE without experiencing a feeling of reverence. — Edward Johnson Copy Share Image
Old breed? New breed? There's not a damn bit of difference so long as it's the Marine breed. — Chesty Puller Copy Share Image
“...he couldn't help but wonder what Hannah might have looked like if...he'd answered that question April had asked him years ago.” — Sandi Layne Copy Share Image
I still need Marines who can shoot and salute. But I need Marines who can fix jet engines and man sophisticated radar… — Robert E. Cushman Jr Copy Share Image
The Marine Corps has just been called by the New York Times, 'The elite of this country.' I think it is the… — William Halsey Copy Share Image
The American Marines have it [pride], and benefit from it. They are tough, cocky, sure of themselves and their buddies. They can… — Mark W. Clark Copy Share Image
I am convinced that there is no smarter, handier, or more adaptable body of troops in the world. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
They (Women Marines) don't have a nickname, and they don't need one. They get their basic training in a Marine atmosphere, at… — Thomas Holcomb Copy Share Image
The man who will go where his colors go, without asking, who will fight a phantom foe in the jungle and mountain… — T. R. Fehrenbach Copy Share Image
You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil. You know,… — James Mattis Copy Share Image
“In the simple moral maxim the Marine Corps teaches — do the right thing, for the right reason — no exception exists… — Josh Rushing Copy Share Image
“The purpose of bayonet training is to awaken your killer instincts. The killer instinct will make you strong. If the meek ever… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
My great uncle Pvt. Tommy Rooney, USMC, was killed on Guam during the Pacific Campaign in World War II. I was named… — Tom Rooney Copy Share Image
We have two companies of Marines running rampant all over the northern half of this island, and three Army regiments pinned down… — John W. Vessey, Jr Copy Share Image
“It would be forty-four years before physicist Donald Olson would discover that D-Day at Tarawa occurred during one of only two days… — James Bradley Copy Share Image
The most important six inches on the battlefield is between your ears. — James Mattis Copy Share Image
Their fiery advance and great tenacity were well recognized by their opponents. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've always been proud of being a Marine. I won't hesitate to defend the Corps. — Jonathan Winters Copy Share Image
Casualties many; Percentage of dead not known; Combat efficiency; we are winning. — David M. Shoup Copy Share Image
The raising of that flag on Suribachi means a Marine Corps for the next 500 years. — James Forrestal Copy Share Image
If I had one more division like this First Marine Division I could win this war. — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
“It takes thousands of bullets to kill an army but one to end a war.” — Michael Martinez Copy Share Image
“Take your time. Stay away from the easy going. Never take the same way twice. Gunny Arndt's rules for successful reconnaissance; Guadalcanal 1942” — GYSGT Charles C. Arndt Copy Share Image
Why in hell can't the Army do it if the Marines can. They are the same kind of men; why can't they… — John J. Pershing Copy Share Image
For over 221 years our Corps has done two things for this great Nation. We make Marines, and we win battles. — Charles C. Krulak Copy Share Image