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MARINES BEGIN CELEBRATING CORPS' 236TH BIRTHDAY
"CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan -- The trumpets sounded and the drums beat as the
Marines slowly marched to center stage. The colors were staged and the band
sounded for the cake detail to bring forth the masterpiece, a birthday cake
marking the Marine Corps’ 236th birthday.
In keeping with tradition, the unit’s commanding officer cut a piece of the
cake for the guest of honor first. He then cut a slice of cake for the oldest
Marine present. After taking a bite of cake, the oldest Marine passed the slice
to the youngest Marine, to symbolize the passing of knowledge and tradition from
the older generation to the new.
This was the scene of 9th Engineer Support Battalion’s Marine Corps birthday
ball at The Palms Club on Camp Hansen Oct. 28 – a scene that will be repeated
many times throughout November and into December – as other Marine units here
celebrate the Corps’ birth of Nov. 10, 1775."
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We are ever grateful that you unfailingly protect us--even with your very lives when needed--and we thank you on this HAPPY 236th United States Marine Corps' BIRTHDAY
Blessings-
Rev. Barbara Sexton
(USARevBarb)
"The Biblical Biochemist-Where Science Meets the Cross"
www.DearOnesHealingMinistry.blogspot.com
Medical Reserve Corps--Region I
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