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Happy 243rd birthday to the United States Marine Corps. Kudos to each and every Marine past, present and future as well as each and every USMC veteran and the families which support them. [I tried to post this as an update, but it would not take the video.
In the Civil War there were Marines on both sides.
Images:
1. A group of Union Marines, wearing dress uniforms and carrying Model 1842 muskets, at the Washington Navy Yard in 1864.
2. Corporal John Freeman Mackie, USMC painted by Col Charles Waterhouse, USMCR illustrates Cpl Mackie fighting aboard the USS Galena during the Battle of Drewry's Bluff on 10 July 1862. Cpl Mackie was the first Marine awarded the Medal of Honor.
3. Confederate Marine Uniforms.
4. Black and white photographic portrait of John Freeman Mackie, a Medal of Honor recipient, wearing medal, for service during the Civil War. This sitter is also wearing a Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) membership badge with a one-star commander bar and a GAR Navy Veterans medal.
Medal of Honor citation
Cpl Mackie aboard the USS Galena at Drewry's Bluff
US Navy Medal of Honor (1862 original).png
Rank and Organization:
Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps. Born: 1836, New York, N.Y. Accredited To: New York. G.O. No.: 17, July 10, 1863.
Citation:
On board the U.S.S. Galena in the attack on Fort Darling at Drewry's Bluff, James River, on May 15, 1862. As enemy shellfire raked the deck of his ship, Corporal Mackie fearlessly maintained his musket fire against the rifle pits along the shore and, when ordered to fill vacancies at guns caused by men wounded and killed in action, manned the weapon with skill and courage.
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC (Join to see) Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Lt Col Charlie Brown Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Maj Marty Hogan SCPO Morris Ramsey SGT Mark Halmrast Sgt Randy Wilber Sgt John H. SGT Gregory Lawritson CPL Dave Hoover SPC Margaret Higgins SSgt Brian Brakke 1stSgt Eugene Harless CPT Scott Sharon SSG William Jones
Happy 243rd birthday to the United States Marine Corps. Kudos to each and every Marine past, present and future as well as each and every USMC veteran and the families which support them. [I tried to post this as an update, but it would not take the video.
In the Civil War there were Marines on both sides.
Images:
1. A group of Union Marines, wearing dress uniforms and carrying Model 1842 muskets, at the Washington Navy Yard in 1864.
2. Corporal John Freeman Mackie, USMC painted by Col Charles Waterhouse, USMCR illustrates Cpl Mackie fighting aboard the USS Galena during the Battle of Drewry's Bluff on 10 July 1862. Cpl Mackie was the first Marine awarded the Medal of Honor.
3. Confederate Marine Uniforms.
4. Black and white photographic portrait of John Freeman Mackie, a Medal of Honor recipient, wearing medal, for service during the Civil War. This sitter is also wearing a Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) membership badge with a one-star commander bar and a GAR Navy Veterans medal.
Medal of Honor citation
Cpl Mackie aboard the USS Galena at Drewry's Bluff
US Navy Medal of Honor (1862 original).png
Rank and Organization:
Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps. Born: 1836, New York, N.Y. Accredited To: New York. G.O. No.: 17, July 10, 1863.
Citation:
On board the U.S.S. Galena in the attack on Fort Darling at Drewry's Bluff, James River, on May 15, 1862. As enemy shellfire raked the deck of his ship, Corporal Mackie fearlessly maintained his musket fire against the rifle pits along the shore and, when ordered to fill vacancies at guns caused by men wounded and killed in action, manned the weapon with skill and courage.
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC (Join to see) Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Lt Col Charlie Brown Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Maj Marty Hogan SCPO Morris Ramsey SGT Mark Halmrast Sgt Randy Wilber Sgt John H. SGT Gregory Lawritson CPL Dave Hoover SPC Margaret Higgins SSgt Brian Brakke 1stSgt Eugene Harless CPT Scott Sharon SSG William Jones
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