Traditions of the United States Marine Corps
Contributors: United States. Marine Corps; U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Service. Publicity Bureau
Publisher: U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Service Publicity Bureau
Published: 1927
Place of publication: Philadelphia, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 15
Subjects: United States; United States. Marine Corps; Marines; Military life; History
Description: "The article reprinted here was originally published in the Marine Corps Gazette. It is well worth reading because it answers many questions which arise in the minds of those who come into contact with marines. Why do men enlist in the Marines? Why do so many of them spend their whole working lives in this service without thought of great financial reward? Why do they cling so tenaciously to certain uniforms, devices, songs and slogans? Captain Oliver P. Smith, U.S.M.C., explains these things in a way that holds the reader's interest from the first line to the last."--p. [3].