Happy Birthday to all my brothers. After 10 years of my EAS my pride of having served in both the Corps and along side you guys has grown. No one on the outside will ever understand why days like this and our history is so special to us. And for that reason is only an example of what sets us all apart to where the Marine Corps is more of a religion than it is anything else. So here is to all you guys. And to my new brothers and sisters Ive met along the way the feeling is equal as it seems like weve known one another for years when its only could be months or even days. Semper Fidelis MARINE CORPS ORDER NO. 47 (SERIES 1921) HEADQUARTERS U.S. MARINE CORPS WASHINGTON, NOVEMBER 1, 1921 759. THE FOLLOWING WILL BE READ TO THE COMMAND ON THE 10TH OF NOVEMBER, 1921, AND HEREAFTER ON THE 10TH OF NOVEMBER OF EVERY YEAR. SHOULD THE ORDER NOT BE RECEIVED BY THE 10TH OF NOVEMBER, 1921, IT WILL BE READ UPON RECEIPT. (1) ON NOVEMBER 10, 1775, A CORPS OF MARINES WAS CREATED BY A RESOLUTION OF CONTINENTAL CONGRESS. SINCE THAT DATE MANY THOUSAND MEN HAVE BORNE THE NAME MARINE. IN MEMORY OF THEM IT IS FITTING THAT WE WHO ARE MARINES SHOULD COMMEMORATE THE BIRTHDAY OF OUR CORPS BY CALLING TO MIND THE GLORIES OF ITS LONG AND ILLUSTRIOUS HISTORY. (2) THE RECORD OF OUR CORPS IS ONE WHICH WILL BEAR COMPARISON WITH THAT OF THE MOST FAMOUS MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS IN THE WORLDS HISTORY. DURING 90 OF THE 146 YEARS OF ITS EXISTENCE THE MARINE CORPS HAS BEEN IN ACTION AGAINST THE NATIONS FOES. FROM THE BATTLE OF TRENTON TO THE ARGONNE, MARINES HAVE WON FOREMOST HONORS IN WAR, AND IS THE LONG ERAS OF TRANQUILITY AT HOME, GENERATION AFTER GENERATION OF MARINES HAVE GROWN GRAY IN WAR IN BOTH HEMISPHERES AND IN EVERY CORNER OF THE SEVEN SEAS, THAT OUR COUNTRY AND ITS CITIZENS MIGHT ENJOY PEACE AND SECURITY. (3) IN EVERY BATTLE AND SKIRMISH SINCE THE BIRTH OF OUR CORPS, MARINES HAVE ACQUITTED THEMSELVES WITH THE GREATEST DISTINCTION, WINNING NEW HONORS ON EACH OCCASION UNTIL THE TERM MARINE HAS COME TO SIGNIFY ALL THAT IS HIGHEST IN MILITARY EFFICIENCY AND SOLDIERLY VIRTUE. (4) THIS HIGH NAME OF DISTINCTION AND SOLDIERLY REPUTE WE WHO ARE MARINES TODAY HAVE RECEIVED FROM THOSE WHO PRECEDED US IN THE CORPS. WITH IT WE HAVE ALSO RECEIVED FROM THEM THE ETERNAL SPIRIT WHICH HAS ANIMATED OUR CORPS FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION AND HAS BEEN THE DISTINGUISHING MARK OF THE MARINES IN EVERY AGE. SO LONG AS THAT SPIRIT CONTINUES TO FLOURISH MARINES WILL BE FOUND EQUAL TO EVERY EMERGENCY IN THE FUTURE AS THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST, AND THE MEN OF OUR NATION WILL REGARD US AS WORTHY SUCCESSORS TO THE LONG LINE OF ILLUSTRIOUS MEN WHO HAVE SERVED AS SOLDIERS OF THE SEA SINCE THE FOUNDING OF THE CORPS. JOHN A. LEJEUNE, MAJOR GENERAL COMMANDANT 75705--21
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