[Qcwa] Re: Marine Chapter

[Duke Knief]

From: "Bob Wilder" <bwild@earthlink.net>
> My comment about the Marines and the Navy was in jest...after all
> I am retired USAF and have listed to that argument for years...hi!
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Me too ... on both counts, Bob (.......and Larry knows that after our time
on the QCWA cruise).

I've also been reminded about the age of the USMC and their original purpose
aboard ship [tnx Norm] .... but they weren't in the painting of Washington
crossing the Delaware. That was the Continental Army rowing the boats ...
not the "Continental Marines" (that's probably when the Army opted for
mules. Besides, no one knows how to properly cook a marine).  ;-)

dk

> At 03:56 PM 04/18/2002 -0400, you wrote:
> >Sure I knew that ... but the Navy doesn't. An Army general once told me
that
> >way, way back, when the resources were being divvied up, the Army was
given
> >first choice over the Navy ..... and decided to stick with mules.
> >
> >(This has got to bring 'em out of the woodwork!) ;-) dk