Happy Birthday United States Marine Corps!
A Marine Corps glider being towed by a power plane from Page Field, at Parris Island, S.C. photo by Alfred T. Palmer color transparency 1942 May Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. In my family it is not uncommon to miss a birthday greeting here and there. But woe to the family member who forgets November 10th. In that spirit I wish my dad a fervent, "Happy Marine Corps Birthday!"