{"id":75744,"date":"2017-11-10T08:00:36","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T12:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=75744"},"modified":"2017-11-10T13:29:33","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T18:29:33","slug":"us-marine-corps-242st-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=75744","title":{"rendered":"US Marine Corps 242nd Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Tun-Tavern.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Tun-Tavern-300x213.jpg?resize=300%2C213\" alt=\"\" title=\"Tun-Tavern\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-32766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Tun-Tavern.jpg?resize=300%2C213&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Tun-Tavern.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>242 years ago today the Naval Committee of the Continental Congress was directed to raise two battalions of Marines, and so we got the naval infantry. <\/p>\n<p>Tun Tavern, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pictured above, was the site of the first recruitment drive for the Marine Corps. The tavern\u2019s manager, Robert Mullan, was the &#8220;chief Marine Recruiter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The first amphibious assault by the new Marine Corps occurred in the Bahamas on March 3, 1776 when the force seized Fort Montague and Fort Nassau, a British ammunition depot and naval port in New Providence.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Afghanistan.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Afghanistan-300x143.jpg?resize=300%2C143\" alt=\"\" title=\"Afghanistan\" width=\"300\" height=\"143\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-32768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Afghanistan.jpg?resize=300%2C143&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Afghanistan.jpg?w=843&amp;ssl=1 843w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>So Happy Birthday, Marine Corps. From the Halls of Montezuma to shores of Tripoli. From the peak of Suribachi to the alleyways of Fallujah. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>242 years ago today the Naval Committee of the Continental Congress was directed to raise two battalions of Marines, and so we got the naval infantry. Tun Tavern, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pictured above, was the site of the first recruitment drive for the Marine Corps. 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