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VMFA-542 TIGERS SQUADRON PATCH US MARINE PILOT CREW PIN UP MCAS CHERRY POINT MAW:
$12.84

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VMA-542 TIGERSCOLLECTORPATCH!

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Are you looking for a meaningful birthday, holiday, or anniversary gift for you or your US Marine? This item the perfect way to showcase your loved one’s military service and honor. This patch is a prized piece for any collection....especially for the Veteran or Love One, who has served or is still serving with pride, in the Corps! Order extras for friends & family to show your appreciation for your love one\'s service to our country!

Patchesfuel for me a passion for Marine Corps history connected to their distinguished heritage. Thesepatches tie us back to our history, to the people who came before us, to all ofthe giants and to all of the little people ... who make the Corps workday-to-day. That\'s really what these patches represents. It\'s aboutthe US Marines...from the Private to the Four Star General, it is the only service where everyone is called \"A Marine\"..... it\'s about people & their airplanes/equipment thatmake the Corps what it is! \"The raising of that Flag on Suribachi means a Marine Corps for the next 500 years!\"
(James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, 23 February 1945)

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\"Land of the free ... because of the brave!\"
“We have staked the whole future of American civilization, not upon the power of government, far from it. We’ve staked the future of all our political institutions upon our capacity…to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God.”
James Madison, 1778 to the General Assembly of the State of Virginia

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The Honorable Ronald Reagan,
President of the United States Of America

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Shipping by this methodis a little more expensive for us, but we find that this is the best way, for your item to arrive without any damage and in perfect condition, as you see it here on !

A COMMENT FROM ONE OF OUR GREAT CUSTOMERS!

Rec\'d the hat today...it\'s the best. The bonus sticker was a real nice
touch. I really like that you boxed the hat for shipping; I have rec\'d
flattened ones from others...I\'ve learned my lesson and I\'ll be back to shop with you again. I have left you positive feed back and would appreciate the same.Semper Fi!Carl Nelson
CPL - USMC 1983 - 1986
Weapons Co. 2/9 81\'s Platoon

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This is me a few years ago with my Fuji Stick....\"No I was not a hero...but I served in a Platoon full of them! \"

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LETTER FROM BOOT CAMP....

I am well. Hope you are. Tell Brother Walt and Brother Elmer the Marine Corps beats working for old man Minch by a mile. Tell them to join up quick before all of the places are filled.
I was restless at first because you got to stay in bed till nearly 6 a.m. but I am getting so I like to sleep late. Tell Walt and Elmer all you do before breakfast is smooth your cot, and shine some things. No hogs to slop, feed to pitch, mash to mix, wood to split, fire to lay. Practically nothing. We all haveto shave but it is not so bad, there\'s warm water & no out house!Breakfast is strong on trimmings like fruit juice, cereal, eggs, bacon, fruit,etc., but kind of weak on chops, potatoes, ham, steak, fried eggplant, pie and other regular food. Tell Walt and Elmer you can always sit by the two city boys that live on coffee. Their food plus yours holds you until noon when you get fed again. It\'s no wonder these city boys can\'t walk much. We go on \"route marches,\" which the platoon sergeant says are long walks to harden us. If he thinks so, it\'s not my place to tell him different. A \"route march\" is about as far as to our mailbox at home. Then the city guys get sore feet and we all ride back in trucks. The country is nice but awful flat. The sergeant is like a school teacher. He nags a lot. The Captain is like the school board. Majors and colonels just ride around and frown. They don\'t bother you none.
This next one will kill Walt and Elmer with laughter... I keep getting medals for shooting &I don\'t know why. The bulls-eye is near as big as a chipmunk\'s head and don\'t move, and it ain\'t shooting at you like the Higgett boys at home. All you got to do is lie there all comfortable and hit it. You don\'t even load your own cartridges. They come in boxes. Then we have what they call hand-to-hand combat training. You get to wrestle with them city boys. I have to be real careful though, they break real easy. It ain\'t like fighting with that ole bull at home. I\'m about the best they got in this except for that Tug Jordan from over in Silver Lake. I only beat him once. He joined up the same time as me, but I\'m only 5\'6\" and 130 pounds and he\'s 6\'8\" and near 300 pounds dry.
Be sure to tell Walt and Elmer to hurry and join before other fellers get onto this setup and come stampeding in.

Your loving daughter, Stephanie Marie

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WHAT IS A MARINE?

WE WALK THE WALK AND TALK THE TALK

WE LEAD, WHILE OTHERS FOLLOW.

WE HAVE WALKED THROUGH THE VALLEY,

WHERE OTHERS FEAR TO GO.

WE HAVE SERVED WITH GIANTS

AND FOUGHT ASIDE HEROES.

WE ARE WHAT OTHERS STRIVE TO BE.

WE HOLD THE HIGH GROUND.

NAY WE ARE THE HIGH GROUND

WE ARE UNITED STATES MARINES!

UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS...THE CHANGE IS FOREVER!

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REMEMBER: AMERICA IS NUMBER 1 THANKS TO GOD\'S BLESSINGS!

A FEW GREAT COMMENTS FROM A FEW OF THE FINEST!

I thought that hat looked good on the web it is awesome, thanks man!!! I have been retired almost 16 years and am always looking for quality Navy stuff because I\'m proud of my service and proud of the Navy. You represent everything that is good about shopping with other veterans. Service was prompt the hat is excellent it arrived in perfect condition &the sticker& business card was a totally unexpected treat. I will be a multiple repeat customer& I will turn my buddies onto your e-bay store. I regret you only get 80 characters to leave response on . I did my best there for you! You deserve it! Tanks Again Brother. Norm Copeland FTCS/SS USN RET.

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Thatis honor and there are way too many people in this country today, whono longer understand this...to those who do....Semper Fi

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Please let me know if we can be of any other assistance.Thank you for your business, it is sincerely appreciated. We hope you will come back to see us again. Referrals are nice too.....Semper FiCemetery Escort Duty
WARNING....DO NOT READ.....YOUR MONITOR WILL TEAR UP!I just wanted to get the day over with and go down to Smokey\'s. Sneaking a look at my watch, I saw the time, 1655. Five minutes to go before the cemetery gates are closed for the day.Full dress was hot in the August sun. Oklahoma summertime was as bad
as ever--the heat and humidity at the same level--both too high.
I saw the car pull into the drive, \'69 or \'70 modelCadillac Deville, looked factory-new. It pulled into the parking lot at a snail\'s pace. An old woman got out so slow I thought she was paralyzed; she had a cane and a sheaf of flowers--about four or five bunches as best I could tell.
I couldn\'t help myself. The thought came unwanted, and left a slightly bitter taste: \'She\'s going to spend an hour, and for this old Marine, my hip hurts like hell and I\'m ready to get out of here right now!\' But for this day, my duty was to assist anyone coming in.
Kevin would lock the \'In\' gate and if I could hurry theold offerdy along, we might make it to Smokey\'s in time.I broke post attention. My hip made gritty noises when I took the first step
and the pain went up a notch. I must have made a real military sight: middle-aged man with a small pot gut and half a limp, in Marine full-dress uniform, which had lost its razor crease about thirty minutes after I began the watch at the cemetery.
I stopped in front of her, halfway up the walk. She looked up at me with an old woman\'s squint.
\'Ma\'am,may I assist you in any way?\'
She took long enough to answer.
\'Yes, son. Can you carry these flowers? I seem to be moving a tad slow these days.\'
\'My pleasure, ma\'am.\'
Well, it wasn\'t too much of a lie.
She looked again. \'Marine, where were you stationed?\'
\'Vietnam, ma\'am. Ground-pounder. \'69 to \'71.\'
She looked at me closer. \'Wounded in action, I see. Well done, Marine. I\'ll be as quick as I can.\'
I lied a little bigger: \'No hurry, ma\'am.\'
She smiled and winked at me. \'Son, I\'m 85-years-old and I can tell a lie from a long way off. Let\'s get this done. Might be the last time I can do this. My name\'s Joanne Wieserman, and I\'ve a few Marines I\'d like to see one more time.\'
\'Yes, ma \'am. At your service.\'
She headed for theWorld War I section, stopping at a stone. She picked one of the flowers out of my arm and laid it on top of the stone. She murmured something I couldn\'t quite make out. The name on the marble wasDonald S. Davidson,USMC: France 1918.
She turned away and made a straight line for theWorld
War II section, stopping at one stone. I saw a tear slowly tracking
its way down her cheek. She put a bunch on a stone; the name wasStephen X.Davidson, USMC, 1943.
She went up the row a ways and laid another bunch on a stone,Stanley
J. Wieserman, USMC, 1944.She paused for a second. \'Two more, son, and we\'ll be done\'
I almost didn\'t say anything, but, \'Yes, ma\'am. Take your time.\'
She looked confused. \'Where\'s the Vietnam section, son? I seem to have lost my way.\'I pointed with my chin. \'That way, ma\'am.\'
\'Oh!\' she chuckled quietly. \'Son, me and old age ain\'t too friendly.\'
She headed down the walk I\'d pointed at. She stopped at a couple of stones before she found the ones she wanted. She placed a bunch onLarry Wieserman, USMC, 1968,
and the last onDarrel Wieserman, USMC, 1970.
She stood there and murmured a few words I still couldn\'t make out.
\'OK, son, I\'m finished. Get me back to my car and you can go home.\'
Yes, ma\'am. If I may ask, were those your kinfolk?\'
She paused. \'Yes,Donald Davidson
was my father,Stephen
was my uncle,Stanley
was my husband,Larry
andDarrel
were our sons. All killed in action, all Marines.\'

She stopped. Whether she had finished, or couldn\'t finish, I don\'t know. She made her way to her car, slowly and painfully.I waited for a polite distance to come between us and then double-timed it over to Kevin, waiting by the car.
\'Get to the \'Out\' gate quick. I have something I\'ve got to do.\'
Kevin started to say something, but saw the look I gave him. He broke the rules to get us there down the service road. We beat her. She hadn\'t madeit around the rotunda yet.

\'Kevin, stand at attention next to the gatepost. Follow my lead.\'
I humped it across the drive to the other post.When the Cadillac came puttering around from the hedges and began the short straight traverse to the gate, I called in my best Gunny\'s voice: \'TehenHut! Present Haaaarms!\'
I have to hand it to Kevin; he never blinked an eye--full dress uniform standing at attention
and a salute that would make his DI proud.
She drove through that gate with two old worn-out Marines giving her a send-off she deserved, for service rendered to her country, and for knowing duty, honor and sacrifice.
I am not sure, but I think I saw a salute returned from that Cadillac.Instead of \'The End,\'...just think of \'Taps.\'As a final thought on my part, let me share a favorite prayer: \'Lord,
keep our servicemen and women safe, whether they serve at home or overseas.
Hold them in your loving hands and protect them as they protect us.\'
Let\'s all keep those currently serving and those who have gone before in our thoughts. They are the reason for the many freedoms we enjoy.
\'In God We Trust.\'

Sorry about your monitor; it made mine blurry too!
\"If we ever forget that we\'re one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under!\"
President Reagan
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\"Being ready is not what matters. What matters is winning after you get there.\"

(Lieutenant General Victor H. Krulak, USMC, April 1965.)

\"You don\'t hurt \'em if you don\'t hit \'em.\" (Lieutenant General Lewis B. Puller, USMC, 1962.)

\"Retreat Hell! We\'re just attacking in another direction.\" (Attributed to Major General Oliver P. Smith, USMC, Korea, December 1950.)

\"Goddam it, you\'ll never get the Purple Heart hiding in a foxhole! Follow me!\" (Captain Henry P. \"Jim\" Crowe, USMC, Guadalcanal, 13 January 1943.)

\"Come on, you sons of bitches-do you want to live forever?\" (Attributed to Gunnery Sergeant Dan Daly, USMC, Belleau Wood, June 1918.)

\"Once a Marine, always a Marine!\" (MSgt Paul Woyshner, a 40-year Marine, is credited with originating this expression during a taproom argument with a discharged Marine.)

\"I can\'t say enough about the two Marine divisions. If I use words like brilliant, it would really be an under-description of the absolutely superb job they did in breaching the so-called impenetrable barrier. . .Absolutely superb operation, a textbook, and I think it\'ll be studied for many, many years to come as the way to do it.\" (General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, USA, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 27 February 1991.)

\"I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world.\" (General Douglas MacArthur, USA, outskirts of Seoul, 21 September 1950.)

\"Casualties many; Percentage of dead not known; Combat efficiency; we are winning.\" (Colonel David M. Shoup, USMC, Tarawa, 21 November 1943.)

\"The deadliest weapon in the world is a MARINE and his rifle!\"

GEN. PERSHING, US.ARMY

\"Hard pressed on my right. My center is yielding. Impossible to maneuver. Situation excellent. I am attacking!\"

FERDINAND FOCH

\"The more MARINES I have around the better I like it!\"

GEN. MARK CLARK, U.S. ARMY

\"I want you boys to hurry up and whip these Germans so we can get out to the Pacific to kick the s**t out of the purple-pissing Japanese, before the Godda**ed MARINES get all the credit!\" Lt General George Patton, US Army 1945

\"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.\" GEORGE ORWELL

\"Sometimes it is entirely appropriate to kill a fly with a sledge-hammer!\"

MAJ. HOLDREDGE

\"A ship without MARINES is like a garment without buttons.\"

ADM. DAVID PORTER, USN

\"The MARINES have landed and have the situation well in hand!\"

RICHARD HARDING DAVIS

\"Casualties many; Percentage of dead not known; Combat efficiency: we are winning!\"

COL. DAVID M. SHOUP, USMC

\"I can never again see a UNITED STATES MARINE without experiencing a feeling of reverence.\"

GEN. JOHNSON, U.S. ARMY

\"The raising of that flag on Suribachi means a MARINE CORPS for the next 500 years.\"

JAMES FORRESTAL, SECRETARY OF THE NAVY

\"Come on, you sons of b*****! Do you want to live forever?\"

GySgt. DANIEL DALY, USMC

\"We\'re not retreating, Hell! We\'re just attacking in a different direction!\"

GEN. OLIVER SMITH, USMC

\"I have just returned from visiting the MARINES at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world!\"

GEN. DOUGLAS MACARTHUR, U.S. ARMY

\"Teufelhunde! (Devil Dogs)\"

GERMAN SOLDIERS, WW1 at BELLEAU WOOD

\"So they\'ve got us surrounded, good! Now we can fire in any direction, those b*****ds won\'t get away this time!\"

CHESTY PULLER, USMC

\"We have two companies of MARINES running all over this island and thousands of ARMY troops doing nothing!\"

GEN. JOHN VESSEY, CHAIRMAN OF JOINT CHIEFS

\"Retreat hell! We just got here!\"

CAPT. LLOYD WILLIAMS, USMC

\"The safest place in Korea was right behind a platoon of MARINES. LORD, how they could fight!\"

MAJ. GEN. FRANK LOWE, U.S. ARMY

\"Panic sweeps my men when they are facing the AMERICAN MARINES.\"

CAPTURED NORTH KOREAN MAJOR

\"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference. The Marines don\'t have that problem.\"

PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN, 1985

\"There are only two kinds of people that understand Marines: Marines and those who have met them in battle. Everyone else has a second-hand opinion.\" Unknown

WE STOLE THE EAGLE FROM THE AIR FORCE, THE ANCHOR FROM THE NAVY AND THE ROPE FROM THE ARMY.

ON THE SEVENTH DAY WHILE GOD RESTED, WE OVERRAN HIS PERIMETER, STOLE THE GLOBE AND WE\'VE BEEN RUNNING THE WHOLE SHOW EVER SINCE.

WE LIVE LIKE SOLDIERS, TALK LIKE SAILORS, AND SLAP THE HELL OUT OF BOTH OF THEM.

WARRIORS BY DAY, LOVERS BY NIGHT, PROFESSIONALS BY CHOICE, AND MARINES BY THE GRACE OF GOD.

Every now and then, in the middle of the constant barrage of trash that’s just lighting us all up these days, we come across a story, a feat, an event that just makes us stop in our tracks. This was one for me.... Cody Green was a 12-year kid in Indiana who was diagnosed with leukemia at 22 months old. He loved the Marines, and his parents said he drew strength and courage from the Marine Corps. as ...he bravely fought the battle into remission three times. Although he was cancer-free at the time, the chemotherapy had lowered his immune system and he developed a fungus infection that attacked his brain. Two weeks ago, as he struggled to fend off that infection in the hospital, the Marines wanted to show how much they respected his will to live, his strength, honor and courage. They presented Cody with Marine navigator wings and named him an honorary member of the United States Marine Corps. For one Marine, that wasn’t enough ... so that night, before Cody Green passed away, he took it upon himself to stand guard at Cody’s hospital door all night long, eight hours straight.Nowhere on the face of this planet is there a country so blessed as we to have men and women such as this. I wish I could personally tell this Marine how proud he makes me to be a MARINE!

God... I do so love this country.

ONCE A MARINE....TO ALL THOSE WHO SERVE .....SEMPER FI

VIC VETURIS USMC VET

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