Semper Fi!

Today, 201 years ago, Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon, United States Marine Corps, had the honour of planting the first United States Flag in foreign soil on the other side of the Atlantic: Derna, Tripoli.

In recognition of heroism... he was awarded a Mamluk sword, which our officers, such as Joel, carry today. Us enlisted grunts had to make due with a pretty fine Cavalry sword... the oldest weapon in the US military today (though I stood in front of a merit board and argued, successfully, that the Marine was the oldest weapon in the Marine Corps inventory).

Semper Fidelis Marines.

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