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Our WWII Sailors thank the Marines, originally uploaded by phlegmmy.

Our WWII Sailors thank the Marines--or one Marine in particular.

There has always been a rivalry between the Navy and the Marines. When my nephew, Michael, who is a Marine (he isn't in the service now, but you are never an ex-Marine) loaned us his truck and helped to load the bell for the trip, he asked us to remind the sailors that "the Marines carried them this time". The sailor's were very grateful.