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While Rabbi Hier may be right that this photo represents a knowing act of anti-Semitism, it seems more likely the second explanation is true and that what it actually represents is the fact most Americans don’t know their past from a hole in the... The second explanation is ignorance, i. e. , that when a troupe of U. S. Marines posed in Afghanistan with a flag bearing the logo — a double “s” in the shape of lightning bolts — of the Schutzstaffel, or SS, the military and police arm of the... Indeed, a spokeswoman at Camp Pendleton in California where the Marines are based says the men in the photo, which surfaced on the website of a Florida weapons company, thought the double “s” stood for “sniper scouts. The spokeswoman says the Marines were unaware the flag symbolized the thugs and bully boys who, under Adolf Hitler’s command, burned down much of Jewish Europe during the Holocaust. That is the explanation favored by Rabbi Marvin Hier of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles. There are only two possible explanations for that photo.Source: LubbockOnline.com

May 19, 2594 by polara | Posted in Trivia
I am interested in starting a project with local veterinarians with disabilities, and I would like to know the colors of the branches of service before I approach.
Sep 22, 2006 by Ms.Jones | Posted in Military
Please send any interesting marine information if possible.
Blue and gray
Even their supporters club is called "Blue and Gray Club
http://www.usmmasports.
May 15, 2008 by srfeitl | Posted in Military
army colors are green what are marines'?
Scarlet and Gold...
and Army colors are Black and Gold
by Boondocksaint375
Climbing such a mountain might be a daunting task for anyone to undertake, but Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Szylobryt, hospital corpsman, Marine Special Operations Support Group, U. S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, took on... He had climbed a similarly challenging mountain in June 2007 when he made it to the top of Mt. Rainier in Washington state, but Mt. Washington’s cold and windy weather 17, 2008) -- At 6,288 feet, Mt. Washington is the tallest mountain in the Northeast and a treacherous mound of earth, rock, and ice known to have the some of the worst weather of any mountain in the eastern United States. Szylobryt’s trek up the mountain began when he and his roommate’s family decided to take a ski trip to New Hampshire’s White Mountain range....
My father was a Marine, so I played in Little Leagues from Maine to Hawaii and they were all pretty much the same. Somebody's dad was the ...
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The United States Marines, a history
Creator: Edwin H. Simmons | History - 2003-03
Colonel Howard sadly told his adjutant to burn the 4th Marines' colors. By then
other Marine forces were already moving westward. ...
Publisher: Naval Inst Pr
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Handbook for Marine NCOs
Creator: Kenneth W. Estes, Robert Debs Heinl | History - 1996
When not in the hands of troops, the National Color is entrusted to the adjutant
. With the Marine Corps Color (discussed below), the National Color ...
Publisher: Naval Inst Pr
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First Black Marines, Vanguard of a Legacy
Creator: Fred deClouet | History - 2000-09-20
Blacks forever would have a history of bravery, devotion to duty and outstanding
achievement to set standards for Marines of all colors. ...
Publisher: AuthorHouse
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The Leatherneck
Creator: Marine Corps Institute (U.S.)., Leatherneck Association, Marine Corps Association | History - 1997
1 THOMAS' TIN SOLDIERS I PRESENTS ; 1 'SEMPER Fl' ^^^ j^^^^^ THE US MARINES
COLOR BEARER OS3 1861 C5N3 ** CARRIED INTO BATTLE UY A BATTALION OF MARINES AT
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