Bruce Guthrie Photos: VA -- Quantico -- National Museum of the Marine Corps (misc)

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Description of Subject Matter: Various galleries here:
Making Marines
Legacy Walk
Global War On Terrorism (which, oddly enough, is mostly about Iraq)
Capturing the Hearts of Americans

Also the tavern and whatever else came up.

Making Marines:

All Marines remember their drill instructor (DI). In “Making Marines,” visitors step inside the process used by drill instructors to transform young men and women into Marines. “Making Marines” immerses visitors in the memorable experiences that forge recruits and officer candidates into privates and lieutenants.

Listen to the thoughts of wary recruits during that first bus ride to the training depot. Stand on the famous yellow footprints and visit the barbershop where “it all gets taken away.” Visitors can get up close and personal with their own “DI” and will experience how the most important lesson of boot camp is learning how to solve problems as cohesive unit, rather than as an individual. Before graduation, try your marksmanship skills at the M-16 laser rifle range. Remember: “Every Marine is a rifleman.”

The above was from http://www.usmcmuseum.org/Exhibits_MakingMarines.asp

Legacy Walk:

Along the Legacy Walk, visitors are immersed in more than 200 years of Marine Corps history. Entering the Legacy Walk visitors are greeted by Colonial Marines perched high atop a sailing ship’s “fighting top” ready to sweep the decks of an opposing ship with withering musket fire. Only yards away, two-time Medal of Honor recipient Dan Daly fights on the Tartar Wall in Peking in 1900. Farther on, a World War I Marine locked in hand-to-hand combat with a German soldier reminds visitors that war can be intensely personal. Continuing along the Legacy Walk, a Navy corpsman works frantically to save a wounded Marine during World War II. Overhead, a de Havilland DH-4 prepares to pick up a message pouch during the “Banana Wars” of the 1920s and the UH-1E Huey helicopter in which Marine Maj Stephen Pless earned the Medal of Hon ...More...
Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. MCMETC_130210_005.JPG: Making Marines: "First to fight for right and freedom..." -- The Marines' Hymn For Marines, "First to Fight" is both a promise and a point of pride. Readiness for rapid deployment and sudden violence demands strict discipline and tough training. Being first on the ground in a hostile situation requires the ability to fight outnumbered and endure great chaos. To maintain this distinctive capability, the Marines have always sought a special breed of recruits, young men and women looking for a personal challenge and a commitment to something greater than themselves. Their careful transformation into Marines occurs under the leadership of handpicked noncommissioned officers trained as drill instructors.
2. MCMETC_130210_007.JPG: "A Few Good Men" "No man is wanted who does not come voluntarily to the flag of his country." -- Regulations for the Recruiting Service of the US Marine Corps, 1847 "A Few Good Men" has been a Marine recruiting theme for more than 200 years. As the smallest of the armed services, the Corps can usually afford to be selective in its recruiting efforts, promising adventure and a personal challenge, but not disguising the reality of taut discipline, rugged training, frequent deployments, and hard fighting. Today, each service uses sophisticated television advertising to target its desired population of potential recruits. Marine recruiting programs traditionally attempt to attract motivated, self-reliant young men and women seeking to qualify for service with "The Few.. The Proud... the Marines."
3. MCMETC_130210_013.JPG: The Arrival: "What have I done?" -- Recruit Charles Lees to himself as bus arrived at recruit depot The first Marine sergeant appears the moment the bus filled with anxious new recruits reaches the depot. He presents an imposing appearance -- ramrod straight, impeccably dressed, his broad-brimmed campaign that squarely centered on his close-cropped head. Everything in his demeanor commands attention. For some recruits, he will be the first male authority figure in their lives. He wastes few words: "Get off my bus and stand on the yellow footprints on the pavement -- now!"
4. MCMETC_130210_042.JPG: I'm thinking this chunky lady didn't have much of a chance of making it in the Marines.
5. MCMETC_130210_086.JPG: Pentagon Building Fragment: This building fragment was recovered from the Pentagon following the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 and was retrieved by the National Museum of the Marine Corps' Pentagon Recovery Team in October 2001.
6. MCMETC_130210_097.JPG: World Trade Center I-Beam: This I-beam was once part of the World Trade Center complex in New York City and was recovered from the area known as Ground Zero following the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001.
7. MCMETC_130210_137.JPG: Capturing the Hearts of Americans: "Marine regiment ordered to Mexico... will sail at once from Philadelphia." -- New York Times, 22 April 1914 The tendency of American presidents to order Marines ashore in the so-called "Small Wars" of the late 19th and early 20th centuries reflected the spirit of the times -- an expanding nation pursuing a two-fisted foreign policy in the Western Hemisphere. Sending in the readily available Marines was a convenient policy decision. Their fleet base conveyed the impression of a temporary lodgment (foothold or beachhead), whereas deploying the US Army would have been seen as an act of war. The marines benefited from the public exposure. Newspaper accounts of their colorful and successful exploits appealed to Americans and made possible the growth of the Corps into a modern force. Additionally, the precision drill and foot-tapping music of formal parades and reviews, staged flawlessly by the renowned Marine Band, added to a luster that led the country to embrace their Marine Corps as a population national institution.
8. MCMETC_130210_144.JPG: The President's Own: "The Marine Band is eminently the national band of the country." -- Washington newspaper report, 1873 Established by Congress in 1798, the Marine Band received the title "The President's Own" from newly inaugurated Thomas Jefferson in 1801, leading to more than two centuries of stirring White House performances. At first, the Corps recruited musicians from Italy, then accepted boys as young as 12 as apprentices. Under the inspired direction of John Philip Sousa from 1880 to 1892, the Band blossomed into one of the most recognizable and beloved of American ensembles. Millions of Americans hear the Band every year and thrill to Hail to the Chief played by Marines immediately after the swearing-in ceremony at each presidential inauguration.
9. MCMETC_130210_146.JPG: Parades and Concerts: "A blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums, a flash of color beneath the sky. Hats off! The flag is marching by." -- Henry Holcomb Bennett, The Flag Goes By, circa 1900 The Marine Band's mission is to provide music for the President and the Commandant. During the mid-1800s, Commandant Archibald Henderson began the tradition of opening the Marine Barracks in Washington, DC (the Corps' oldest post), to the public for Sunday concerts. The tradition continues at evening parades where the Band, Drum and Bugle Corps, and Silent Drill Platoon electrify onlookers. They have become a universal symbol of the competence, discipline, and spirit of the Corps.
10. MCMETC_130210_152.JPG: Public Esteem: "American Marines Praised... in China." -- New York Times, 5 October 1900 The Marines' rapid deployment to Cuba early in the Spanish-American War, followed by short-fused expeditions to China and the Philippines, won accolades for the Corps and created high expectations for future foreign crises. A similar quick reaction at the Vera Cruz in 1914 reinforced the popular notion of Marines as the first-response team. Charismatic leaders made good copy. Marines like Smedley Butler, "Handsome Jack" Myers, Dan Daly, and John Quick became familiar figures in American hometown newspapers. Close behind the fighting Marines came their band, sharp and melodious, always in the public eye and earning wide acclaim.
11. MCMETC_130210_183.JPG: Marines in the Headlines: "Marines gain a victory. Wade a river to their shoulders to take Filipino Forts." -- New York Times, 9 October 1899 The American public came to expect accounts of Marines in the headlines during moments of crisis. The country read on the front pages of their daily newspapers about Leatherneck accomplishments in China ("Marines Off to China"), Mexico ("800 Marines Leave for Vera Cruz"), or other exotic climes ("Haitians Slay Their President; We Land Marines"). The heightened profile helped the Corps proved its usefulness, and brought in the recruits necessary to fulfill an expanding mission.
12. MCMETC_130210_188.JPG: John Philip Sousa: "Your marches are like the American people -- full of fire, brilliance, and sentiment." -- Queen Alexandra of England, to Sousa, 1901 Sousa, the son of a Marine bandsman, became the Director of the Marine Band in 1880 at the age of 25. As Bandmaster under five presidents, he turned the Marine Band into a nationally recognized hallmark and launched a career that made him the country's most famous bandleader. Composition of stirring tunes such as Stars and Stripes Forever and Semper Fidelis earned Sousa the title "The March Kind." Later he admitted, "Marches are... my musical children."
13. MCMETC_130210_217.JPG: From The Sea: Marines operate from the sea in partnership with the US Navy -- and have since 1775. The United States is a maritime nation, separated by thousands of miles of water from most of its allies. The Navy and Marines serve together to maintain the freedom of the seas and protect American security. Early in the Revolutionary War, the fledgling American fleet, joined by a newly formed battalion of Marines, seized a British fort in the Bahamas . In 2002, a Maritime Expeditionary Brigade launched in helicopters from Navy amphibious ships in the Arabian Sea and executed a 450-mile deployment into Afghanistan. While a "sibling rivalry" often exists between sailors and Marines, their historic teamwork is one of America's strengths.
14. MCMETC_130210_276.JPG: Eagle, Globe, & Anchor: "The spirit of the Marines of Korea, Vietnam, and Kuwait still animates those who wear the eagle, globe, and anchor today." -- General James L. Jones, 32d Commandant, November 2000 Marine uniforms had featured a variety of insignia in the early decades -- "plumes, cockades, tassels, and epaulettes," either prescribed or locally adopted. In 1834, Headquarters specified that a three-inch-wide brass eagle be worn on the hat, then in 1859 switched to a gold bugle and a silver "M". On 19 November 1868, a board appointed by Commandant Brigadier General Jacob Zeilin approved the present Marine Corps emblem, designed by Lieutenant George Reid, aided by a Washington jeweler. It borrowed the globe from the British Royal Marines, but showing the western hemisphere. The eagle and the anchor made clear the nature of the Corps as both American and maritime.
15. MCMETC_130210_281.JPG: Semper Fidelis: "The motto, 'Semper Fidelis,' means to one Marine at least, the pledge of allegiance to the flag put into action." -- Lieutenant Rowland Vance, 1943 Early unofficial Marine mottoes included "Fortitudine" and "By Sea and By Land." After 1848 the Marine flag bore the traditional legend, "From Tripoli to the Halls of the Montezumas" (an order that would be reversed in the famous hymm, probably for rhyming reasons). In the early 1880s, the Latin "Semper Fidelis" ("Always Faithful") became official. Countless generations of Marines have lived by the motto, resolutely "always faithful" to their duty, and many have died bravely while observing that dictum. Over time, "Semper Fi" grew to be the sometimes irreverent, always beloved, all-purpose greeting and benediction of the US Marines.
16. MCMETC_130210_285.JPG: The Marines' Hymn: "The Marines' Hymn bit so deeply into my memory that I could not get it out of my head." -- British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, reviewing the Marine Brigade, Iceland, 1941 The full origins of the stirring Marine anthem remain shrouded in mystery. The melody dates from the 1859 Jacques Offenbach opera Genevieve de Brabant. The earliest printed version of the familiar words, penned by an unknown author, appeared on a late 19th century recruiting poster. Commandant John Lejeune took out a copyright covering the traditional first three stanzas of the hymn in 1929. General Thomas Holcomb acknowledged the burgeoning Marine air arm in 1942 when he authorized adding "in the air" to the lyrics. "The old Hymn is the spirit of the Marines," said one veteran. Marines invariably stand in respect at the hymn's first note.
17. MCMETC_130210_306.JPG: Captain Hiram Bearss' Medal of Honor, Samar, 1901: Hiram Bearss was cited for extraordinary heroism and leadership in battle in the Samar province, Philippines, on 17 November 1901. By scaling sheer cliffs on bamboo ladders, his small force surprised and routed enemy forces in a fortress through to be impregnable to attack.
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Generally-Related Subject Description: The National Museum of the Marine Corps is a lasting tribute to U.S. Marines -- past, present, and future. Situated on a 135-acre site adjacent to the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia, the Museum's soaring design evokes the image of the flag-raisers of Iwo Jima and beckons visitors to its 118,000-square-foot structure. World-class interactive exhibits using the most innovative technology will surround visitors with irreplaceable artifacts and immerse them in the sights and sounds of Marines in action.

Collections of the National Museum of the Marine Corps:

The collections held in trust at the National Museum of the Marine Corps document over 230 years of Marine Corps history. The mission of the Museum is to collect and preserve in perpetuity, artifacts that reflect and chronicle the history of the Corps. The more than 60,000 uniforms, weapons, vehicles, medals, flags, aircraft, works of art and other artifacts in the Museum’s collections trace the history of the Marine Corps from 1775 to the present.

The Museum’s holdings, which range from combat aircraft to individual Civil War era blouse buttons, are divided into four broad categories: ordnance, uniforms and heraldry, aviation, and art. Some of the more unusual items in the care of the Museum include a coat worn by Marine Captain Levi Twiggs during his service in the Indian Wars, a presentation baton given to John Philip Sousa on his departure as director of the Marine Corps Band, and an Oscar awarded to the Marine Corps for the World War II documentary “Tarawa.” Perhaps the most symbolically important artifact in the Museum’s collection is the second American flag raised over Iwo Jima’s Mount Suribachi. Associated Press combat photographer Joe Rosenthal’s image of the raising of this flag became one of the most iconic images of World War II and the inspiration for the Marine Corps War Memorial in Washington, D.C.

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