Saturday, August 2, 2014

10 Great U.S. Marines-- Part 1

From the February 11, 2011, Listverse.  Always more information and pictures at the site.

10.  Captain Brian Michael Stann.  Born in 1980.  Received the Silver Star in May 2005 in Iraq.

9.  Private First Class Robert Leckie (1920-2001)  Fought in the Pacific Theater World War II.  Wrote the book "Helmet for My Pillow."

8.  Corporal Eugene Bondurant Sledge (19923-2001)  Fought in the Pacific Theater and wrote two books.

7.  Colonel John Herschel Glenn, Jr.  (1921- present).  Astronaut, U.S. senator.

6.  Sgt. Major Daniel Joseph Daly (1973-1937).  Boxer War and World War I.  Coined the phrase "Do you want to live forever."


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