Detachment #828
“In the Army, shock troops are a small minority
supported by a vast group of artisans, laborers, clerks
and organizers. In the Marines there are practically nothing but shock troops”.
Combat correspondent
John Lardner, 6 March 1945 report on Iwo Jima in New Yorker magazine, 17 March
1945
Monthly
meetings are the first Wednesday of the month, 6:00 PM at the American Legion,
600 S. Legion Lane, Columbia, MO.
If you
have comments or suggestions, email us at Mizzou Marines.