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Sunday, September 18, 2011

Gunny G's Marines History and Traditions: Who Coined The Phrase "Bug Out"?

Gunny G's Marines History and Traditions: Who Coined The Phrase "Bug Out"?:

From the book, A Fellowship Of Valor, by Col Joseph H. Alexander, USMC Ret, 1997, Harper Collins, we learn the following regarding the flag raising in Seoul, Korea on 27 Spetember, 1950...

"An envious Army officer from Almond's staff chided Chesty Puller:

'Ever since that flag-raising picture on Iwo Jima got published, I'm convinced you Marines would rather carry a flag into battle than a weapon.' Puller regarded the man icily, 'Not a bad idea,' he growled, 'a man with a flag in his pack and the desire to run it up on an enemy position isn't likely to bug out!'"
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http://www.ausa.org/www/armymag.nsf/(reviews)/200012?OpenDocument
http://www.ausa.org/www/armymag.nsf/(reviews)/200012?OpenDocument

http://www.geocities.com/generalwaltonwalker/02issues.html
http://www.geocities.com/generalwaltonwalker/02issues.html


http://www.rt66.com/~korteng/SmallArms/prisoners2.htm
http://www.rt66.com/~korteng/SmallArms/prisoners2.htm
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  1. Gunny G9:31 AM

    General Hint:

    When links are dead, try cranking them into The Way back Machine online and see if they have that URL among their billions of archived pages....bing/google it!

    Nothing is forever on the net--especially links...

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