The Old Corps, A Breed Apart – Between The Wars! � ~ BLOGGER.GUNNY.G.1984 ~ (BLOG & EMAIL)

The Old Corps, A Breed Apart – Between The Wars! � ~ BLOGGER.GUNNY.G.1984 ~ (BLOG & EMAIL):

Although many of us likely have differing opinions as to just what constitutes the “Old Corps,”

I think that most of us here reading this would accept that period between the two world wars as such.

Also, I believe it is true that we all initially see all of those Marines who came before us as old corps; but later, after a few, or many, years our perception of that tends to narrow somewhat and we all decide to some degree just what the old corps means to us individually.

Our opinions are founded and shaped according to when we entered the Corps, our experiences, etc. And so our own perception of the Old Corps may become both similar and /or dissimilar to one another’s.

But it is that period of time between the world wars that I would choose for myself as that which best falls into the category of Old Corps–for me, anyway–and it is...............
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