Posts Tagged ‘Quantico’
You Ain’t Going To Be No Officer
On November 10, 1945, the 170th anniversary of the founding of the United States Marine Corps, a small ceremony took place at Montford Point, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. In what would later be deemed an historic day for the Marine Corps and the United States, Frederick C. Branch, a twenty-three-year-old World War II veteran with…
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In early 1956, with Elvis songs flooding the airwaves, “I Love Lucy” beaming into living rooms, and Eisenhower preparing to run for a second term, three young men reported to Quantico, Virginia. They were beginning The Basic School, or TBS, a six-month training program designed to turn newly commissioned 2nd Lieutenants into knowledgeable and confident…
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