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  1. Guadalcanal #Marine veteran and Navy Cross recipient honored for service    bddy.me/MRL9Qx  27 minutes ago via Stream Publisher
  2. VIDEO: Firefighting #Marines take on flames as tall as a 2-story building.  bddy.me/MRzFPD  about 4 hours ago via Stream Publisher
  3. Brush up on the history of your #Marine Corps veterans  bddy.me/Kf1JLh #MarinesMagazine about 8 hours ago via Stream Publisher
  4. If you missed the ceremony at the site of the Battle of Belleau Wood, you can still catch the glory  bddy.me/KeAFeW  about 10 hours ago via Stream Publisher
  5. PHOTO: It's a bird, it's a plane, it's #Marine Blue Angels!  bddy.me/Keac1e  about 12 hours ago via Stream Publisher
  6. "Sometimes it is entirely appropriate to kill a fly with a sledge-hammer!" #Marine Maj. Holdredge  about 16 hours ago via Stream Publisher
  7. #Marine veteran and former boxer 'Kid Sharkey' still has his fighting spirit at 95  bddy.me/LpBqlm  about 20 hours ago via Stream Publisher
  8. Watch the #MemorialDay ceremony at the site of the #Marine Battle of Belleau Wood @ 3:45 AM EDT bddy.me/LyA97B  about 23 hours ago via Stream Publisher
  9. VIDEO: Biggest Loser's @Ali_Sweeney among runners at this year's #Marine Corps Historic Half  bddy.me/Lyvi6x  6:00 PM May 26th via Stream Publisher
  10. Rain, enemy attacks, lack of sleep help #Marine fireteams build bonds during training  bddy.me/KbkSxq  2:00 PM May 26th via Stream Publisher
  11. Hear the Band of America's Few play at the National Museum of the Marine Corps May 27 @ 10:30 AM  bddy.me/LQT57V  10:00 AM May 26th via Stream Publisher
  12. PHOTO: Who's the king of the battlefield?  bddy.me/LQj67u  6:00 AM May 26th via Stream Publisher
  13. "All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent." Pres. Thomas Jefferson 2:00 AM May 26th via Stream Publisher
  14. #Marine mom fights for son's recovery during unexplained illness  bddy.me/MFtDyR  10:00 PM May 25th via Stream Publisher
  15. #Marines conduct nighttime raids into the Chocolate Mountains  bddy.me/K7gv6z  6:00 PM May 25th via Stream Publisher
  16. PHOTO: Fallen #Marine makes long journey home  bddy.me/K6oxwI  2:00 PM May 25th via Stream Publisher
  17. VIDEO: #Marine receives Navy Cross for engaging enemy in hand-to-hand combat  bddy.me/K5omBH  10:00 AM May 25th via Stream Publisher
  18. Fact Friday: There were 280,800 flags set out at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day 2011. #Marines  6:00 AM May 25th via Stream Publisher
  19. "Casualties many; percentage of dead unknown; combat efficiency; we are winning." #Marine Col. Shoup, Tarawa  2:00 AM May 25th via Stream Publisher
  20. Fall WWII #Marine's body was never found, but family reunited with his dog tags after 66 years  bddy.me/JOsnvq  10:00 PM May 24th via Stream Publisher
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