1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:19,240 --> 00:00:21,760 I march 600 miles with a handful 3 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:23,900 Marines commanded by First Lieutenant 4 00:00:23,900 --> 00:00:26,540 Presley O'Bannon to attack the fortress 5 00:00:26,540 --> 00:00:29,350 of Derna , Tripoli , supported by 6 00:00:29,350 --> 00:00:32,440 Greeks , Arabs and American horses . We 7 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:33,680 storm the fortress . 8 00:00:35,940 --> 00:00:39,580 Colonel Archibald Henderson , the grand 9 00:00:39,580 --> 00:00:41,247 old man of the Marine Corps , 10 00:00:41,247 --> 00:00:43,730 volunteered a regiment of Marines to 11 00:00:43,730 --> 00:00:46,330 assist the Army fighting the Indians in 12 00:00:46,330 --> 00:00:49,320 Florida . The Marines campaign through 13 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:51,264 the southern swamps , fighting the 14 00:00:51,264 --> 00:00:53,880 creeks in Georgia and the Seminoles in 15 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:56,590 Florida . I was a member of the 16 00:00:56,590 --> 00:00:58,646 battalion of Marines Atlanta General 17 00:00:58,646 --> 00:01:01,070 Winfield Scott of Vera Cruz in 18 47 . 18 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:03,662 This was our nation's first large scale 19 00:01:03,662 --> 00:01:05,990 amphibious operation . My Marine join 20 00:01:05,990 --> 00:01:08,212 General Scott's column and marched into 21 00:01:08,212 --> 00:01:10,840 Mexico City on our way . We organizing 22 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:12,618 the storming parties and attack 23 00:01:12,618 --> 00:01:15,100 Chapultepec Castle . By nightfall , we 24 00:01:15,100 --> 00:01:16,650 had seized that castle 25 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:22,610 18 61 the darkest day in our 26 00:01:22,610 --> 00:01:25,230 nation's young history . Our nation was 27 00:01:25,230 --> 00:01:28,510 divided . It's always our core putting 28 00:01:28,510 --> 00:01:31,640 brother against brother and Marine 29 00:01:31,820 --> 00:01:34,210 against Marine . I stayed with the 30 00:01:34,210 --> 00:01:36,530 union and sailed with far got down to 31 00:01:36,530 --> 00:01:39,900 Mobile Bay , my brother during the 32 00:01:39,900 --> 00:01:41,956 Confederate Marines . It was lost in 33 00:01:41,956 --> 00:01:44,011 the fighting's of Dewey's bluff near 34 00:01:44,011 --> 00:01:47,290 Richmond . After Appomattox , it took 35 00:01:47,290 --> 00:01:49,720 time for our nation's wounds to heal . 36 00:01:49,730 --> 00:01:52,960 But we are together again . Northerner , 37 00:01:52,970 --> 00:01:54,970 Southerner , Marines 38 00:01:56,940 --> 00:01:59,051 I was with the first Marine battalion 39 00:01:59,051 --> 00:02:00,996 that storm Guantanamo Bay , Cuba , 40 00:02:00,996 --> 00:02:02,996 during the Spanish American War and 41 00:02:02,996 --> 00:02:05,107 sees an advanced base for the fleet . 42 00:02:05,107 --> 00:02:07,440 Four days later , we routed the Spanish , 43 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:09,551 cut off their water supply and ensure 44 00:02:09,551 --> 00:02:13,470 complete victory . In July 1918 , 45 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:15,591 the demands of the war were at an all 46 00:02:15,591 --> 00:02:18,120 time high . The secretary of the Navy , 47 00:02:18,130 --> 00:02:20,480 Josephus Daniels , granted approval to 48 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:22,424 enlist women in the Marine Corps . 49 00:02:22,940 --> 00:02:25,200 Within days , thousands of women feel 50 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:27,533 recruiting offices all over the country . 51 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:31,160 President Wilson called it the war to 52 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:34,390 end all wars . I marched the dusty 53 00:02:34,390 --> 00:02:36,279 roads of France of my brigade and 54 00:02:36,279 --> 00:02:38,334 pulled up to a dark patch of woods . 55 00:02:38,540 --> 00:02:40,860 Our allies were in retreat , and I was 56 00:02:40,860 --> 00:02:42,916 told to pull back to new positions . 57 00:02:42,940 --> 00:02:46,650 Retreat ! Hell , we just got here 58 00:02:47,730 --> 00:02:49,619 in the dark woods . We fought the 59 00:02:49,619 --> 00:02:51,674 Germans hand to hand Bayern that Tau 60 00:02:51,674 --> 00:02:54,620 bay in that we blunted and finally 61 00:02:54,620 --> 00:02:57,580 stemmed the flow . The woods were later 62 00:02:57,580 --> 00:02:59,960 renamed the Forest of the Marine 63 00:02:59,970 --> 00:03:03,150 Brigade , and the Germans began to call 64 00:03:03,150 --> 00:03:06,100 us Devil Dogs . But I will always 65 00:03:06,100 --> 00:03:08,290 remember that forest as Belleau Woods 66 00:03:08,450 --> 00:03:12,290 and the defenders . Marines in July 67 00:03:12,290 --> 00:03:15,780 1927 . Nicaragua and Outlaws under 68 00:03:15,780 --> 00:03:18,920 Augusto Sandino attack the Marine 69 00:03:18,920 --> 00:03:22,080 garrison at Kolkata . Marine aircraft 70 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:24,140 soon arrived overhead . What the 71 00:03:24,140 --> 00:03:26,540 Sandinistas next saw was the dive 72 00:03:26,540 --> 00:03:30,170 bomber answering history . Nearly 300 73 00:03:30,170 --> 00:03:32,890 bandits were killed , The Marines lost 74 00:03:32,890 --> 00:03:36,840 one man , Pearl Harbor and Kanye 75 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:40,710 Hebei was attacked and the core was 76 00:03:40,710 --> 00:03:43,540 ready , putting into practice the 77 00:03:43,540 --> 00:03:45,980 amphibious techniques pioneered during 78 00:03:45,980 --> 00:03:49,810 the banana wars . More than 23 0 women 79 00:03:50,230 --> 00:03:53,070 entered active duty . I was at 80 00:03:53,070 --> 00:03:56,990 Guadalcanal , Tarawa , SaiPan , Iwo 81 00:03:56,990 --> 00:04:00,370 Jima and Okinawa , names that will live 82 00:04:00,370 --> 00:04:02,510 forever and bear testament to the 83 00:04:02,510 --> 00:04:05,410 indomitable spirit . Empower the Marine 84 00:04:05,410 --> 00:04:07,980 Air Ground team . Women became a 85 00:04:07,980 --> 00:04:10,091 permanent part in the Marine Corps in 86 00:04:10,091 --> 00:04:13,720 1948 2000 serves . When the Korean War 87 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:16,800 started , 11 reserve platoons were 88 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:19,930 activated . This is the first time in 89 00:04:19,930 --> 00:04:22,250 the history of America where women were 90 00:04:22,260 --> 00:04:24,910 involuntarily called in tow . Active 91 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:28,570 military service . We hacked our way 92 00:04:28,570 --> 00:04:30,890 out of the frozen chosen for 13 days . 93 00:04:30,890 --> 00:04:32,946 Fuck the code as well as the enemy , 94 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:35,573 virtually destroying a Chinese division , 95 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:38,096 General Douglas MacArthur said . The 96 00:04:38,096 --> 00:04:40,207 Navy and the Marines have never shone 97 00:04:40,207 --> 00:04:43,090 more brightly . The Marines had landed 98 00:04:43,100 --> 00:04:45,156 and the situation was well in hand . 99 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:49,470 The Vietnam War started in 1965 for 100 00:04:49,470 --> 00:04:51,850 over 10 years . Woman sought to be sent 101 00:04:51,850 --> 00:04:54,020 to Vietnam is counterparts and not as 102 00:04:54,020 --> 00:04:56,500 correspondents . Some even paid their 103 00:04:56,500 --> 00:04:58,810 own way to Vietnam just to quench that 104 00:04:58,810 --> 00:05:01,300 thirst for adventure . We also wanted 105 00:05:01,300 --> 00:05:03,411 to let it be known that we are not to 106 00:05:03,411 --> 00:05:05,710 be ignored or underestimated . We are 107 00:05:05,710 --> 00:05:08,870 not just females . We are Marines . 108 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:11,918 As part of 1st and 3rd Marine Division , 109 00:05:11,918 --> 00:05:13,640 I fought the Viet Cong , North 110 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:15,920 Vietnamese and place such as a way city 111 00:05:15,930 --> 00:05:18,510 John Tan case on and in the case on 112 00:05:18,510 --> 00:05:21,090 mountains . For eight years , I served 113 00:05:21,090 --> 00:05:23,257 in combat with honor and distinction , 114 00:05:23,257 --> 00:05:25,368 while 13,000 Marines sacrificed their 115 00:05:25,368 --> 00:05:27,534 lives in over 50,000 Marines for women 116 00:05:27,534 --> 00:05:30,760 in combat in Southeast Asia . Today , 117 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:34,110 family Marines are fully integrated 118 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:36,700 into the Marine Corps . Through the war 119 00:05:36,700 --> 00:05:40,220 wars , Korea , Vietnam and Gulf Wars . 120 00:05:40,230 --> 00:05:42,970 We have shown the same strength to 121 00:05:42,970 --> 00:05:46,900 serve our country and our core with 122 00:05:46,900 --> 00:05:49,900 a discipline and thankfulness off our 123 00:05:49,910 --> 00:05:52,720 fellow Marines . I've reached the front 124 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:55,330 defensive line of the Iraqi border . I 125 00:05:55,330 --> 00:05:57,330 repelled , then destroyed the enemy 126 00:05:57,330 --> 00:05:59,430 through offensive maneuvers . We 127 00:05:59,430 --> 00:06:01,930 Marines liberated the city of recalled 128 00:06:01,930 --> 00:06:04,340 against you . What we do best being 129 00:06:04,340 --> 00:06:07,240 basic warriors . By the time our first 130 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:09,462 helicopters touched down in Kandahar in 131 00:06:09,462 --> 00:06:11,462 2000 and three , Way had worked for 132 00:06:11,462 --> 00:06:13,573 nearly 90 years , perfecting the idea 133 00:06:13,573 --> 00:06:15,518 of Marine Corps air support to our 134 00:06:15,518 --> 00:06:17,670 comrades on the ground , CBS were 135 00:06:17,670 --> 00:06:21,190 established in 1942 . Since then , we 136 00:06:21,190 --> 00:06:23,301 have servant Marines on every landing 137 00:06:23,340 --> 00:06:26,360 campaign on operation . During World 138 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:28,270 War two , the Marines created the 139 00:06:28,270 --> 00:06:32,250 chaplain's assistant , Mos in , 1979 140 00:06:32,260 --> 00:06:34,260 U . S . Navy create their religious 141 00:06:34,260 --> 00:06:37,530 program Specialist RPI rating . We have 142 00:06:37,530 --> 00:06:40,140 Father Marines in every major battle , 143 00:06:40,150 --> 00:06:42,730 since we have played a vital role with 144 00:06:42,730 --> 00:06:45,150 the Marine Corps teen and we will for 145 00:06:45,150 --> 00:06:46,570 all the years to come . 146 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:52,960 Oh , warming up . Oh 147 00:06:53,940 --> 00:06:54,660 yeah , 148 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:09,384 The Marine Corps team would not be 149 00:07:09,384 --> 00:07:11,790 complete without including our gallant 150 00:07:11,790 --> 00:07:14,910 sailors . Chaplains and Corman have 151 00:07:14,910 --> 00:07:17,340 landed with and fought beside Marines 152 00:07:17,510 --> 00:07:19,170 in every climbed in place . 153 00:07:30,750 --> 00:07:33,980 It is the honor , the courage and the 154 00:07:33,980 --> 00:07:37,250 commitment of those who preceded us . 155 00:07:37,740 --> 00:07:39,796 That's at the standards and made the 156 00:07:39,796 --> 00:07:42,450 core the proud funding organization it 157 00:07:42,450 --> 00:07:46,170 has been since its inception in 17 75 . 158 00:07:46,740 --> 00:07:49,420 We have faith in our God love for our 159 00:07:49,420 --> 00:07:52,910 country , dedication to our core belief 160 00:07:52,910 --> 00:07:55,410 in ourselves and a heritage that sets 161 00:07:55,410 --> 00:07:59,030 us apart . The faces of the Marines of 162 00:07:59,030 --> 00:08:01,850 the past tell a story of a tough 163 00:08:02,650 --> 00:08:05,700 discipline and proud people who loved 164 00:08:05,700 --> 00:08:08,450 the challenge of being the best . Today 165 00:08:08,570 --> 00:08:10,910 our uniforms has changed . What are 166 00:08:10,910 --> 00:08:13,670 voters ? They remain the same . 167 00:08:14,340 --> 00:08:17,430 Sure , we're better educated , better 168 00:08:17,430 --> 00:08:19,700 equipped and better trained . But our 169 00:08:19,700 --> 00:08:23,210 duty has not changed . We already 170 00:08:23,220 --> 00:08:27,040 burning any time anywhere . Right 171 00:08:27,050 --> 00:08:29,970 now , from the South China Sea to the 172 00:08:29,970 --> 00:08:32,280 Indian Ocean from the sandy deserts of 173 00:08:32,290 --> 00:08:34,068 going to the Rocky Mountains of 174 00:08:34,068 --> 00:08:37,670 Afghanistan to the streets of Iraq are 175 00:08:37,670 --> 00:08:39,810 responsiveness building are clearly 176 00:08:39,810 --> 00:08:42,260 anything to anyone . Challenge Garnish . 177 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:46,200 Yeah , no .