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United States Marines   /junˈaɪtəd steɪts mərˈinz/   Listen
United States Marines

noun
1.
An amphibious division of the United States Navy.  Synonyms: Marine Corps, United States Marine Corps, US Marine Corps, USMC.






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"United States Marines" Quotes from Famous Books



... near Mobile, Ala., in September, 1915, snatching a few days of rest and recreation as a palliative for the insidious disease which was so soon to end his life, he was distressed by a newspaper report of the killing of a number of Haitians by United States Marines. He read the report in a Mobile paper late one afternoon on his return from a fishing trip. He went to bed but could not sleep. The misfortunes of the turbulent little black republic seethed through his mind. Early in the morning, while his companions were still ...
— Booker T. Washington - Builder of a Civilization • Emmett J. Scott and Lyman Beecher Stowe



Words linked to "United States Marines" :   navy, United States Navy, USMC, US Navy, MCIA, marine, shipboard soldier, leatherneck, devil dog, US Marine Corps, USN, Marine Corps Intelligence Activity, Marines



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