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Sentiment is not a valid consideration in determining questions of national security. We have pride in ourselves and in our past, but we do not rest our case on any presumed ground of gratitude owing us from the Nation. The bended knee is not a tradition of our Corps.

— Alexander Vandegrift Bended Knee Speech (1946)

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The Virginia town of Charlottesville is a good place to remember.

Once a Marine (1964)

This book is dedicated to my wife, Kathryn, without whose insistence, encouragement and patience this tribute to Marines would not have been written.

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