BST MARINE CORPS KNOWLEDGE
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1. THE YEAR THE USMC BECAME A REGULAR BRANCH OF OUR COUN- TRY'S SERVICE.: NOVEMBER
10, 1775
2. THE MAN WHO ESTABLISHED THE USMC.: CAPTAIN SAMUEL NICHOLAS
3. THE USMC WAS ESTABLISHED HERE.: TUN TAVERN, PA
4. PROPRIETOR OF TUN TAVERN.: PEG MULLEN, ROBERT MULLLEN'S WIFE.
5. FIRST MARINE CORPS RECRUITER.: ROBERT MULLEN
6. THE YEAR THE MARINE CORPS WAS FORMED.: JULY 11, 1798
7. SYMBOL OF THE USMC.: EAGLE, GLOBE, AND ANCHOR
8. RECOGNIZES OUR NATION.: THE EAGLE
9. RECOGNIZES OUR WORLD WIDE SERVICE.: THE GLOBE
10. RECOGNIZES OUR NAVAL TRADITIONS.: THE ANCHOR
11. THE YEAR THE USMC SYMBOL WAS ADOPTED.: 1868
12. MAN WHO ADOPTED THE USMC SYMBOL.: BRIG. GENERAL JACOB ZEALIN
13. THE TERM LEATHERNECK CAME
FROM WHERE?: THE MARINES WHO WORE A LEATHER STRAP TO PROTECT THEIR NECK FROM EN
EMY SWORDS.
14. USMC MOTTO.: SEMPER FIDELIS
15. USMC MOTTO BEFORE SEMPER FIDELIS.: BY LAND, BY SEA
16. YEAR THE USMC WAS CHANGED TO SEMPER FIDELIS.: 1880
17. WHERE MARINES GOT THE NICKNAME "DEVIL DOG"
FROM.: BATTLE OF BELLEAU WOOD IN JUNE 1918
18. THE FIRST USMC AVIATOR.: A. A. CUNNINGHAM, IN 1912
19. FIRST WOMAN MARINE.: OPHA M. JOHNSON, AUGUST 13, 1918
20. FIRST MARINE HELO PILOT TO RECEIVE THE MEDAL OF HONOR.: MA- JOR STEPHEN PLESS
21. FIRST MARINE PILOT TO SHOOT DOWN AN ENEMY PLANE.: 1ST LT. E. S. BREWER
22. MARINE WHO SERVED THE LONGEST TERM AS COMMANDANT.: -
ARCHIBALD HENDERSON
, 23. FIRST FEMALE MARINE WARRANT OFFICER.: CWO RUTH L. WOOD
24. FIRST MARINE OFFICER TO DIE IN BATTLE.: CAPTAIN JOHN FITZ- PATRICK
25. ARCHIBALD HENDERSON SERVED THIS MANY YEARS AS COMMAN- DANT.: 38 YEARS
26. TIME YOU HAVE TO DAWN AND CLEAR THE GAS MASK.: 15 SECONDS
27. THIS COMMANDANT INSTALLED THE OFFICE OF SERGEANT MAJOR OF THE MARINE CORPS.:
21ST COMMANDANT, GENEREL PATE, IN 1957
28. ON FEBRUARY 20, 1962, ONE OF THE MARINE CORPS FINEST PI-
LOTS MANNED THE FIRST CAPSULE TO ORBIT THE EARTH.: LIEUTENANT COLONEL JOHN GLEEN
29. THE YEAR THE DRESS BLUE UNIFORM WAS ADOPTED.: AUGUST 24, 1797
30. THE MAN WHO ADOPTED THE DRESS BLUE UNIFORM.: SECRETARY OF WAR JAMES MCHENRY
31. THE MAMELUKE SWORD WAS PRESENTED TO THIS MAN.: LT. PRESLEY
N. O'BANNON
32. THE MAN WHO PRESENTED THE MAMELUKE SWORD TO LT. PRESLEY
O'BANNON.: PASHA OF TRIPOLI
33. THIS AMOUNT OF MARINES WERE KILLED ON THE ISLAND OF IWO JIMA.: 5,931 MARINES
34. THIS AMOUNT OF MARINES DIED ON THE FIRST DAY AT IWO JIMA.: -
2,500 MARINES
35. HOW MANY MARINES LEFT THE ISLAND ALIVE OF THE SIX AMERICANS PICTURED RAISING THE
FLAG OVER MT. SURIACHI?: THREE
36. THIS AMOUNT OF JAPANESE BECAME PRISONERS AT IWO JIMA.: FEW- ER THAN 200.
37. THE MAN WHO COINED THE PHRASE "UNCOMMON VALOR WAS A COM- MON VIRTUE".: FLEET
ADMIRAL CHESTER W. NIMITZ
38. THE MAN WHO SAID "THE RAISING OF THAT FLAG ON MT.
SURIBACHI MEANS A MARINE CORPS FOR THE NEXT 500 YEARS" ON THE ISLAND OF IWO
JIMA.: SECRETARY OF THE NAVY JAMES V. FORRESTAL
39. THE MAN WHO TOOK THE PICTURE OF THE FLAG RAISING ON MT.
SURIBACHI.: JOE ROSENTHAL
40. AMOUNT OF MARINES WHO RECEIVED THE MEDAL OF HONOR DURING WWII.: 81 MARINES
41. AMOUNT OF MARINES WHO RECEIVED THE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR THEIR HEROIC ACTS ON TH
(Verified Answers by Expert)
1. THE YEAR THE USMC BECAME A REGULAR BRANCH OF OUR COUN- TRY'S SERVICE.: NOVEMBER
10, 1775
2. THE MAN WHO ESTABLISHED THE USMC.: CAPTAIN SAMUEL NICHOLAS
3. THE USMC WAS ESTABLISHED HERE.: TUN TAVERN, PA
4. PROPRIETOR OF TUN TAVERN.: PEG MULLEN, ROBERT MULLLEN'S WIFE.
5. FIRST MARINE CORPS RECRUITER.: ROBERT MULLEN
6. THE YEAR THE MARINE CORPS WAS FORMED.: JULY 11, 1798
7. SYMBOL OF THE USMC.: EAGLE, GLOBE, AND ANCHOR
8. RECOGNIZES OUR NATION.: THE EAGLE
9. RECOGNIZES OUR WORLD WIDE SERVICE.: THE GLOBE
10. RECOGNIZES OUR NAVAL TRADITIONS.: THE ANCHOR
11. THE YEAR THE USMC SYMBOL WAS ADOPTED.: 1868
12. MAN WHO ADOPTED THE USMC SYMBOL.: BRIG. GENERAL JACOB ZEALIN
13. THE TERM LEATHERNECK CAME
FROM WHERE?: THE MARINES WHO WORE A LEATHER STRAP TO PROTECT THEIR NECK FROM EN
EMY SWORDS.
14. USMC MOTTO.: SEMPER FIDELIS
15. USMC MOTTO BEFORE SEMPER FIDELIS.: BY LAND, BY SEA
16. YEAR THE USMC WAS CHANGED TO SEMPER FIDELIS.: 1880
17. WHERE MARINES GOT THE NICKNAME "DEVIL DOG"
FROM.: BATTLE OF BELLEAU WOOD IN JUNE 1918
18. THE FIRST USMC AVIATOR.: A. A. CUNNINGHAM, IN 1912
19. FIRST WOMAN MARINE.: OPHA M. JOHNSON, AUGUST 13, 1918
20. FIRST MARINE HELO PILOT TO RECEIVE THE MEDAL OF HONOR.: MA- JOR STEPHEN PLESS
21. FIRST MARINE PILOT TO SHOOT DOWN AN ENEMY PLANE.: 1ST LT. E. S. BREWER
22. MARINE WHO SERVED THE LONGEST TERM AS COMMANDANT.: -
ARCHIBALD HENDERSON
, 23. FIRST FEMALE MARINE WARRANT OFFICER.: CWO RUTH L. WOOD
24. FIRST MARINE OFFICER TO DIE IN BATTLE.: CAPTAIN JOHN FITZ- PATRICK
25. ARCHIBALD HENDERSON SERVED THIS MANY YEARS AS COMMAN- DANT.: 38 YEARS
26. TIME YOU HAVE TO DAWN AND CLEAR THE GAS MASK.: 15 SECONDS
27. THIS COMMANDANT INSTALLED THE OFFICE OF SERGEANT MAJOR OF THE MARINE CORPS.:
21ST COMMANDANT, GENEREL PATE, IN 1957
28. ON FEBRUARY 20, 1962, ONE OF THE MARINE CORPS FINEST PI-
LOTS MANNED THE FIRST CAPSULE TO ORBIT THE EARTH.: LIEUTENANT COLONEL JOHN GLEEN
29. THE YEAR THE DRESS BLUE UNIFORM WAS ADOPTED.: AUGUST 24, 1797
30. THE MAN WHO ADOPTED THE DRESS BLUE UNIFORM.: SECRETARY OF WAR JAMES MCHENRY
31. THE MAMELUKE SWORD WAS PRESENTED TO THIS MAN.: LT. PRESLEY
N. O'BANNON
32. THE MAN WHO PRESENTED THE MAMELUKE SWORD TO LT. PRESLEY
O'BANNON.: PASHA OF TRIPOLI
33. THIS AMOUNT OF MARINES WERE KILLED ON THE ISLAND OF IWO JIMA.: 5,931 MARINES
34. THIS AMOUNT OF MARINES DIED ON THE FIRST DAY AT IWO JIMA.: -
2,500 MARINES
35. HOW MANY MARINES LEFT THE ISLAND ALIVE OF THE SIX AMERICANS PICTURED RAISING THE
FLAG OVER MT. SURIACHI?: THREE
36. THIS AMOUNT OF JAPANESE BECAME PRISONERS AT IWO JIMA.: FEW- ER THAN 200.
37. THE MAN WHO COINED THE PHRASE "UNCOMMON VALOR WAS A COM- MON VIRTUE".: FLEET
ADMIRAL CHESTER W. NIMITZ
38. THE MAN WHO SAID "THE RAISING OF THAT FLAG ON MT.
SURIBACHI MEANS A MARINE CORPS FOR THE NEXT 500 YEARS" ON THE ISLAND OF IWO
JIMA.: SECRETARY OF THE NAVY JAMES V. FORRESTAL
39. THE MAN WHO TOOK THE PICTURE OF THE FLAG RAISING ON MT.
SURIBACHI.: JOE ROSENTHAL
40. AMOUNT OF MARINES WHO RECEIVED THE MEDAL OF HONOR DURING WWII.: 81 MARINES
41. AMOUNT OF MARINES WHO RECEIVED THE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR THEIR HEROIC ACTS ON TH
