Second Battalion Marines Lebanon - Cruise Book

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P.J. Finley, treasurer Right, TfSgt Ed scuinn, photographer ,,. -,-' ff ill 2fLt R. C. Bohrer, editor-in-chief Ri 'U at fl X fy A -a ff e . .kk 'I A. Keeley, LCDR, USN, Typing: Pfc E. R. Scullion Cpl Gene Wilson, Advisor Contributor: Pic G. Petta cartoonist and art Quotation on pg 120 written by Marlboro veteran in 1700. IT'S A FACT We traveled 23,021 total miles -- Used 2,240,000 gallons of fuel -- Consumed 91,000 loaves of bread -- Were served 918,000 meals -- Got 18,000 haircuts -- Ate 229,500 pounds of meat -- EpHogue Our cruise book has just ended the story of six months in the Mediterranean . . . where we went, what we did, and who was there. The passing months and years will blend times, places, and men into shadowy memories. This book, it is hoped, will keep those memories alive and clear. The guy in the battalion with whom we served: Well . . . a complete survey came up with this portrait of the average Marine on our cruise: He was 20 years oldg five, nine and a half tall, of medium weight, brown hair, hazel eyes, and had abig appetite. He was one of three children, from a city of 459,000 pounds of potatoes -- -- and drank 25,000 pounds of coffee. We were paid a total of S1,050,000, which if it were in two-dollar bills and laid end-to-end -- --- someone would pick it up. about 20,000 tusually in Penn.j, and was driving or hoped to drive, an Olds. He liked baseball, football, and swim- ning - but when not training, could usually be found flat on his back. This was his first - and perhaps last- hitch in the Corps, but in spite of minor gripes he con- sidered the Marines an experience he was glad he didn't miss. It is our only wish that the attitudes and desires created by our six-month cruise have made us more aware of the magnitude of our job the power of our country . . . and the importance of the guy with the M1 next to us . . .

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