# Happy Birthday

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday/472049>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 10, 2008, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday/472049 "2008-11-10T16:36:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![WillSantini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed8c4c/32.png) [@WillSantini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillSantini)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday/472049/1 "2008-11-10T16:36:33Z")

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Happy Birthday To You  
Happy Birthday To You  
Happy Birthday My Beloved Corps  
Happy Birthday To You

Happy Birthday To All My Brothers and Sisters

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**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday/472049/2 "2008-11-10T16:59:02Z")

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You’re a bit late - the Navy birthday was last month, and everyone knows the Marines are the smallest and most insignificant part of the Navy.

😃

Seriously, “so be it, until victory is America’s and there is no enemy.”

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**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday/472049/3 "2008-11-10T17:33:00Z")

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> [@Mr.Moto](#):
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> Marines are the smallest and most insignificant part of the Navy.

Yah, the Navy owns 'em until those jarheads learn how to walk on water. 😉

Happy 233rd !!

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**Author:** ![DogMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@DogMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DogMom)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday/472049/4 "2008-11-10T18:47:04Z")

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Congrats, and happy birthday!

“Ever faithful”, indeed.

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**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday/472049/5 "2008-11-10T19:49:28Z")

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Here’s health to you and to our Corps  
Which we are proud to serve;  
In many a strife we’ve fought for life  
And never lost our nerve.  
If the Army and the Navy  
Ever look on Heaven’s scenes,  
They will find the streets are guarded  
By United States Marines.  
🙂

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**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday/472049/6 "2008-11-11T06:33:11Z")

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In boot camp we were taught it was “…you will find their wives are sleeping with United States Marines.”

An interesting quote: “The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps.”—Eleanor Roosevelt

Since I was born on this date I can truly say I was born to be a Marine.