Army & Navy – MARINES: We Are Proud To Claim . . .

The pride-bound U.S. Marine Corps dove into its statistical records last week, came up with the announcement that nearly 90% of its 589,852 officers and men had served overseas in World War II. Marine officers, who had long sung “We are proud to claim the title of United States Marine,” could be proudest of all: 98.3% of them had seen active duty overseas.