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James Mattis gets married â leaving behind his love, the Marine Corps
Jim Mattis was married in a Las Vegas ceremony.
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If your going to do something go all out!
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Yeah, well that filipina shirt he’s wearing is 100% “Marine Walking Down Magsaysay Street”!Way to go sir! congrats to Mr. and Mrs Mad Dog.James Mattis gets married â leaving behind his love, the Marine Corps
Jim Mattis was married in a Las Vegas ceremony.
hlg6016
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That quote appears to date back to WWII in various forms.
Here's what I found:
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“If the Marine Corps wanted you to have a wife, they would have issued you one” was cited in print in 1956. “If the military wanted you to have a family, it would have issued you one” was cited in 1978. The saying appears to date to World War II (1940s).
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11 May 1956. Floyd Valley Farmers News (Lemars, IA), “Seasoning...,” pg. 12, col. 4:
There was a young Marine who had married his girl just before being “abducted” into the service. After less than a week of honeymoon bliss, he found himself in the unromantic atmosphere of Camp Lejeune.
Since his home was too far away to get to and from on a weekend pass, he kept pestering his Sergeant for a longer leave, explaining his terrible need to see his bride and be with her. Each time his pleading became more passionate but the Sergeant was adamant.
Finally the Sergeant said, “Look, son if the Marine Corps wanted you to have a wife, they’d have issued you one. So shut up!”
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Time, Volume 68, 1956, Pg. 13:
As they told my husband, while he was on active duty: “If the Marine Corps wanted you to have a wife, they would have issued you one.”
MRS. H. P. REILAND
Wichita, Kans.
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17 December 1956, Life magazine, pg. 14, col. 3:
Sirs:
High-handed General Pate evidently endorses the legendary credo, “If the corps wanted you to have a wife, they’d have issued you one.”
PHILIP PEPPIS
Mount Vernon, N.Y.
No, it was the asshole CG in California that tried to order his Marines not to get married, which any sensible person would understand to be completely illegal and completely inappropriate.
Are you referring to his Barong Tagalog?
That might be the right term…we just called them “liberty shirts.” They were the warm day alternative to the Olongopo custom tee-shirt coupled with a cheap nylon “flight jacket” with a dragon or some other shape surrounded with all your relevant cruise info embroidered on the back.
Mattis genuinely thought he was going to get issued one all along his career, and then in retirement, one day he looked around and realized he needed to do it himself. So he did it the most expeditious way possible.