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''Our age is retrospective. It builds the sepulchres of the fathers. It writes biographies, histories, and criticism. The foregoing generation beheld God and nature face to face; we, through their eyes. Why should not we also enjoy an original relation to the universe. Why should not we have a poetry and philosophy of insight and not of tradition?''     &mdash; Ralph Waldo Emerson

''Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly.'' &mdash; Albert Einstein (quoted in the New York Times, March 13, 1940)

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Wikipedia projects of interest

 * Marine Corps portal
 * Military History - WikiProject
 * Neglected articles
 * Click here to find a random article to wikify.
 * WikiProject Fact and Reference Check
 * Maintenance
 * RC patrol

Resources / lists

 * List of battles 1901-2000
 * Naval biographies

Selected contributions

 * articles on Commandants of the Marine Corps &mdash; create missing articles, expand existing if needed &mdash; completed
 * articles on Sergeant Majors of the Marine Corps &mdash; create missing articles, completed
 * articles on Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipients (completed WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam)
 * Marine Corps Portal &mdash; no longer active portal

Select created USMC articles

 * Richard O. Culver, Jr., one of the founders of the Marine Corps Sniper School &mdash; 3 March 2018
 * W. Patrick McGinnis, retired CEO of Ralston Purina
 * LtGen Clayton C. Jerome, decorated combat veteran, aviator
 * LtGen William K. Jones, decorated combat veteran of three wars - Navy Cross, Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart - 11 Jan 2009
 * LtGen John R. Allen, Deputy Commander CENTOM; first Marine to be Commandant of Midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy - 4 January 2009
 * LtGen George R. Christmas, USMC (ret), Navy Cross, President/CEO Marine Corps Heritage Foundation - 4 January 2009
 * RADL Alan T. Baker, Chaplain of the Marine Corps - 30 December 2008
 * LtGen Robert B. Johnston, USMC (ret), CENTCOM Chief-of-Staff — 30 December 2008
 * Major General David M. Jones, USAF, Doolittle Raider &mdash; 2 Dec 2008
 * Robert Sherrod - 30 Nov 2008
 * John F. Kelly - 28 Nov 2008
 * John S. Brown - 22 Oct 2008
 * General William L. "Spider" Nyland, USMC, Asst CMC &mdash; 4 July 2007
 * Clarke Glacier &mdash; 24 June 2007
 * General Thomas R. Morgan, USMC, Asst CMC &mdash; 27 May 2007
 * General Kenneth McLennan, USMC, Asst CMC &mdash; 27 May 2007
 * General Samuel Jaskilka, USMC, Asst CMC &mdash; 27 May 2007
 * Major General Ross T. Dwyer, USMC &mdash; 27 May 2007
 * Rear Admiral William O. Gallery, USN &mdash; 21 May 2007
 * Major General Ray L. Smith &mdash; 19 May 2007
 * Rear Admiral Philip D. Gallery &mdash; 18 May 2007
 * Brigadier General Edwin H. Simmons &mdash; 13 May 2007
 * Major General Carl B. Jensen, USMC &mdash; 6 May 2007
 * RADM Mark W. Balmert, USN &mdash; 6 May 2007
 * LtGen Nicholas Kehoe, USAF&mdash; 17 March 2007
 * Aubrey McDade &mdash; 15 March 2007
 * Carlton W. Kent &mdash; 20 January 2007
 * Richard E. Cavazos &mdash; 17 January 2007
 * Gerald C. Thomas — 13 January 2007
 * Keith J. Stalder — 12 January 2007
 * Alan Shapley &mdash; 06 January 2007

Expand/Enhance articles

 * Add for William K. Jones -, , , youngest USMC battalion commander, Tinian, Korean War, MCA PDf, and HTML, Boys of '67, Tawara quote, 3rd Marine Division
 * LtGen Samuel L. Howard, USMC, NC, PH - ANC, Semper Fidelis, Inspector General USMC, Gen of WWII, WWII NPS.
 * Jefferson Award for Public Service -, "Nobel Prize for Public Service", founded by Jackie Kennedy Onassis
 * Matice Wright - first African American female U.S. Naval aviation officer
 * DoD Still image
 * Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps
 * Marine Corps Book of Lists, page 145
 * History Channel]
 * Vice Adm. Samuel L. Gravely, Jr., USN, Chief of Naval Personnel.

Create articles

 * IN PROGRESS in Sandbox: Col William A. Lee, USMC &mdash; Chesty Puller's Gunnery Sergeant in Nicaragua, 3 Navy Crosses prior to WWII, and was the heavyweight boxing champion of the fleet
 * Bio
 * Obit
 * House resolution


 * Douglas-Mansfield Act, Public Law 82-416
 * Marine Corps History, GlobalSecurity.org
 * Reorganizing The Fleet Marine Force: From Division-Wing Teams To Marine Expeditionary Brigades, GlobalSecurity.org
 * Once and Future Marines, pdf.
 * Marine Corps Gazette, December 2006.


 * Gordon L. Rottman - author of military histories


 * Willie J. Williams (USMC), (retired)
 * Marine Overcomes Adversity to Become General Officer
 * Retirement announcement on hqmc.marines.mil
 * HistoryMakers
 * Military Times
 * Kentucky Marines
 * Central Virginian

DYKs

 * ... that in World War II, David M. Jones, later a U.S. Air Force Major General, participated in events that formed the basis for two Hollywood movies: Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo and The Great Escape?


 * ... that George R. Christmas (pictured), then known as Captain Christmas, received the Navy Cross for "extraordinary heroism" in the Vietnam War?


 * ... that William K. Jones, awarded the Navy Cross and the Silver Star for valor at Tarawa and Saipan, was the youngest commander of a U.S. Marine Corps battalion during World War II?


 * ... that in October 1965, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps LtGen Richard C. Mangrum, Navy Cross recipient at Guadalcanal, became the first Marine to be the "Gray Eagle" of Naval aviation?

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