Marine Corps Mascot
pmartin
The address was 223 Ferry Ave. I told him put a dot in front
of the 223. He slapped a Black Girl on the Shoulder for
a good job. She sued him for sexual assualt, so he fought,
but lost his job as head of Social Services. The Bar was
a fun thing for him, but a great money maker.
He put money in many pockets.
The Judge told HIM ? To grow up and he was never
in a Uniform. My thinking he served the Judge did not
and held it against him.
This Non-Vet crap must stop.
His Grand Father had his helmet he used in WW I. Some ass
drunken Canadian stole it. He had tied it up well for Tips.
Tenders hit it with a stick to make it ring if tipped. 'Tipping'
is not a place in China was on it.
This kind of Bar a Bartender made $200.00 plus a night.
Bouncers and tenders were paid $25.00 plus Hospital bills.
Three tenders in a 15' Bar ? 4 Bouncers. Top of the
line in DJ music.
( all lost a gold chain in any fight they told the Judge.)
He was the Marine I posted about the Gortex.
Losing that helmet, he just about cried when he found it
gone. He had a nice artist paint the Devil Dogs all over.
All in there where well dressed, a few fights, but not bad.
I think its still open as he asked why I never come in. He
said just have a few sodas on me. We had many a good
talk. That I truly miss.Anyone in Uniform drank free in there
and it was no cheapo Bar. I met some nice Ladies there
and its where Bobbit found Gloria then married and all know
the rest of that story.
Navy Pilots looked damn sharp in Dress Whites with Gold Wings.
In Western NY, you graduated that's where one went.Any Service.
He talked many to go to Law School and would help with money,
but never in a foolish way. I miss my talks.
Just a true story to keep Pat, no shit.
Patrick <patr...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Marion Sturkey of Bonnie Sue Fame has written a new book.
>
> Here is an excerpt from it
> http://www.usmcpress.com/heritage/marine_corps_mascot.htm
>
> Marine Corps Mascot: (excerpt from Warrior Culture of the U.S.
> Marines, copyright 2001 Marion F. Sturkey)
>
> Thanks to the German Army, the U.S. Marine Corps has an unofficial
> mascot. During World War I many German reports had called the
> attacking Marines "teufel-hunden," meaning Devil-Dogs. Teufel-hunden
> were the vicious, wild, and ferocious mountain dogs of Bavarian
> folklore.
>
> Soon afterward a U.S. Marine recruiting poster depicted a snarling
> English Bulldog wearing a Marine Corps helmet. Because of the
> tenacity and demeanor of the breed, the image took root with both the
> Marines and the public. The Marines soon unofficially adopted the
> English Bulldog as their mascot.
>
> At the Marine base at Quantico, Virginia, the Marines obtained a
> registered English Bulldog, King Bulwark. In a formal ceremony on 14
> October 1922, BGen. Smedley D. Butler signed documents enlisting the
> bulldog, renamed Jiggs, for the "term of life." Pvt. Jiggs then began
> his official duties in the U.S. Marine Corps.
>
> A hard-charging Marine, Pvt. Jiggs did not remain a private for
> long. Within three months he was wearing corporal chevrons on his
> custom-made uniform. On New Years Day 1924, Jiggs was promoted to
> Sergeant. And in a meteoric rise, he got promoted again -- this time
> to Sergeant Major -- seven months later.
>
> SgtMaj. Jiggs' death on 9 January 1927 was mourned throughout the
> Corps. His satin-lined coffin lay in state in a hangar at Quantico,
> surrounded by flowers from hundreds of Corps admirers. He was
> interred with full military honors.
>
> But, a replacement was on the way. Former heavyweight boxing
> champion, James J. "Gene" Tunney, who had fought with the Marines in
> France, donated his English Bulldog. Renamed as Jiggs II, he stepped
> into the role of his predecessor.
>
> Big problem! No discipline! Jiggs chased people, he bit people.
> He showed a total lack of respect for authority. The new Jiggs would
> have likely made an outstanding combat Marine, but barracks life did
> not suit him. After one of his many rampages, he died of heat
> exhaustion on 1928. Nonetheless, other bulldogs followed. During the
> 1930s, 1940s, and early 1950s they were all named Smedley, a tribute
> to Gen. Butler.
>
> In the late 1950s the Marine Barracks in Washington, the oldest
> post in the Corps, became the new home for the Corps' mascot. Renamed
> Chesty to honor the legendary LtGen. Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller Jr., the
> mascot made his first formal public appearance at the Evening Parade
> on 5 July 1957. In his canine Dress Blues, Chesty became an immediate
> media darling, a smash hit!
>
> After the demise of the original Chesty, the replacement was named
> Chesty II. He became an instant renegade. You name it, he did it.
> He even escaped and went AWOL once. Two days later he was returned in
> a police paddy wagon. About the only thing he ever managed to do
> correctly was to sire a replacement.
>
> In contrast to his father, Chesty III proved to be a model Marine.
> He even became a favorite of neighborhood children, for which he was
> awarded a Good Conduct Medal. Other bulldogs would follow Chesty III
> (bulldogs don't live long). When Chesty VI died after an Evening
> Parade, a Marine detachment in Tennessee called Washington. Their
> local bulldog mascot, LCpl. Bodacious Little, was standing by for PCS
> orders to Washington, they reported.
>
> Upon arrival at the Marine Barracks in Washington, LCpl. Little got
> ceremoniously renamed Chesty VII. He and the English Bulldogs who
> followed him epitomize the fighting spirit of the U.S. Marines.
> Tough, muscular, aggressive, fearless, and often arrogant, they are
> the ultimate canine warriors.
>
> English Bulldogs. Teufel-hunden. Devil Dogs. They symbolize the
> ethos of the Warrior Culture of the U.S. Marines.
>