INTERNATIONAL: Montezuma, Tripoli & Beyond

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From the halls of Montezuma

To the shores of Tripoli

We fight our country's battles

On the land as on the sea;

First to fight for right and freedom

And to keep our honor clean

We are proud to claim the title

Of United States Marine.

The U. S. Marine Corps does not sing Christmas carols. When it is Christmas in the Marine Corps, "the toughest soldiers in the world" on foreign duty sometimes startle the natives by dressing a Christmas tree under the tropic sun, or—as in Nicaragua last...

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