‘Devil Dog’ term taking a beating
From the Marine Corps Times
By Andrew Tilghman - Staff writer Posted : Monday Apr 28, 2008 19:04:26 EDT
Listen up, Devil Dogs. Oh yeah, that got your attention. Perhaps it even got your blood boiling? Or maybe you didn’t notice the big double-D.
Lately, reactions to the Corps’ longtime nickname generally depend on the age of the Marine listening.
A generational divide is opening around the term “Devil Dog,” which came into use 90 years ago on the battlefields of France. While it’s been a term of colloquial endearment for generations of leathernecks, some of the newest and youngest Marines say they’re tired of being called Devil Dogs. They even take offense at the term.
Listen up, Devil Dogs. Oh yeah, that got your attention. Perhaps it even got your blood boiling? Or maybe you didn’t notice the big double-D.
Lately, reactions to the Corps’ longtime nickname generally depend on the age of the Marine listening.
A generational divide is opening around the term “Devil Dog,” which came into use 90 years ago on the battlefields of France. While it’s been a term of colloquial endearment for generations of leathernecks, some of the newest and youngest Marines say they’re tired of being called Devil Dogs. They even take offense at the term.
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IndyDevilDog Editorial Comment: They have to be freakin kidding!!! Seems to me the leadership in the Corps needs to send these younger Marines back through a Marine Corps History refresher class. Our Corps is built upon proud traditions and the history of those that have gone before us. To change a proudly EARNED term like 'Devil Dog' is to chage history because you did not like it....I DON'T THINK SO MAGOT!! Lets hear your comments!
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There's no question that the Corps needs to refresh its his history refresher. The title Devil Dogs was earned by three companies of Marines at Bealleau Woods over the period June 6 through June 26, 1918 by 126 Officers and 5,057 enlisted men, of which 1,062 gave all.
It's time to educate the youngsters as to the pride they should feel in being called Tefelhunde.
Mike Wukitsch
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James P. Farber, #1183
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