“We The People” are here, in Mass, and “This We Will Defend.”
THE STORY: At the beginning of the Spring Offensive, Lieutenant Cliford B. Cates and his Marines gained valuable trench warfare experience in France.
By 31 May 1918, the German lines reached 30 miles from Paris. In the afternoon of 6 June, 3/5 (Third Battalion, Fifth Marines) and 3/6 (Third Battalion, Sixth Marines) assaulted the German machine-gun emplacements at Belleau Wood.
Suffering devastating results, Cates’ 96th Company led the attack on Bouresches to the south.
Cates was hit on the helmet and knocked out but moved forward to catch his men when revived. With 24 men, he took Bouresches and held off German counter-attacks through the night.
In July at Soissons, Cates held his position with 22 men against German machine-guns, artillery, and aerial strafing.
Cates sent a runner to his battalion headquarters with a situation report which read:
“From Co. “H”
At:?
Date: 19 July.
Hour 10:45A.M.
To: Lt. Col Lee.
“I am in an old abandoned French trench bordering on the road leading out of your P.C. and 350 yards from an old mill. I have only two men out of my company. We need support, but it is almost suicide to try and get it here as we are swept by machine-gun fire and a constant barrage is on us. I have no one on my left and only a few on my right.
“I WILL HOLD.”
“I will hold” became the phrase most identified with Cates as he advanced through the ranks and is recognized throughout the Marine Corps as a battle cry or slogan intended to improve morale and inspire confidence.
More on General Cates
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What kind of idiot would actually undermine the sovereignty of this Republic (not a democracy) and think they should be elected? 2 candidates: Barack Hussein Obama and George Soros or his son. Sometimes radicalization drives out every last rational thought, leaving only obsession.
Time for a come to Jesus moment, for the Left, don't you think?
I thought of one more person...George W Bush because of his lovely Patriot Act and globalist ways.
LTC West
Sorry. In my comment above that I did not accredit the US Army’s Motto:
“This We’ll Defend”
First used by the War Office of the Continental Army during the American Revolution in 1778.
Your Brother in Arms
SteveB
Thank You President Trump for “Holding the Line.”
“We The People” are here, in Mass, and “This We Will Defend.”
THE STORY: At the beginning of the Spring Offensive, Lieutenant Cliford B. Cates and his Marines gained valuable trench warfare experience in France.
By 31 May 1918, the German lines reached 30 miles from Paris. In the afternoon of 6 June, 3/5 (Third Battalion, Fifth Marines) and 3/6 (Third Battalion, Sixth Marines) assaulted the German machine-gun emplacements at Belleau Wood.
Suffering devastating results, Cates’ 96th Company led the attack on Bouresches to the south.
Cates was hit on the helmet and knocked out but moved forward to catch his men when revived. With 24 men, he took Bouresches and held off German counter-attacks through the night.
In July at Soissons, Cates held his position with 22 men against German machine-guns, artillery, and aerial strafing.
Cates sent a runner to his battalion headquarters with a situation report which read:
“From Co. “H”
At:?
Date: 19 July.
Hour 10:45A.M.
To: Lt. Col Lee.
“I am in an old abandoned French trench bordering on the road leading out of your P.C. and 350 yards from an old mill. I have only two men out of my company. We need support, but it is almost suicide to try and get it here as we are swept by machine-gun fire and a constant barrage is on us. I have no one on my left and only a few on my right.
“I WILL HOLD.”
“I will hold” became the phrase most identified with Cates as he advanced through the ranks and is recognized throughout the Marine Corps as a battle cry or slogan intended to improve morale and inspire confidence.
More on General Cates
(Remove the Space after h)
h ttps://www.usmcmuseum.com/uploads/6/0/3/6/60364049/clifton_cates.pdf
Nailed it!
What kind of idiot would actually undermine the sovereignty of this Republic (not a democracy) and think they should be elected? 2 candidates: Barack Hussein Obama and George Soros or his son. Sometimes radicalization drives out every last rational thought, leaving only obsession.
Time for a come to Jesus moment, for the Left, don't you think?
I thought of one more person...George W Bush because of his lovely Patriot Act and globalist ways.