Thomas Holcomb Quotes

• They (Women Marines) don't have a nickname, and they don't need one. They get their basic training in a Marine atmosphere, at a Marine Post. They inherit the traditions of the Marines. They are Marines.

  Thomas Holcomb

  Military, Marine, Atmosphere

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• The Marine Corps went from 15,000, which its strength was when I was Commandant, to approximately 400,000 when I retired, and more than that afterward, without losing its individual characteristics. It was the same Marine Corps. It was not different in any respect.

  Thomas Holcomb

  Marine, Different, Losing

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