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🇺🇸 In this scene from HBO’s The Pacific, Marines leave cover and move onto the exposed airfield at Peleliu, into Japanese fire. It is a dramatization, but the men who endured that battle were real. Men exhausted by heat, thirst, and combat. Men carrying rifles, ammunition, and the knowledge that the next stretch of open ground might be their last. On November 10, 1775, the Continental Marines were established. Today, we mark 251 years of the United States Marine Corps. This anniversary belongs to the Marines who fought, to those who never came home, and to every generation that has carried the tradition forward. Happy 251st birthday, Marines! To the Leathernecks, past and present: Semper Fidelis. 🇺🇸 🎬 The Pacific, Episode 6 — “Peleliu Airfield.”