Word: banteringly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...combat veterans of the Pacific war. The youngsters who formed the main bulk of the team might be green to combat, but they were superbly conditioned and trained. Even headquarters clerks, cooks and orderlies were crack riflemen and machinegunners. As they landed, some of them exchanged the usual cocky banter with watching Doggies (as they call the Army men). Sample: "You can go home now, Junior. Us men have taken over." But for the most part the leathernecks had a humility not usually found in marines. In Korea, unlike Guadalcanal and many another battle, it was the Army that...