As the 245th Marine Corps birthday draws near, Gen. David H. Berger reminds us how the Corps’ legacy lives on in every Marine. The inspiring video features Chief Warrant Officer 4 Hershel “Woody” Williams, who earned a Medal of Honor in World War II; Maj. James Capers Jr., who earned a Silver Star as a member of 3rd Force Reconnaissance Company in Vietnam; James H. Stogner, who earned a Navy Cross in Vietnam, and other Marine heroes. Watch it here.
WATCH: Commandant’s 245th Marine Corps Birthday Message is Full of Heroes
Ethan E. Rocke
Ethan E. Rocke is a contributor and former senior editor for Coffee or Die Magazine, a New York Times bestselling author, and award-winning photographer and filmmaker. He served as an infantryman with the 101st Airborne Division, deploying once to Kosovo for peacekeeping operations. He then joined the US Marine Corps, serving in Okinawa and the Asia-Pacific region with III Marine Expeditionary Force and at the Marine Corps Motion Picture and Television Liaison Office in Los Angeles, where he served as a consultant on dozens of television shows and documentaries and several feature films. His work has been published in Maxim Magazine, American Legion Magazine, and many others. He is co-author of The Last Punisher: A SEAL Team THREE Sniper’s True Account of the Battle of Ramadi.
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