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Marines stationed in Peking and Tient­sin, China, and Iceland wore the “Mongolian p***-cutter” made of lamb’s wool or, reputedly, cat’s fur.(Courtesy of the National Museum of the Marine Corps)

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Petty Officer First Class Adrian Trollip, a Seabee builder assigned to NMCB-5, home-based at Port Hueneme, Calif., helps construct the MEB-Afghani­stan combat operations center at Camp Leatherneck.
(Photo by Cpl Aaron Rooks)

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Marine veteran Wesley I. Slagle sent us this 1922 photograph of his father, John W. Slagle, taken while he was serving in the Dominican Republic with the Marine Corps Expeditionary Force during the “Banana Wars.” John Slagle also served in USS Utah and USS St. Louis.
(Photo courtesy of Marine

(Photo by LCpl Damien Gutierrez)

Young Marines PFC Alexis Ahlin yells for motivation as she descends from a rappel tower during the Eagle Young Marines visit to Camp Horno, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 29. Leathernecks of 3d Battalion, First Marine Regiment aided the Eagle Young Marines, an Oceanside, Calif., Young Marines unit, during their intimidating 60-foot descent.

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