The Corps (by author and Marine William Manchester)

“I can denounce the Corps and frequently have. But so can lovers quarrel, and to those who have fought in it, the Corps is like the memory of an old affair, tinged with sadness and bitterness, yet with the first enchantment lingering. It is a mystique, wholly irrational; and right or wrong, a legion of folks bred to logic will lay down their lives for its intangible honor tomorrow.”