Soldiers of the Sea: The Story of the United States Marine CorpsDodd, Mead & Company, 1918 - 315 páginas |
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Página 48 - Ay, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky; Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar; — The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more. Her deck, once red with heroes...
Página 50 - Guerriere, and was kept up almost incessantly until about six o'clock, when I heard a tremendous explosion from the opposing frigate. The effect of her shot seemed to make the Guerriere reel, and tremble as though she had received the shock of an earthquake. Immediately after this, I heard a tremendous crash on deck, and was told the mizzen-mast was shot away. In a few moments afterward, the cock-pit was filled with wounded men.
Página 314 - HYMN From the Halls of Montezuma, To the Shores of Tripoli, We fight our country's battles In the air, on land, and sea; First to fight for right and freedom And to keep our honor clean ; We are proud to claim the title of UNITED STATES MARINE.
Página 193 - Are the Yankee ships in sight?' I asked of an idler. He pointed out the tops of their naked masts as they showed up across the huge bend of the river. They were engaging the batteries at Camp Chalmette, the old field of Jackson's renown. Presently that was over. Ah, me ! I see them now as they come slowly round Slaughterhouse Point, into full view : silent, so grim and terrible, black with men, heavy with deadly portent, the long banished stars and stripes flying against the frowning sky.
Página 193 - But how? Drifting helplessly, a mass of flames. The crowds on the levee howled and screamed with rage. The swarming decks answered never a word; but one old tar on the Hartford, standing with lanyard in hand beside a great pivot-gun, so plain to view that you could see him smile, silently patted its big black breech and blandly grinned.
Página 6 - ... particular care be taken, that no persons be appointed to offices, or enlisted into said battalions, but such as are good seamen, or so acquainted with maritime affairs, as to be able to serve to advantage by sea, when required...
Página 78 - Of the sailors however, it would be injustice not to speak in the terms which their conduct merits. They were employed as gunners, and not only did they serve their guns with a quickness and precision which astonished their assailants, but they stood till some of them were actually bayoneted, with fuses in their hands: nor was it till their leader was wounded and taken, and they saw themselves deserted on all sides by the soldiers, that they quitted the field.
Página 91 - Wainright was requested to order his men to fire down upon the convicts through the little windows, first with powder and then with ball, till they were willing to retreat ; but he took a wiser as well as a bolder course, relying upon the effect which firm determination would have upon men so + critically situated. He ordered the door to be again opened, and marched in at the head of twenty or thirty men, who filed through the passage, and formed at the end of the hall, opposite to the crowd of criminals...
Página 314 - In the snow of far-off northern lands And in sunny tropic scenes, You will find us always on the job — THE UNITED STATES MARINES. Here's health to you and to our Corps Which we are proud to serve; In many a strife...
Página 315 - Here's health to you and to our Corps Which we are proud to serve; In many a strife we've fought for life And never lost our nerve...