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The Marines eucalyptus The fine glass pens featureOne of the militarys most famous and celebrated branches, the United States Marine Corps, emerged from the American War of Independence capable of fighting both at sea and on shore. Designated a component of the US Navy in 1834, the Marines participated in the Civil War, the Spanish American War (1898), the Boxer Rebellion (1901), and World War I. But the Corps truly came into its own during World War II, when half a million Marines fought the