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Originally posted by AlphaFrog
It's a little different though...
I don't consiter the Leatherneck nickname to be funny or unusual... and Leatherneck isn't really that unusual...it's used in the military...
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Leatherneck is one of the nicknames for Marines. (It's
not Gyrenes, 'jarheads' or -ack- 'sea-going bellhops'!) Its origin was of the uniform Marines wore in the 1800s, with high leather collars to protect them from sword cuts to the neck when they boarded enemy ships.
Another bit of Marine trivia: the quatrefoil worn on the top of the service cap of Marine officers was so that seamen on the rigging could distinguish between enlisted and officer Marines in a deck battle (though some wags would claim it was so that the sailors could pick off the chickensh*t officers easier!
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