Marines Resent Being Called Police Force For The Navy
TOKIO, Sept. 7 (Reed. 11 p.m.)—• United States Marines, who have fought the toughest of offensives in the Korean war, exploded bitterly today about President Truman’s letter calling them “a police force for the Navy,” according to front-line reports. One officer is quoted as saying: “Our propaganda consists largely of how we behave in battle and that speaks for itself.”
Another snapped: "Harry ought to be impeached. The Marines were here before he was, and will be here after he has gone.”—Reuter.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19500908.2.38
Bibliographic details
Wanganui Chronicle, 8 September 1950, Page 5
Word Count
91Marines Resent Being Called Police Force For The Navy Wanganui Chronicle, 8 September 1950, Page 5
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Wanganui Chronicle. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in