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Quiz about The Old Breed US Marine Corps In WWII

The Old Breed: US Marine Corps In WWII Quiz

The United States could not have taken Guadalcanal without them; these men were legends in the Corps.

A multiple-choice quiz by beterave. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
beterave

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
325,885

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

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973

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. During WWII, what primary factor determined a Marine as the 'Old Breed'? Hint

anyone who drank too much beer

anyone who had service prior to Pearl Harbor

anyone who was an NCO

anyone with a funny nickname

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Question 2 of 10

2. During WWII, what did the Old Breed typically call a new recruit? Hint

a shoe-in

wet behind the ears

a greenhorn

a boot

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Question 3 of 10

3. What did the Old Breed typically call a new second lieutenant? Hint

rookie

greenhorn

poot butt

shavetail

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Question 4 of 10

4. During WWII, who were referred to as 'pogeybait Marines'? Hint

Anyone who brown nosed

Marines who had served in China

Anyone in the 6th Marine Regiment

Marines who had served time in the brig

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Question 5 of 10

5. Why were the Old Breed anxious to fight the Japanese? Hint

most had never seen combat

they had comrades who were gone

they had war fever

they disliked anything Japanese

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Question 6 of 10

6. Captain Harry Torgerson was Old Breed. What did he say after having the seat of his trousers blown off at Tulagi? Hint

Screw the pants, get me more dynamite!

Unbelievable!

Corpsman!

Why those dirty ...

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Question 7 of 10

7. Master Gunnery Sergeant Lou Diamond was Old Breed. What did he commonly refuse to do? Hint

bathe

obey orders

use regulation firearms

salute officers

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Question 8 of 10

8. Chesty Puller was Old Breed. What bad habit was he famous for? Hint

cursing and smoking

not wearing a regulation uniform

drinking and chasing women

embarrassing junior officers in front of the enlisted men

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which Marine officer was the first to forsee a war with Japan? Hint

John Lejeune

Frederick Brand

Alfed Cuninngham

Earl Ellis

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Question 10 of 10

10. What did the Old Breed (Chesty Puller) say when he saw his first flamethrower? Hint

where do you fix the bayonet

who will be dumb enough to carry this thing

this will never work

does it take gas or diesel

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. During WWII, what primary factor determined a Marine as the 'Old Breed'?

Answer: anyone who had service prior to Pearl Harbor

The Old Breed were Marines with 5-10 years service in the Marine Corps prior to Pearl Harbor. Most of them were NCOs and tended to drink too much, smoke too much, and swear too much; and some even had funny nicknames.

2. During WWII, what did the Old Breed typically call a new recruit?

Answer: a boot

The Old Breed typically called the bright eyed clean shaven recruits 'boots', or worse. Salty Marines today still use that moniker when refering to privates fresh out of boot camp.

3. What did the Old Breed typically call a new second lieutenant?

Answer: shavetail

Newly commissioned second lieutenants were typically called shavetails, or worse. Oddly, this term has its origin in the US Army Quartermaster Corps.

4. During WWII, who were referred to as 'pogeybait Marines'?

Answer: Anyone in the 6th Marine Regiment

The term pogeybait Marine came to mean anyone who served in the 6th Marine Regiment. There are some really profane stories about the term; I will simply say that the 6th Marines are a fine combat outfit.

5. Why were the Old Breed anxious to fight the Japanese?

Answer: they had comrades who were gone

Guam, Wake, China and later the Philippines were the reasons the Old Breed were anxious to fight the Japanese. All of them either knew or lost buddies in those fights. Payback was their strongest motivation.

6. Captain Harry Torgerson was Old Breed. What did he say after having the seat of his trousers blown off at Tulagi?

Answer: Screw the pants, get me more dynamite!

Captain Torgerson was using dynamite to root out Japanese snipers in caves and set one charge too short. The blast not only silenced the sniper, it also removed the seat of his pants. Upon being informed of this, he bellowed,'Screw the pants, get me more dynamite!'.

7. Master Gunnery Sergeant Lou Diamond was Old Breed. What did he commonly refuse to do?

Answer: salute officers

Gunny Lou Diamond commonly would not salute officers unless they were a major or higher. I have no idea how he consistently got away with this pracice.

8. Chesty Puller was Old Breed. What bad habit was he famous for?

Answer: embarrassing junior officers in front of the enlisted men

Chesty Puller was infamous for 'reading off' junior officers in front of the enlisted men. This made him popular with the rank and file, but made his junior officers uneasy in his presence.

9. Which Marine officer was the first to forsee a war with Japan?

Answer: Earl Ellis

Lieutenant Colonel Earl 'Pete' Ellis forsaw a war with the Japanese as early as 1923, eighteen years before Pearl Harbor. He died under mysterious circumstances while spying on Palau.

10. What did the Old Breed (Chesty Puller) say when he saw his first flamethrower?

Answer: where do you fix the bayonet

Upon seeing the flamethrower for the first time, he asked,'where do you fix the bayonet?' I'm not making this up!

Source: Author beterave

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