leathernecks

THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 10, 1775 Birth of the U.S. Marine Corps WHY OUR MARINES ARE CALLED LEATHERNECKS. IN THE 1700’S THE MUSLIMS (Barbary Pirates) WOULD CUT OFF THE HEADS OF OUR NEWLY FORMED MARINE CORP SO THEY WORE LEATHER AROUND THE NECKS OF THEIR UNIFORMS. Any doubts, just Google Thomas Jefferson vs the Muslim World