What you are about to see are photos and things our father saved in a scrapbook he kept during the time he was in the Marine Corps. I hope you find it enjoyable and interesting.
Outside his tent on the Island of Guam 1921 before shipping out to China.
This Website is dedicated in memory of our father and other family menbers who served. Our father enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1915. He served in the Bannan Wars, Dominican Republic and World War One. He also served on Guam, the Philippines and finally China.
I believe in the Marine Corps. I believe in its people, its officers and men. I will make myself a committee of one to make the service a good place to be and a mighty hard place to leave.
I believe in the Marine Corps. I believe in its institutions, its duties, aims and purposes. I believe in its expeditions and floating battalions. I believe in the sea-going ships that carry Marines. I believe in the ditty box, and the hammock, and the idea of Marines coaling ships. Never again will you get a service growl out of me
My dad and some of his fellow Marines displaying their weapons in the Dominican Republic.
That's our dad looking down the barrel of his pistol. Interesting to note the 45 in his belt. His brother carried the weapon during WW II and my brother carried it during the Korena War and I carried it during my time in the service. Notice the town's people looking through the gate. Some of the weapons are USMC issued and other are weapons captured from bandits and rebels.
Our dad riding the first motorcycle delivered to the Marines in Santiago. I remember he said no one else would volunteer to ride it. They all preferred their horses.
Pictures of our dad
William Cosbie
(Bill Cosbie)
1896 - 1968
Enlisted May 1915 - San Francisco, California
