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Happy 100th Birthday, Marine! Semper Fidelis.

Happy 100th Birthday, Marine! Semper Fidelis.

Sgt. Maj. (Ret.) John Thomas Collier celebrated his 100th birthday today. Collier enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1940 and attended Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island. During World War II, Collier served at the Battle of Guadalcanal and Cape Gloucester. Following the war Collier returned to Parris Island as a drill instructor in 1945. In 1950, Collier deployed with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment and fought at the Chosin Reservoir. Today he lives just across the river in Beaufort, SC, steps from where his Marine Corps’ career started.

Semper Fi, Sgt. Maj. Collier!

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Elvin Sharp - April 1, 2020

Thanks Sergeant Major for your service and love of country. I’m praying for a wonder day for you and a very Happy Birthday! 100 years young. May God Bless you Sir. Semper Fi
Elvin Sharp

Art - April 1, 2020

Thank You for leading the way!

SSgt Robert Morris - April 1, 2020

Gratefully I say…..Thank You and Semper Fi Sgt. Major

MICHAEL S. WHITLOCK - April 1, 2020

HAPPY #100 BIRTHDAY, SGT. MAJ. !!!! THANKS FOR WHAT YOU DID SO LONG AGO, TO PROTECT & PRESERVE THE FREEDOMS WHICH WE ALL ENJOY, EVERY SINGLE DAY. I WAS NOT MEDICALLY APPROVED TO SERVE IN ANY BRANCH OF THE US-MILITARY SERVICES. HOWEVER, SINCE MY RETIREMENT IN 2012, I BECAME A FULL-TIME VOLUNTEER & SERVE OUR LOCAL “JARHEAD SUPPORT GROUP” & IN DEC. 2020, I WILL RECEIVE MY “2-BAR” SERVICE STRIPE !!!! OOORAH & SEMPER FIDELIS, SIR…………..
PVT. MICHAEL S. WHITLOCK, USMC-VOL.
“SEMPER-FI SOCIETY OF THE BRAZOS VALLEY”

Pete - April 1, 2020

Truly an inspiration for all Marines! Thank you for your dedication to the Corps and America. Happy Birthday!

Ben Skeldon - April 1, 2020

Happy Birthday Sgt Major.

From a machine gunner that served in Nam 1968.
Semper Fi
Ben

Will Pendragon - April 1, 2020

Thanks to your generation of fire-pissing Marines, we youngsters(?) learned how to fight! Semper Fi to you, Sir!
WP, Vietnam Vet, ‘65 & ‘66.

Robert Skyhawk - April 1, 2020

SgtMaj, I can’t thank you enough for the service to your country and the sacrifices you made to give us the freedom we never take for granted as Marines. May you be blessed with more years of good health and many great memories. Semper Fi SgtMaj and God Bless you and your family.

Respectfully,
Hawk

Don Ingersoll - April 1, 2020

MSgt Collier — Happy Birthday, thanx and God Bless today and everyday. Our country stands tall and strong because of you and all the others who have answered the Call. Want to meet you back here in 10 years.

Gio - April 1, 2020

Congrats on your 100th birthday celebrated within a month of your 10 November Birthday! Sgt Major your picture shows the gleam in your eye of the hard charging Marine that served our Country and Corps with distinction. Semper Fi and God Bless.

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