Greg Corrales

“The American Legion is impressed with Congress today. Those who deliberately lie about military service, wear medals they did not earn or make claims of combat heroism they did not achieve are more than just liars. They are perpetrators of the worst kind of fraud. Their lies are an insult to all who truly stood in harm’s way and earned decorations. We raised this issue at our national convention, and the House acted.”

“With or without a weapon, Marines are always armed.”

Pentagon spokesman George Little, responding to media reports suggesting Marine security guards at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo were unarmed when Egyptian protesters stormed the compound September 11.

“In the arena of human life the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action.
- Aristotle

“A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

“All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.”

- Winston Churchill

“America has a debt crisis, but no debt is higher than what America owes its veterans, who already sacrificed years of service, lost family time, physical injury and the comforts of home so that the other 90 percent of Americans can continue to live in freedom. Throughout our nation’s history, every time we cut defense we paid for it with American blood.”

American Legion National Commander Fang Wong

“I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.”

Abraham Lincoln

“We had to remind them that you don’t mess with American Marines”    

- Gunnery Sgt. Brian Blonder, who led his Marines in a fierce battle in Afghanistan in 2008, earning him a Navy Cross.

            Silvis, Ill., is a small town by the Mississippi River, just outside the Quad Cities area of Illinois and Iowa. With a population of about 10,000, most people know, or are acquainted with, the Soliz family of Hero Street, reports Laura Edwards in The American Legion Magazine.

“’Safety first’ is the road to ruin in war.”

- Sir Winston Churchill, November 3, 1940

Ho-ka hey! It is a good day to fight! It is a good day to die! Strong hearts, brave hearts to the front! Weak hearts and cowards to the rear!

                                                                                            - Crazy Horse, Oglala Sioux chief