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Marine Corps at 245 still a model for ‘working together’

By Paul Bedard

Published November 9, 2020 12:56pm ET

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Marine Corps at 245 still a model for ‘working together’ — Marine Corps Lt. Frank Tachovsky receives Silver Star for his team's heroics in the taking of Saipan in World War II. The group of "40 Thieves" is the focus of a book by his son, Joseph. | Photo courtesy of Joseph Tachovsky.

Over 245 years, the U.S. Marine Corps has handled every job the nation has given it, fighting for freedom from the Revolutionary War to the lingering war on terror.

They have been so effective that the author of a new book about 40 elite Marine scout snipers that led in the 1944 Battle of Saipan thinks they could be a model for helping to unify the country, deeply divided after the contentious election.

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