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WHAT THE "GONG HE" ON OUR NEW UNIT LOGO MEANS??


  • Taken from the Chinese phrase, "Gong He", the literal translation of Gung Ho is "Work in Harmony"

  • Brigadier General Evans F. Carlson, USMCR, first heard the term used in the mountains of north China in 1937 where
    he was assigned to observe Chinese guerilla resistance to the Japanese incursion. When Brigadier General Carlson
    was placed in command of the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion, the first organization in the history of modern American
    armed forces to be organized and assigned purely for raiding and guerilla missions, he chose Gung Ho as the
    watchword and spirit of the battalion, The following is an excerpt from an address given by then Lieutenant Colonel
    Evans F. Carlson at Guadalcanal on anniversary of the organization of the Second Marine Raider Battalion, February,
    1943.


  • What are the requisites? First the quality of leadership. Leaders must be professionally competent, they must be
    honest, especially honest intellectually, admitting their mistakes when they make them and endeavoring to correct
    them. They must share the hardships and privation of those they lead and prove by ability and character their
    qualifications for leadership.

  • Most important is the development of what we call the Gung Ho spirit; our ability to cooperate - to work together. Not
    only is it imperative to understand this spirit; it is imperative to apply Gung Ho to daily actions no matter how
    unimportant they might seem. This calls for self - discipline and an implicit belief in the doctrine of helping the other
    fellow. Followed through to its ultimate end it will mean that each, while helping the other fellow, will in turn will be
    helped by him...

  • Human beings are creatures of habit. Human nature does not change its coat without a struggle. But Rome was not
    built in a day. The important thing is for each individual to have the desire to help the other fellow, the desire to
    achieve that mastery over his mind. His body and his desires, that he might succeed in disciplining himself. This
    means tolerance of ideas, tolerance of personal eccentricities, the sweeping away of personal prejudices, and
    concentration on an effort to see the good in human beings
  • of all types and persuasions.

  • It is my hope that this exposition of our goals..., of the character of our doctrines and the reasons why we do what we
    do, will inspire you to greater efforts in the direction of making the spirit of Gung Ho your own.

  • May the Supreme Being who has guided us with such infinite wisdom in the past continue to watch over, protect and
    guide you, bringing us to victory and richer fulfillment of life's obligations."

       Lieutenant Colonel Evans F. Carlson
       Commander, 2nd Raider Battalion
       United States Marine Corps          
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Detachment. The mournful Before You Go does more than salute those who fought in WWII. It
encourages people to go out of their way to thank the aging warriors before they die. "If we had lost that
particular war, our whole way of life would have been shot," says Bierstock, who plays harmonica. "The
WW II soldiers are now dying at the rate of about 2,000 every day. I thought we needed to thank
them."        A Veterans Song - Before You Go
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