Semper Fi

First, let me say that I am not a Marine, and none of my relatives was.  A couple of uncles served in the Air Force.  I hope it's not indecorous for a non-Marine to use the motto.

A work colleague friend told me the story today, possibly apocryphal, of a miscreant who decided to take an extended 'borrowing' of a piece of electronic equipment from his local Wal-Mart.  Said goblin attempted to secret said gear under his shirt.

Unfortunately for the vermin, a plain-clothes security officer had observed the would-be crime, and commenced to follow him.  At some point, the thief became aware of the tail, and broke and ran.  Security radioed ahead to the front end.

Outside the store, four uniformed Marines were collecting toys for "Toys for Tots".  Alerted about the fleeing shoplifter, they stopped him at the entrance, at which time a scuffle ensued, and one of the Marines was stabbed in the back, but his injury was not life-threatening.

The cretin, however, did not fare so well, having suffered a broken arm, wrist, leg, collarbone, jaw, lost teeth and a concussion when he slipped off the curb.

Must've been what happened, as the security video equipment seemed to have malfunctioned on that particular zone.


Note:  I tried to confirm or dispel this story through Snopes.com, no luck.  Whether true or not, God bless our Marines!

h/t: Shay