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Park Semper Fi


Park Semper Fi, San Clemente



The Marine Statue


The statue of the Marine saluting the American flag is the centerpiece of the park.   There are a series of plaques on all 4 sides of its base.



Marine statue Marine statue
 
Marine statue
Top plaque

The Marine Corps emblem

Bottom plaque

"In every battle and skirmish since the birth of our Corps,
Marines have acquitted themselves with the greatest
distinction, winning new honors on each occasion until
the term Marine has come to signify all that is highest in
Military efficiency and soldierly virtue."
MajGen John A. Lejeune


 
Marine statue plaques
Top plaque

Marine Corps 1st and 3rd division patches

Bottom left plaque

"Retreat Hell!   We just got here."

Captain Lloyd Williams at the
Battle of Belieau Wood

Bottom right plaque

"Uncommon valor was a
common virtue."

Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, in
tribute to the Marines at Iwo Jima


 
Marine statue plaques
Top plaque

Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton insignia

Bottom left plaque

"The raising of the flag on Iwo
Jima, means a Marine Corps for
the next 500 years."

James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy

Bottom right plaque

"The bended knee is not a
tradition of our Corps."

General Alexander A. Vandergrift,
USMC, 1946


 
Marine statue plaques
Top plaque

Left - Marine Expeditionary Force, Air Ground Team insignia
Right - Force Service Support Group insignia

Bottom left plaque

"The Marines and the Navy have
never shone more brightly than
this morning."

General Douglas MacArthur at
Inchon Landing, Korean War

Bottom right plaque

"I have just returned from visiting
the Marines at the front. There is
not a finer fighting organization
in the world."

General Douglas MacArthur, United States Army




Views of the Park


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Views of the Park




Park Semper Fi is located at Parque Del Mar, off of North Alameda Lane in San Juan Capistrano. See map.




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