Gung Ho from Mandarin Chinese gonghé "work together".

Brig Gen. Evan F. Carlson had picked the term up (a philosophy may be more
accurate)
during his handful of deployments to China from the late 20's into the 30's.

During 1942, Carlson's 2nd Raider Battalion picked up on this philosophy
that
he espoused and started to call themselves the "Gung Ho Battalion" which is
what has
made the term famous (in America) and forever attached it to the U.S.
Marines.

Ron Wuerth

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Dear Wirt,

IIRC "Gung Ho" is Chinese and learned by U.S. Marine Corps
personnel working alongside the Chinese in the 1930s.

I don't recall what the USMC was doing in China in the
1930s however.

I could be slightly off, and the source could be from U.S.
Army sponsored "Flying Tigers" air squadron working with the
Chinese in WWII.

But in either case, "Gung Ho" is a Chinese term.

Tracy Johnson
MSI Schaevitz Sensors


>-----Original Message-----
>From: Wirt Atmar [mailto:[log in to unmask]]

>Gary, equally thirsty, asks:
>
>> So what does the Marine "Semper fi"  my spelling is probably
>>  wrong, mean?
>
>The correct phrase is "Semper fidelis" and it means "Always
>faithful." In
>that same vein, and in a different dialect of Latin, the
>phrase "Gung Ho"
>means "Work (in) harmony"
>
>Wirt Atmar
>
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