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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