Happy Birthday USMC

1st Lt. Tony Wickman
Alaskan Command
Public Affairs

ACROSS
1. Acetic or citric
5. “…happily ____ after.”
9. Region of the brain
13. Japanese alcohol beverage enjoyed by MCB Butler Marines
14. Former Italian currency
15. Member of a group to decide a trial outcome
16. The capital of Ukraine
17. Lake formed by Hoover Dam on the Colorado River
18. Part of the USMC emblem
19. Any of numerous aquatic or terrestrial mollusks
21. Member of an indigenous people of Japan
23. Biblical lady
26. Actor Perlman
27. SECDEF office symbol
29. In sports, a penalty
33. Sprite
35. Margarine
36. Terminate
37. A unit of matter
39. Jam, as in a drain
40. A U.S. Marine Corps base was established here in 1918
44. Satisfy to excess
48. Graduate student test, in brief
49. Approves
50. Commercials
53. Demolishes
54. A woman’s private sitting room
56. Dined
58. A mush of ground pork and cornmeal
60. Flabby
63. ___ out a living; made do with
64. Covered with tanning lotion
67. Christmas carol
69. New Jersey team
70. A period of instruction
71. Put into service
72. Type of duty for a Marine, in short
73. Enraged
74. Singing voice

DOWN
1. Questions
2. Eldest son of Adam and Eve
3. Furniture store
4. Nickname for Marines
5. Tree
6. Compete
7. Baseball stat
8. Method of detecting distant objects
9. Event for MCB Hawaii Marines
10. URL ender?
11. Former NBA player Minute
12. Previous to; before.
15. Spinning ___; an early form of spinning machine
20. Gift worn at 9 DOWN
22. Charged particle
24. Col. Gregory “Pappy” Boyington, USMC, was one
25. Star Wars character Solo
27. Privilege of demanding fulfillment of a contract
28. Sudden disturbance
29. Ad ___; for the specific purpose
30. Everything
31. New or recent
32. Short for fast?
34. Welcome or place
38. Spanish or peat
41. Used to express horror, disgust, or repugnance
42. Region
43. Birdhouses
45. Over
46. Place mentioned in USMC Hymn; “To the shores of ____”
47. Previously
50. ___ Without Leave; USMJ violation
51. Ported
52. Something beyond doubt
55. Fathers
57. A long time
59. Italian-born fashion designer Schiaparelli
61. Offensive to the senses; revolting
62. Exam
65. GMT -0500
66. Female deer
68. Zodiac sign