Oorah
Oorahis abattle crycommon in theUnited States Marine Corpssince the mid-20th century.
Several anecdotes attributed the phrase toJohn R. Massaro's time as agunnery sergeantin theReconnaissance Company,1st Marine Division,in the mid-1950s.[1]Massaro (who later becamesergeant major of the Marine Corps) and other Marines who trained aboard theUSS Perchsubmarine, beginning in 1949, usedoorahin imitation of the vessel'sklaxonhorn (which sounded likearrugah).[1]Others have attributed the phrase's popularization to Massaro's subsequent time at theMarine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego,where use of the word spread.[1]However, Massaro has said that he did not originate the word (saying in 2015: "It was a phrase or a term originally coming from boarding a ship" ) and that the word was already in use in 1949.[1]
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- ^abcdGidget Fuentes,The Marine sergeant major behind the 'oorah' battle cry,Marine Corps Times(November 10, 2015).
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