[Ads-l] Semper Gumby (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill CIV (US)]

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Other 1991 citations:  


Anderson IN _Anderson Herald Bulletin_ 9 Feb 1991 p a-9 col 3 [Newspaperarchive.com]
"Semper Gumby: Always flexible, a play on the Marine motto Semper Fi."
This is a Dallas Morning News article, and also appears in the Madison WI _Wisconsin State Journal_ on 10 Feb 1991


From Mar 1991:
https://archive.org/details/USNSMercyThePulse228  (bottom of right-most column)

European _Stars and Stripes_ 12 May 1991_ magazine section, p 2 col 3
"Compliments of our Marine associates:   Refer to all family members and friends, affectionately, as "Hogs," Establish a "hog log" and a "hog board." Elect a "hog queen." Instead of grace before meals, preface with "chow down, hogs." Sprinkle conversation with "Semper Fi" or "Semper Gumby." "

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> I don't doubt it.
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> It evidently didn't spread very far very fast, since HDAS found no trace of it beyond Newsweek.
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> JL
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> On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 11:08 AM, Mullins, Bill CIV (US) < william.d.mullins18.civ at mail.mil> wrote:
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> > Mebbe so, but the earliest 2 - 3 "legit" uses of the quote I found
> > were all 1991, and are more likely related to Desert Storm.  It may
> > have been invented earlier, but that's when it spread.
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> > >
> > > Can't prove it, but I suspect that "Semper Gumby" owes its existence
> > > to
> > the
> > > 1987-89 revival of the character.
> > >
> > > JL
> > >
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