'C'mon you sons-of-bitches! Do you want to live forever?' are words spoken by Sergeant Major Daniel Joseph "Dan" Daly (1873-1927) In this photo, Sergeant Major Jiggs, virtually a symbol of the Marine Corps, is ready for a 1924 training flight at Quantico, Virginia. Of decidedly blue-blood background, Jiggs nee King Bulwark, was whelped in Philadelphia on 22 May 1922. Upon his enlistment in the Corps on 14 October 1922, he outranked the Commandant. Brigadier General Smedley Butler, who signed the enlistment papers "for life", sensibly demoted the King to private and preserved the chain of command. Jiggs moved up rapidly in the ranks. He was a corporal for two and a half weeks after the induction and a sergeant by New Year's Day 1924. That June he was promoted to sergeant major. Jiggs died before his time on 9 January 1927. He lay in state in a Quantico hangar, flanked by two Marine guards and banks of flowers. His passing was mourned throughout the Corps. Photo featured in the November 2009 issue of Proceedings magazine.