my name john r. ortiz l/cpl served 1967-73 radio man 2531 was communications chief for 3 ops (observtion posts) 3 fingers thumb and north in the summer of 1969 i came in from the op to see a uso show in 1st. tank bn. hq base. suddenly i look up and i am staring into a mashroom cloud, the base had an mmo dump behind it that started exploding bombs rockets and all sort of ammo. if any bro marines were there would like to see and talk to them because a few of s stayed back on base while the bn. evacuated thank you bros for reading these few words now and for always marine corps