The Marines of MCRD San Diego 1969 Platoon 1066 held our 4th annual reunion in Branson, MO this past weekend. It was a great success. What made it especially memorable was the generous donation of merchandise from SGT GRIT. Your USMC goodies were the highlight of our banquet and the reunion. Everyone got T-Shirts, pens, magnetic decals, catalogues, etc.
We even put together a 50 question "boot camp" quiz for the guys to take that Sgt. Grit himself would have been proud of (he may want to take it too). The top two scorers were awarded the books you provided. Two of our former Drill Instructors attended and one of them, Tony Gatling, had the highest score. But I guess that makes sense – he taught us the stuff 43 years ago. Our other DI, Eddie Alley was there with his new bride, Edna. As a former Marine herself, she loved the "Woman Marine" T-shirt you included.
On behalf of all of the Marines of PLT 1066 we want to say THANK YOU SGT GRIT for again contributing to the great success of our reunion.
Semper Fi,
Bob