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Sgt. Grit story on Summer Dress Uniforms, Green Field Scarf and Best Duty Station.
Like many other Marines, I start off my Thursday mornings reading your Sgt. Grit Newsletter. And I want to express my appreciation and thank you for providing such a great service! I know that editing the Sgt. Grit Newsletter takes a tremendous amount of time and a whole bunch of love. Thanks for Loving our Corps and fellow Marines!
Attached you will see a picture of when I was at Parris Island, SC. March 17, 1951. Approximately 60 of the men came from Connecticut. We went as a group and were called "The Shamrock Platoon". Most of the men were assigned to Korea, as I was one of them. We were a Honor Platoon.
In your 27 March newsletter, Jim Mackin provided a great report on the old French resort at BaNa which 1st Recon (and 1st MarDiv) used as a radio relay site. I thought you and your readers might be interested in a couple of pictures of the resort as it was in about 1968. It was a great radio relay site and an informal in-country 'R&R' site for war-weary Recon teams.
Here is a photo of my Scarf which was green in 1966, the year that I join Marine Corps, this item was part of uniforms issued to us at MCRD, I never wore it while I was in the Marine Corps. But, just as Sgt Reeder stated… it was (rayon or ??). This item was a pain in the wazoo during a Junk on the Bunk inspection because it tended to literally crawl off the display. It is 11"x 48". As you can see it is no longer green after 40 plus years and a few washings, I must say that it has come in handy on cold mornings when riding my motorcycle.
Not a story just a couple of questions. I may be having a senior moment but it seems that I remember that the slogan The Few The proud used to end in The Chosen does anybody know. I am looking for anyone who went thru boot in July Aug and September 1959. I cannot remember the platoon number and all my information and platoon picture was destroyed by a tornado in GA. During the nineties some names I remember were Curry and Zenkie was from Muleshoe Texas, also had a member named Parrish a copy of the platoon photo would be geat appericated. Email me at waltermarycarleen@hotmail.com. Thanks McCormick always a marine..
Bi-polar from age 9 -present. Age, now is 63. U.S.M.C 1969-1973. The Marine Corps put me through some changes that ensured my survival.
I did not sh-t my first six days on active duty (06/16/1969-six days). Reported to Senior D.I. S/Sgt. V.D.Martin for solution-butter.
March 30th, 2014 in the United States or March 29th, 2014 in Vietnam marks the 39th Anniversary of end of the Vietnam War. These Veterans didn't receive a grand welcoming upon their return home. Many of them returned from years at war just to fight another war in their native land. Over the years, Americans have realized the disservice and neglect that our Vietnam Veterans had to face back then, and many family members and organizations have made it their mission to ensure that all Vietnam Veterans receive a proper “Welcome Home”.
After reading a couple of recent stories about donating blood on Okinawa, I was reminded of an experience of my own. I was serving with the 3rdMarDiv Band in 1964. We rated house girls because we went through several uniforms a day, mostly due to the Godawful humidity. One of our girls was killed in an accident and her family was having trouble paying the hospital bill. We learned that if a bunch of us went to the Okinawan hospital and donated blood it would help to reduce the bill. We wanted to help and also knew we would be given whiskey afterwards. I was lying on the table hooked up to a bag and taking life easy when I happened to look over and there was a big pool of my blood on the floor! There was a big hole in the bag and I yelled "Aksamio" at the top of my lungs. An Okinawan nurse came running and nonchalantly hooked me to another bag. Needless to say, I was given many shots of Suntory whiskey to sooth my fevered brow and ruffled feathers. Just another day on the Rock!
Looking for people who were in plt 1066 @MCRD San Diego Aug 1968, PC SSgt RKU publico, DI's JT Cuff, SSgt Rabenowitz, I left from OKC, OK and flew to Diego, middle of the night met by a screaming man on the bus and then the yellow foot prints wondering what the hell have I gotten into. Changed my life and made me a man. Went to the Nam and then home and got out at the Stumps finished college in '70.
My name is Ron Nelson. I served time in the Marine Corps from 1973-74. I’ve been a photographer for 37 years and belong to the American Legion and just recently the VVA Chapter in Watertown, SD.
The photograph was put together after attending the South Dakota Vietnam War Memorial Dedication in 2006. I came home with many images of the event. Not a single image really told the story of what happened those three days in Pierre, SD. When I got home on monday, I sat down and looked at the images I had taken. My inspiration was to create something that all Veterans of this era could remember from that weekend of healing. The image was published in many newspapers around South Dakota after I had finished it. The calls and letters from Veterans and family members wanting to have a copy of the print was overwhelming.
