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Christmas Day 1969 at Liberty Bridge, Quang Tri Province, RVN, 60MM mortar squad, Lima Co., 3/5/1. We decorated our gun withChristmas tree balls.
Front row: Harvey and Sanchez
Back row: Cannon, McDonald, Acton, Martinez and Bruce
David Acton (E-1/E-5)
USMC 1968 – 1970
RVN 1969 – 1970
Cpl “Nick” Hernandez
My EGA with Recon skull
Spent 1 Year on the "Rock" at Camp Sukiran with the first full battlion rotation from 1,1,1. Capt Cecil G. Dunnigan was our CO. Camp Fugi, Borneo, Tiawan, Philippines, etc.
Cpl E4 Burt Berridge
1958/62
Could you make that "A" Co 1st 1st Marines?
This is a picture of my son Brian at the recent USMC 238th Birthday Ball. He is stationed at Camp Pendleton.
Is this a good looking Marine or what?
Mattman
The organization that I belong to, National Image, Inc., honors civilian and military men and women on active duty who have excelled in community service at our Military Awards banquet on a yearly basis. This year our conference was held in Baltimore, Maryland. The call went out to the Department of Defense to submit personnel to receive this award. I have been in contact with my platoon commander since the late 80's even though we had served in the Republic of Vietnam in 1966-67. I knew that he had been involved in community service in Philadelphia where he resides and asked him to meet me just to say hello and talk about our experiences. It was a complete surprise for him!
I only went home on Christmas leave one time during my enlistment. It was 50 years ago in 1963. I was stationed at MCRD San Diego, attending Basic Electronics School. Since the course just happened to end just before Christmas and Radar Fundamentals class didn't start until right after 1 Jan 1964, we were given leave over the Christmas holiday.
Well Sgt Grit, I have spent several Christmases away from home starting 1959, however, for my time spent in the Corps, that was my home and I enjoyed, Japan, Okinawa, Laos, Vietnam during the Christmas seasons, and I had 6 of them overseas on the Pacific Rim. Christmas overseas meant, USO shows with top artist at the time, Good meals in the Mess Hall cooked by Marines and lots of suds. (beer, booze) and great friends.
