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The Red – the White and the Blue are the true colors
of Peace in the world – Her glorious colors have been
defended by many lives – in many far off lands so our
freedom might live on – and on – and on
Old Glory is at Her best with the wind blowing sharply
and when you hear Her snapping in the wind – She’s
unfurling Her colors for all the world to see – She is the
sign of Freedom wherever She flies
Corpsman Up Back Piece
Reunion time, is just around the corner.
I served as an Marine '66-'72, reaching the rank of SGT. This week I will gather with my fellow Marines from Vietnam. I haven't seen most of them since 1967-1968 when we served in HMM-364, Purple Foxes, a CH 46D Squadron out of MCAF, Tustin in Santa Ana, California.
THIS CHEST EAGLE WAS DONE WHILE ATTENDEING FIELD RADIO OPER SCHOOL (FROC 29) IN SAN DIEGO IN ’73. (THIS PHOTO TAKEN AT AGE 55 YRS OLD). YES, I AM A RIGHT-WING TEA PARTY MEMBER, WHO REMAINS ARMED AND ANGRY…
sgt comanding a 155mm selfe proplled gun from 1962 through 1968.
My end of career motivation.
Eagle Globe and Anchor with USMC tattoo
Enjoyed the story of fighting the HUKS. I too remember the time well. Was with MAG-16 (Helicopter Support Detachment) that provided transportation support to the fighting GRUNTS. We were home based in the middle of Clark Air Base field between runways in a tent camp. I was a SSgt at the time with Logistics Support with MAG-16 Group Supply at Oppama, Japan. 1956 – 1957.
Regarding Gene Lang's story "Fired on the Hucks". I too served in H&S, 1/12, 3rd MarDiv in Okinawa from July 1957 to Sep 1958 and I remember well Operation Strongback and Camp Hannah. I have a few photos of the place. We had an area called "Jack's Bar" set up with San Miguel beer sold for 10 cents a bottle. I also remember encountering a small band of "Negritos" and trading whatever gear we could spare for their hand made weapons. What stands out in my mind is how we got from Okinawa to the Philippines. In Dec 1957 we were mobilized and set sail to the South China Sea. My unit was on an LST. We sailed around in circles, never seeing land, for about a month on water rations, food rations and salt water showers. It was a miserable trip. The ocean was as calm as glass and it was hotter than hell. We spent the 1957-8 holidays aboard that ship before finally putting in to Subic Bay where we were housed in a compound in Olongopo which I believe was an old Japanese POW camp. At the time I had no idea why we were deployed to the South China Sea, but many years later I learned that it was a plan by Pres Eisenhower and Sec of State John Foster Dulles to assist in the 1958 Rebellion in Indonesia. The plan was to send “one cruiser one destroyer division all U.S. amphibious forces available in the Philippine area with embarked Marines plus necessary logistic forces” in the direction of Indonesia, staying “out of sight of land if at all practical.”
Flag raising at Iwo Jima.
