Author: SgtGrit

We did it

Back in August of 2012, my youngest son got the call from his recruiter that his orders were in and he was to report. Well my youngest, as most 19 year old kids, had a hard time finishing things he started, so I told him I would make him a deal. I told him if he finished Marine basic I would lose enough weight to wear my Marine uniform to his graduation. Well Sir. 40 lbs in 78 days, we did it. Like father like son. I graduated on 4 Nov 1977. My son on 16 Nov 2012. read more

Babe

"Babe" was given to me when I checked in to Dong Ha at the end of 1966. I was told to feed and take care of her, because she was special. She was in during April 1967 that was when all hell started. We were getting rocketed and mortared on a regular basis. I was in the crash crew adjacent to the runway, so apparently, we finally found out they could see us from a church in town [Dong Ha], as I was told. To make a story short, "Babe" knew when incoming was really coming in and we kept an eye on her all the time. When we saw her, all of a sudden, dash out the door she could open. We knew that we had a few seconds to hit the ground or any place we could grab. That was our "Special Babe." Eventually, she left us due to continuous incoming and ended up in a USMC helicopter outfit in Quang Tri ten miles from where we were. She was a good one. I found out they took good care of her when I saw her in an online web site; (2010). Naturally, I contacted them and that was another story. read more