Author: SgtGrit
Thanksgiving 1962
For Thanksgiving the cooks were able to obtain some frozen turkeys from the Army. The cooks put the turkeys on steel tables, the cooks then sat on the other tables. We gave them all the heavy scrub brush heads we could find. The cooks spent two nights throwing the scrub brushes at the rats to keep them fom getting the turkeys. Worked. We had a good Thaksgiving… Anyone who was on Okinawa at that time can tell you the size of the rats, like medium sized dogs… No cats on the rock, I guess the rats got them…
USMC,EGA OVER CADEUSSES,DOC, BELOW
USMC OVER EGA ATTACHED TO CADEUSSES, THEN DOC DIRECTLY BELOW. ALSO HAVE SAME DESIGN AS A WINDOW DECAL ON MY VEHICHLES WITH THE WORDING “NEVER ABOVE YOU, NEVER BELOW YOU, ALWAYS BESIDE YOU! THEN DIRECTLY BELOW IS DESERT SHEILD/ STORM 8/89- 2/91
Born on the Marine Corps Birthday
My Dad was a Marine Raider in WWII and rather proud of having a son born on November 10th….I did not realize what special celebrated day it is until I was in Boot Camp at Parris Island….and how my Drill Inst. paraded me around to all the Squad Bays in 2nd Batt. Through out my hitch in the Marines('68-'72) even in Vietnam it was hard for anyone to believe ,even until this day.On Marine sites on the web, Facebook,etc.I always was overwelmed by the way no matter where you were,Nam, Med. Cruise, Stateside, and now in Civiian life, what a celebrated day.Or maybe it is the caliber of people I choose for friends being a Marine.(most are Marines)…..God Bless …Semper Fi… Sgt V.T.Ryan Jr.
Happy Birthday Marines
Here are some pictures from our showroom on November 10th. We look forward to this day every year, just so we can wait eagerly by the the door and wish all of these Marines a Happy Birthday!
Fortunate Enough
Hello Sgt. Grit,
Just wanted to chime in on Marine Corps Birthday Ball pics. In
2007, my wife and I were fortunate to attend the 232nd Marine
Corps Birthday Ball in Fredericksburg, VA for the Combat
Development Command. Commandant Conway and future Commandant
General Amos were in attendance. We were fortunate enough to
have a few laughs with the Generals and get our pictures taken.
191st
Thought you might like this copy of the 191st MC Birthday in Chu
Lai, Vietnam, 1966.
I Asked Him
Hey Sgt. Grit,
Came across this photo of MCRD San Diego taken from what appears
to be a twin-engine aircraft (maybe landing at the San Diego
Airport). The photo was loose in an album my Father-in-Law gave
me. He was a Korean-era Marine, Cpl A.L. Techlin, DUKW Driver.
Before The Days
I served on active duty before the days of "Cammies"… we were
issued and wore "Utilities".
The utilities were an olive drab green with a herringbone design
running through the very strong material. We never wore anything
else until we finally graduated from basic training. Then, once
a Marine, we wore Marine Greens, Tropicals or Dress Blues…
depending on the "Uniform Of The Day".
Semper Fi,
Bob MacGillivray
Corporal Of Marines
Platoon 63 "C" Company
Third Marine Recruit Training Battalion
Parris Island SC 1956
Chesty Meets Dali Geopoliticus: Child Watching the Birth of a Marine
I’ve been long time a fan of Salvador Dali’s art and I’ve wanted to get a Marine tat since I got out in 1969. But something original and unique. Last year I found an artist online, Justan “Sharpie” Carlson in Las Vegas and sent him graphics of the Marine Corps Emblem and Dali’s “Politicus: Child Watching the Birth of a Man.” Justan designed a mash up of the two and last April he tattooed me in an all night session. Next, a USMC banner in Dali style.