Author: SgtGrit

Restored ONTOS photos

Hi Sgt. Grit,   I'm a former Marine Reservist from the 90's, I was a proud DASCateer with MASS-6 out of Miramar. Never got deployed but I did get to Battle Griffin in Norway one year, that was the highlight of my time in the Corps.   Anyhow, after reading your latest newsletter and seeing the old photos of the Ontoses I decided to contribute in my own small way by restoring/retouching the two Ontos photos in the newsletter. I've retouched, as best as I could, the photo of the Ontos firing at night and the one of the wrecked Ontos; I hope that your readers, esp. the ones who submitted the original photos, will appreciate the restored photos.   Phil Hsueh

cigarettes marine corp birthday 1958

sgt grit   with the marine corp birthday right around the corner, i was wondering how many of these packs of cigarettes are still around, while serving with the 2nd force recon marines, stationed at camp geiger camp lejeune, on the marine corp birthday in 1958, all the marines going to chow that day were given a pack of chesterfield cigarettes,on the back of every pack was a picture of the marine emblem, and also MARINE COPRS BIRTHDAY, NOV.10.1775, NOV.10.1958 BASE SPECIAL SERVICES CAMP LEJEUNE. N.C.   i never smoked so i kept the pack of cigarettes, on nov.10th, my pack of cigarettes will be 53 years old, still unopened and sealed, a great souvenir from serving with the greatest bunch of marines in the best company ever, 2ND FORCE RECON, just alitle more info, after graduating from radio telegraph communications school at mcrd in 1956, i was sent to recon,but in 1956, force recon was called 2nd amphibious recon, in early 1957 the name was changed to 2nd force recon and at that time we were just a company of marines who were trained in special covert operations, what a great outfit it was, i would like to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY  to all the marines who are now serving our country, HAPPY BIRTHDAY  to all the marines who served our country in the past, and a SPECIAL HAPPY BIRTHDAY  to all the marines who gave their lives for our country, rest peacefully brothers, cpl.raymond reid usmc