Author: SgtGrit
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Prayers for a fellow Marine
Prayers for a fellow Marine
Semper Fi Marines. I have a special Prayer request for a fellow Marine that is in the hospital fighting a battle of his own right now. His name is SSGT Manford James Kenner. Jim is one of the one niners from the Viet Nam era. He received 6 Purple Hearts in his life with the Corps. His blood has stopped producing what ever it does to make more blood. He fell at a Veterans Day function and has been going down hill ever since. Enclosed is a picture of him. He is Marine to core. I told him he had to get well cause his orders hasn’t been cut yet for that trip to guard Heavens gate. This picture was taken last year at graduation. My husband and Jim Kenner and another fellow vet received their high school diploma’s through our local school district. The lovely lady standing next to Jim is his wife Becky Kenner. Of course they were the highlight of the evening cause all of them were in their dress uniforms. Needless to say the standing ovations and rousing applause brought tears to everyone. Please join me and our friends and fellow Marines in Prayer for a very special person in our lives. Thanks.
From Gavin
Marine Family
Marine Family
August 15th, 1981 I stepped on a plane for the first time to Parris Island South Carolina into a world I knew nothing about. What a wonderful world it was. I left the Marine Corps on February 2nd, 1987. I became a mother of three and “Once a Marine, Always a Marine”. My children knew about the Marine Corps. They all insisted that they would never be Marines. At one point in life I believed them. But, it was my foundation and other than my faith, it was what kept my head above water in the bad times and what I could attribute to my good times.
Support our Troops
Support our Troops
Love this web site and the effort that Sgt Grit and his crew put forth is awesome. You cannot deny it……..the Corps is a unique fraternity! Just wanted to add my "two cents" to the push to do something to support all of our troops – no matter the branch of service! Here I am, a former member of the Corps from 1959 to 1965 (Platoon 285, 2nd RTB, Parris Island, SC) just trying to do something to add my voice to the call to support all those in uniform.
Grandpas Marine
Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday
Marines:
This day, Our Marine Corps is 233 years old. I had the wonderful pleasure this weekend to be in Arlington National Cemetary, and see also the Iwo Jima Memorial, also know as the Marine Corps Memorial. I walked around the Iwo Jima Memorial, not knowing what I was supposed to be feeling. I circled it twice, snapped photos of the sculpture, the base, it was beautiful. As I walked around the side to the right, a 12 or 13 year old boy was on the surrounding ledge, walking around the memorial. I motioned with my arm for him to get down. He did, and walked back to his folks. Another guy from my training class, asked why I did that.
Gunny Ermey visit
Gunny Ermey visit
Hi Sarge,
Just checking in with some info I thought you may deem worthy of passing on. A bunch of old Marine Air-wingers have restored back to flying condition their exact UH34D (tail number YN19), they dug up from the boneyard in Arizona. They have put it back together on an old potato farm on Long Island, New York.
1/9 Homecoming
I would like to say welcome home to 1/9. We missed them all I'm glad that everyone came back safe and sound. I just want to tell my husband that I love him and I'm so glad that he came back safe. I want to say thank you to all the other people that risk there lives and their families. I know its not the easiest thing to do. This is a pic of my husband and our daughter at his homecoming.