Author: SgtGrit

PFC Poochie

Hi Sgt. Grit,

While reading your AmericanCourage Newsletter #195, for 05 Mar 2009, I saw the picture of PFC Bonehead submitted by Bart Baldwin, of Brackettville, Tx. I thought it was so cute that I sent it to my Daughter, because she is always dressing her dog up in ‘His Marine Blues’ for different Marine occasions. I’m a Life Member in the Marine Corps League, John Basilone Detachment # 190, here in New Jersey and a couple years ago after marching in the John Basilone Annual Parade, which is held in Raritan, NJ, I stopped by her house on my way home and she took this picture of me and Pablo, her dog. I know we were both a little ‘Out of Uniform’ , but please understand, I had just marched a couple miles in the heat and was hot and tired and on my way home. (no excuse, I know !) Now, PFC Poochie (Pablo) had no excuse, he was at home all day guarding his Mother’s perimeter, in the air conditioning, while I was carrying a flag for our Honor Guard in the parade. read more

BAMs

Sgt Grit,

Sgt Doyle Clark wrote about his experience with “BAMs”. My Momma was a WM in WWII and after I graduated from Boot Camp, she let me know in no uncertain terms that “BAM” stood for “Beautiful American Marine”, although she did acknowledge that occasionally my Father (a Marine Pfc in the same Squadron) referred to WMs as “Broad Axle-d Marines”! read more

Pics From Gasparilla 15K

Hey all. My first 15K .. completed .. Marine Corps Marathon here I come … 6 races down … 15 to go!

I didn’t compress these before sending so you could actually see “the thrill of victory” .

Ya don’t realize how freaking far 9.3 miles actually is until you run it in boots with a pack 🙂 read more

Proud M.O.M.

Dear Staff of Sgt Grit,

My son is a LCPL in the Marine Corp. and is currently on his 2nd deployment. Our family is very close and we have all been staunch supporters of him and his choice to join the Corp. Every one of us have something on all of our vehicles supporting him/USMC. read more

MCRD Norfolk

Sgt Grit,

Reading your various messages, newsletters and such, I can’t help to see how the older Marines lovingly refer to the Corps as the “old Corps”. Now look at the attached scan and tell me if this isn’t “Real old Corps”! MCRD, Marine Barracks, Norfolk VA in Dec 1913. read more

Sgt Moose

Moose Update 6/1/09

this is my bad marine and me at a mission for the patriot gaurds Sgt moose of N.o. Reading Mass. 8 months old and tough as nails…

this is my sgt moose of No. Reading mass. hes only six months old and looks like he could take on any new recuite…Go sgt Moose semper fi oohraw read more

T48 57 mm

Enclosed is a picture of 1 of 6 vehicles I restored in USMC. The one pictured is a version of the T48 with a licensed 57 m/m A.T. gun. The day we shoot this will be a 1st since WWII in the U.S.

Thanks,
Jack

3rd Generation Marine

I was a third generation Marine. My Grandfather in WWI , my Dad in WWII Cpl (1943-1947) and me SSgt (1968-1978)
I have no info where my Grandfather served.
Dad served in the South Pacific (43-45) 3rd MarDiv Saipan and Guam and Tenstin, China (45-47) A/1/11 1st MarDiv.
I served in Vietnam A/1/11 1st MarDiv (69-70)?An Hoa and just south of Hill55, where you were at Sgt Grit. read more

Marine’s obituaries

Are, self explanatory items of three Marines.

Weil was in A-1-1.
Gordon also, in A-1-1
And
McHugh was in A-1-5.
All gave some !!!!!
SOME gave ALL !!!!!!!!

These three were compiled by Sgt. Robert Handley, who was in the Reserve with all three Marines in Pittsburgh. His relatives kept the newspaper articles and he has kept them all this time and forwarded by one of his daughters. Sgt. Handley was in C-1-1 while in Korea, wounded twice in one night before he had to leave his position. read more

Chili Cook-Off Group Photo

Central Illinois Leathernecks Annual Chili cook off in Springfield, Illinois 3/7/9