Sgt Grit is a place where Marines can come and meet other Marines, share tattoos and stories, keep up with Marine Corps news, or shop for USMC gear.
A special Thanks to Max Felser of the 1st Marine Division Association Bodfish Chapter! He has sent our Showroom Director/Reunions Coordinator a few gifts on behalf of the Bodfish Chapter and himself.
He sent hand selected, single barrel Jack Daniels Whiskey, a DVD copy of the 1st Marine Division Association Reunion this year in Portland, OR (in which she also attended) and a signed picture of Tim Matheson from Warner Bros. Studios.
On 22 September 2012, The Fallen Hero's Dream Ride was escorted by the Oklahoma Patriot Guard to the Sgt Grit facility in Oklahoma City, OK. Jason and Julie Vinnedge, father and mother of LCpl Phillip Vinnedge, were on an across country tour to help raise funds for the following charities: Toys For Tots, Missouri Military Memorial Fund, Gold Star Mothers, and the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, just to name a few.
We are always so excited when customers come from all over the United States, just to stop in and tell us how much we mean to them! Sgt Pena traveled from Fort Worth, Texas, where he serves as a Police Officer. He is still very dedicated to celebrating his Marine Corps heritage. He holds a Marine Corps birthday celebration every year in Fort Worth, where hundreds of Marines join him to celebrate their birthday.
Sgt Grit,
I found these goodies while rummaging through some boxes stuffed away in a closet. Don't know if you can use them in any of your newsletters. The first is a Dining In MAG-39 put on on 15Jun79 and the next is a dinner menu from the 203rd Marine Birthday 10Nov78. I haven't seen anything on Dining In's in any othe newsletters, is this a thing of the past? Keep on with the great newsletter and great products. Semper Fi!
Here are some photos at the finish of the Pikes Peak Challenge. This was are 27th hike up the Peak that is put on by the Brain Injury awareness of Colorado and my 14th year for vonlunteering. I'm a survivor of a traumatic head injury, in a coma for 30 days and 9 months as they put me back together.
1st picture is the cake my wife made, 2nd is Joe Irby, who land on Peleliu in WW2 and next to him is his wife, and the last is me, retired MSgt Ken Bishop.
I want to thank you for your time and your interest in our Marines
Ken Bishop
I was with Don Brown, in the states, in 2/8, circa 1964-1965. We were were on a Med Cruise in '65. I remember going into Naples with Don. We sat in a booth in a pizza parlor. Those were great times. I do miss Don Brown. But soon I too will be gone. No big deal – we all go sometime….
My uncle, Earl William Miller, U.S. Marine Corps passed away on July 10, 2012. He was a tanker in WWII serving with 2nd MarDiv in places such as Saipan, Tinian, Okinawa, Sasebo, and Nagasaki.
Uncle Earl was raised by my Mother (His sister) from a teenager and was sort of the older brother I never had. He was the influence that led me to enlist in the Corps where I had a successful 35 year career. I also had some influence on his grandson, Randy, joining the Corps. So it's all in the family.
Sgt,
Almost finished with our trip.
As I said, Many people will never get a chance to visit Washington, D.C and see the monuments there relating to the various wars our service men and women have fought in.
And seeing the professional staged photos in Magazines and on the web, I feel don't give the real life of being there experience that the photographs you take personally does.
So in that vein, I hope these are acceptable substitutes.
Any one that wants to download save and share you're more than welcome to do so. I only ask one thing, don't claim them as your own.
In the 1960's I was in Alpha Company 1st Bn 7th Marines 1st Marine Division stationed at Camp Las Pulgas on Camp Pendleton Calif. I participated in a ceremony that drummed an ex marine out of the Corps. He was escorted to the gate where the civilian police were waiting for him.
