Here is a recent picture of our Growl banner at my "dog house".
Semper Woof
Military Order of the Devil Dog
Pound Keeper
Devil Dog Eric 'da Greek' Gagomiros
09160
West Valley Devil Dogs
Pound # 332
Arizona Pack
The Honor and Fun Degree of The Marine Corps League
Category: Miscellaneous
Oklahoma Hills
India Co, 3/26, 3rd plt. S/Sgt Robert McLeod (far right) and
Capt Barbai (center). Oklahoma Hills April 1969, 3rd Bn, 26
Marines was on the float and had no home except the valley forge!
The operation took place high in the mountains 20-30 miles west of
DaNang, South Vietnam.
SgtMaj R.P. Mcleod
USMC RET
Area 13 Barrack’s Tree
This group of Marines was destined to spend the next two years together in VMA-212, MAG-13, 1st. Marine Brigade at Kaneohe Bay Hawaii. It would be a nine day voyage on the USS George Clymer from San Diego to Pearl Harbor, but first we had to spend a month or so at Area 13, Camp Pendleton, a staging Battalion for over 600 Marines waiting to be shipped out to Pacific duty stations. It was April, 1961, and Area 13 was hilly, hot, and dry. In order to keep all these young Marines busy the Officers and NCOs had us run up and down those brown hills several times a day whenever we weren't field daying the barracks.
The Pride Begins at Conception! Proof Positive!
My Daughter and Son-In-Law announced they were pregnant about 6 yeras ago and were to give birth to my 1st Grandson on 3, Nov. 2006. My response was "He will be born on the 11th. He won't have my last name but he will be born on the Marine Corps Birthday" Months went by teasing my daughter about that and sure as Marines follow orders, Jake was born on 11-11-06. I was in the delivery room with the rest of the family when the statistician Nurse was writing down length, weight etc. She called across the room and said "Doctor, what time was he born?" Doc's reply was "533", which just happened to be the A6A Squadron I was in, in Viet Nam. (VMA-533, Chu Lai,'67-68) Sgt.Merl "Goodie" Goodmanson" Proud Marine, Proud Grampa. "Semper Fi"
Every Year
Here's my birthday cake. I have ordered one every year since I got out in 1980. Semper Fi Always!
Randy Mabbit
China duty with Gen Puller
Sgt Grit,
Would like to let you know, as a career Marine.
18 years old when enlisted, 1939. I am now 91
After graduating in 1939 (Apr), I was transferred
to China assigned to the Old Fourth Reg. At that
time Gen Puller was a Captain. I had many runs
Combat Air Crew
with regards to CPL Joe "MRMOLOTOV" Thompson
'82 – '86 story about Combat Air Crew wings….
I don't know when they were first approved, but the current Air Crew wings were and are only recieved in or from combat missions, and I recieved mine in VietNam 1968.
newsletter of Oct 24 2012 reply
This a reply to a Nick Dazios' post in the Sgt Grit newsletter of Oct 25, 2012 – titled Chesty Pullers grave site.
Nick, did you actually serve on the Super Squad in 64' the won the event, ot were you one of the stand by picks that did not actually compete?? I am just curious as I served on both of those squads. Under Sgt. Dooley in 63' and Sgt White in 64' and I do not remember you. You may contact me @ dwight_t_lang[at]yahoo.com to leave me phone number s oI could call you.
Radio Operator
Look who's humping the most gear… radio operator!
I Made It
People always said that I couldn't make it and that I was going to be like all the other mistakes in my family. I grew up in foster homes my whole life and moved from home to home every 2 or 3 months. I had no one. I couldn't rely on anything. My life was sh-t. Then I saw a Marine recruiter and I knew that joining the Marines would change my life. I'm so proud to be a Marine and it is something in my life that I would never change, and I thank GOD for all the mistakes in my life because I would not be where I am today. Semper Fi, Do or Die!