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Marine Corps Corvette Coupe

Sgt. Grit

I just read the latest newsletter and enjoyed the entry from Don Spires and the photos of his 1998 Corvette roadster. I have a 2005 Corvette coupe, while I didn’t go as far as Don with a paint job, I do proudly display my Marine Corps career. Please see attached photos. I’d like to see more of our vet’s with their Vettes………………Semper Fi………….. read more

LVTR-7 on a trailer

The kind of truck the expensive driver drove……this one was on the maintenance ramp at Camp Schwab over a weekend, probably in the spring of 1977……the vehicle on the trailer is a LVTR-7, the Recovery version of the P-7 family, later called AAVs……..R&E, if visible, stands for Replace and Evacuate, which is a Depot overhaul program intended to remove vehicles from the FMF while overhaul is still economically repairable….a one-for one exhcange. The truck likely belonged to Truck Company, H&S Bn, 3rd FSR…….they moved 128 tracked vehicles from Schwab to Naha Port that year….all between midnight and sunrise, which is when the Japanese permitted wide loads on their roads. read more

Marine Corps Corvette

It was a pleasure speaking with you and, as promised, I have attached a few photos of our 1998 Corvette Roadster with its military (primarily Marine Corps – of course!) theme.

As I mentioned to you, the two chrome auto emblems that I ordered are going to be installed on the stereo speakers on the inside of the two doors. The paint on our white Corvette is a "ghosted" purple pearl that runs from the Marine Corps emblem painted on the nose of the car through the checkered flags that run over the hood, around on the sides of the quarter panels (and on the inside door panels) and then up on to the trunk deck, and look tattered to reflect the motion of the car. If you are looking at the car, the checkered flags appear to be gray/green at first, until the sun hits and then the purple shines through. read more