In August of this year twenty-one Marines from Platoon 2085, Parris Island 1966, gathered in Washington, DC as guests of The Khe Sanh Vets at their 2012 Reunion. We were honored by the presence of our SDI, First Sergeant Ben Leith (USMC Retired) and his lovely wife Jackie who mustered with us from their home in Arizona.
Category: Other USMC
Looking For…
Platoon 1096 from 1968 is looking for, at that time Sgt Vernon R. Smith, our drill instructor. We were his first platoon. We have a reunion every year and we would like to invite him. He lived in Spokane, Washington until he joined the Marines. Semper Fi Marines, Whiskey 3/11 1969 and part of '70.
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
Thanksgiving 1962
For Thanksgiving the cooks were able to obtain some frozen turkeys from the Army. The cooks put the turkeys on steel tables, the cooks then sat on the other tables. We gave them all the heavy scrub brush heads we could find. The cooks spent two nights throwing the scrub brushes at the rats to keep them fom getting the turkeys. Worked. We had a good Thaksgiving… Anyone who was on Okinawa at that time can tell you the size of the rats, like medium sized dogs… No cats on the rock, I guess the rats got them…
Before The Days
I served on active duty before the days of "Cammies"… we were
issued and wore "Utilities".
The utilities were an olive drab green with a herringbone design
running through the very strong material. We never wore anything
else until we finally graduated from basic training. Then, once
a Marine, we wore Marine Greens, Tropicals or Dress Blues…
depending on the "Uniform Of The Day".
Semper Fi,
Bob MacGillivray
Corporal Of Marines
Platoon 63 "C" Company
Third Marine Recruit Training Battalion
Parris Island SC 1956
I Asked Him
Hey Sgt. Grit,
Came across this photo of MCRD San Diego taken from what appears
to be a twin-engine aircraft (maybe landing at the San Diego
Airport). The photo was loose in an album my Father-in-Law gave
me. He was a Korean-era Marine, Cpl A.L. Techlin, DUKW Driver.
191st
Thought you might like this copy of the 191st MC Birthday in Chu
Lai, Vietnam, 1966.
Fortunate Enough
Hello Sgt. Grit,
Just wanted to chime in on Marine Corps Birthday Ball pics. In
2007, my wife and I were fortunate to attend the 232nd Marine
Corps Birthday Ball in Fredericksburg, VA for the Combat
Development Command. Commandant Conway and future Commandant
General Amos were in attendance. We were fortunate enough to
have a few laughs with the Generals and get our pictures taken.
Happy Birthday Marines
Here are some pictures from our showroom on November 10th. We look forward to this day every year, just so we can wait eagerly by the the door and wish all of these Marines a Happy Birthday!
Parris Island 1954
Facing the picture. I am 6th from the left in the front row. My name is Richard Barlow.