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Sgt. Grit,
Thought I'd pass this along to brag about our rifle squad from the Marine Corps League "Sgt.Maj. Linehan" Detachment # 1034. We do the honors for most of the Veterans funerals in our area, which includes the folding of the flag, Taps, & the rifle salute.
Sgt Grit:
Earlier this month my son's Engineering Battalion left for Afghanistan and brother, I gotta tell you, it was real hard letting him go. The day we found out what their actual deployment date was, there was a different kind of reality that hit me that cannot be explained.
This is my pumkin that I carved last year.
Members of the California Delta Chapter, FMDA gathered with
friends, wives and fellow Marines on September 8, 2012 at
the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery to dedicate a
memorial to members of the First Marine Division who gave
their lives in battle.
Sgt Grit:
Several issues of the newsletter have mentioned swagger
sticks. I've enclosed a few shots of the kind that vendors
would come aboard the ships and sell while hitting the ports
in the Med while deployed for a Med Cruise. This one
indicates the ship, USS Rockbridge, APA 228. Note the
scrolls denote the ports hit on that cruise and the islands
for amphibious exercises and landings. A great reminder of
that cruise. Maybe others that have them can send photos.
I have always thought this was a M-60, but could you let me
know if it is actually a M-88? City of Hue, February 1968.
Thank you,
David Ebstein
Corporal
'67-'69
Sgt. Grit, Here are three old pix of myself.
#1, ITR at Camp Geiger Pvt. #2, At Camp Magill, Japan
wearing the [battle jacket], not the[Ike jacket] as a PFC.
#3 On the USS Catamount, LSD 17, inroute to Lebanon, 1958 as
a Sgt, E4. That's me waving.
Hey Sgt. Grit,
I thought some of your readers would like to see the menu
for Christmas 1944 at Cherry Point, NC.
Please notice the last item on the 2nd page of the menu
(Cigarettes).
PFC R.O. Berg 1954-1956
When a couple of old Marines who served together over 45
years ago get together, what do they do? Have a few beers
and talk about other old Marines. So it went when John
Pointer from San Diego stopped in to see Bill Rajewski in
Harrisburg, MO on a cross country trip.
Sgt. Grit,
Here is a pic from the Ceremony Program where "Q" Battery,
5/11 was activated and the new Unit Insignia for the
Battalion was displayed for the first time (3 Oct. 12). The
change is basically that two crossed HIMARS rockets were
added to the right upper quarter of the shield.
