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Save the date

Save the date

This is what I am swimming in for the tri .. it’s only 1/4 mile but wet cammie pants are really freaking heavy. All geared up for the run back home.. The run for the tri is only 3 miles , this is what I am doing it in ‘cept with boots (which I had to take a little break from due to blisters … but still ran the 1/2 mile there and back 🙂 And, yes, I found a swimsuit with blood stripes and, no, I haven’t mastered that “Marine” face yet (I tried in the last one but just can’t get it ) .. but a few more days of running in these freakin BDU’s in 90 degree weather …and I may just get it read more

THE FLAG

THE FLAG

Red, White and Blue are the colors.
So big and bright it flys
Between the two fire engines.
It moves with grace so far.
Watching the men so proud
They raise the flag with a frown.
For one of their men has fallen a hero.
Knowing he will never be fogetten,
His family will be taken care of thats for sure.
For he goes to heaven were he is safe
With all God’s love and grace. read more

Col Dave Shoup

Col Dave Shoup


Col Dave Shoup is on the left. That belt around his waist is actually a life belt we all wore aboard the troop transports enroute to invasion. Major Jim Crowe is on the right and that pouch is a map case. Col Shoup was awarded the CMH for action on Tarawa. Looking through my “archives” I came across several other photos I thought you might like to see, sort of a bonus. There is a photo of a Jap submarine recovered at Pearl after the attack. Also the entire Jap Sub crew taken before their mission. These were two-man submarines. A good friend in nearby Manchester was a crew member of the USS Ward that sunk one of these subs a couple of days before the attack. Also a photo of my Recruiting days in a l917 Fiat automobile. Our living quarters at New River before it was called Camp Lejeune, The USS Arizona just after the attack and the Jap surrender aboard the USS Missouri. Our Second Division tent area in New Zealand just before Tarawa. Miscellaneous Saipan and Okinawa battlefield photos. Always nice to communicate with my favorite people………. MARINES. read more

Barr-Nunn Transportation

Barr-Nunn Transportation

Barr-Nunn Transportation And The United States Marine Corps Team Up with Trailer Advertising GRANGER, IOWA – On any given day up to 180 million drivers take to the 4 million miles of roads, avenues and interstates spread across the United States. So why did the United States Marine Corps approach Barr-Nunn Transportation to spearhead their “1,000 Trucks” marketing campaign? “Several of Barr-Nunn’s top executives are former Marines, so we all wanted that partnership to work,” said Captain C. Derek Campbell, Marketing Operations Officer, Marine Corps Recruiting Command. “Basically, what we’re trying to do is bring about public awareness about the Marine Corps. Barr-Nunn is helping us carry that message.” read more

Lou Lowery

Lou Lowery

Got a chance back in 1963 while stationed at Henderson Hall to meet Lou Lowery. He was kind enough to give me a autohgraphed copy of his famous picture. For years I never realized what a treasure I had. I have given copies to many former and active Marines and friends. It’s a shame he never got the real credit for taken the First picture on Iwo Jima. This the first time I’ve read your newsletter but am enjoying it very much. Plan on sending copies to sons and friends. Keep up the good work. Semper Fi read more