Sgt Grit is a place where Marines can come and meet other Marines, share tattoos and stories, keep up with Marine Corps news, or shop for USMC gear.
Sgt Grit,
I noticed that near the center of the photo a fellow with no
shirt is standing atop a bunker, with arms raised. Cannot tell
if the Marine is "marshaling" [the correct jargon] our CH-47 to
its landing approach, or perhaps he had a camera raised, to snap
our photo. Perhaps he had binos scanning the area for Bad Guys
during our approach.
Fantastic artwork on this USMC Tribute Bike by Michael.
I was a crew chief on the R4D-8 (C117) both in Japan and at MCAS Quantico. I was a Sergeant, drew flight pay, and got to wear a leather flight jacket. Life was good.
But…the hours were long. I would sometimes arrive at the flight line at about 0500 to inspect the aircraft, run up both engines, and get everything squared away to have the R4D ready for the pilots at 0600 for the flight. I might be gone for two hours, or a week, depending on the flight schedule. There were often mechanical problems on the flight and I hoped that I knew enough to fix what ever the problem was.
Sgt. Grit,
My seabag from over 61 years ago with 1st ANGLICO logo with comical Indian character.
The painting was by Marvin Kohn, MGM artist, and Debbie Reynolds classmate.
Sgt Max Sarazin, 1st ANGLICO 3/52 to 3/54
Sgt Grit,
Your site really brings back some memories. Don Harkness story of how he came to join the Marine Corps rather than get drafted into the Army and his travel and arrival at receiving barracks at Parris Island prompted some thoughts about my experience. Don was over 21 years old and was put in charge of, as he states, "23 strangers, many of them teenagers who never had been away from home." for what appeared to be a one day travel via commercial airline.
A few months back, there was a brief bit in a newsletter about some odd concrete blocks that in all probability are still somewhere on MCAGCC, better known as the Stumps. These were described as being 3'X3'X3' (and 3,850 lbs, more or less) with forklift truck channels through the middle…..my guess is they may still be in use to block a road, or something like that, and my hope was that maybe some active duty Devil Dog out in the blazing sands would report having seen them……alas, so far, no takers…….
G 2/7 had our reunion in Palm Springs CA August 15-19, 2012
Sgt. Grit provided us with large selection of merchandise.
The biggest prize was a Vietnam Veteran Kabar.
It was so good that we had a raffle for it.
As you can see the Sgt Grit decals on both sides
Sgt. Grit, about the middle of June on my road trip back to the midwest, I had the opportunity to meet and talk to you and your staff. I want to say that I appreciate you taking the time out of your busy schedule to let me present you with a photo of our memorial honor detail.
Forty seven years ago, this Friday the 31st of August, we ('B' Btry 3rd LAAM Bn – MCAS Cherry Point, NC) landed at Da Nang, South Viet Nam in a C-130 (GV-1). Not a weapon among us and just a mite nervous, we instantly became 'A' Btry 1st LAAM Bn.
