Some of the stories about bad Marine chow brought back memories. I was with 1/1 3rd Mar Div in 1983 for a 6 month tour on Okinawa. After being on "the rock" for two weeks and eating less than stellar chow at the camp Hanson chow hall, I couldn't wait to go out to Kinville and get some chicken fried rice….no onions on most evenings. Anyway I was with H&S Company Supply and had to go to Kadena AFB to pick up some equipment. I grabbed a guy from Motor T with a jeep license and off we went. I picked up the equipment and since it was almost noon the Motor T L/Cpl asks me if I'm hungry. Hell yes I said. When aren't Marines hungry? He said he had eaten at the Kadena chow hall & the food was damn good. So off we go to the chow hall. I could not believe my eyes. You had more than ONE choice of entrees. WTF? As a matter of fact there were FOUR main entree choices. The dessert choices seemed endless!!! After filling my plate, I turn around to get a seat at a table and low and behold…..There are actual TABLECLOTHS on each table with salt & pepper shakers and napkins on each table. (I think I died and went to chow hall heaven). But that's not all. I was told that you could go and get SECONDS if you were still hungry. Well, being a good Marine, I had to test that rumor and found out it was TRUE. Needless to say I tried to get to Kadena AFB as often as possible. Man those fly boys had it good. I often wondered if the Marine Corps chow was so bad to keep us Devil Dogs pissed off and ready to kick some azz. Just a theory.
Category: Marine Corps Stories
Ka-Bar Shifter on Automatic Dodge 1500 Truck
Ka-Bar Shifter on the gear shift of an Automatic Dodge 1500 Truck
I guess it is done
Hey Grit: I ordered all my stickers last fall but my License plate just got here a couple weeks ago. What do ya think. I didn't want there to be any confusion about what is important in my life. In Wisconsin you have to send a copy of your 214 to get these issued to weed out the posers. Nice job Wisconsin. No one knows what the Navy Marine Corps Medal means out here but I sure do see a lot of people looking at the back of my truck. And there sure are a lot of people that blow their horn and some that even salute when they pass me.
Shadow Box
Sgt. Grit,
You might remember that 2 or 3 weeks ago I sent in a story about Andy Goddard, retired Marine Gunny SDI pt’ing a fat-body recruit in the “Rose Garden” at Parris Island?
One of things I said was that “you oughta see his shadow box”. In case you’re still interested, here it is.
Honoring his grandfather
This is a picture of PFC Dalton Welsh (24th Marines), United States Marine Corps, presenting the U.S. Flag at his grandfather’s (Lonnie Welsh) funeral to his great grandfather (Homer Welsh), a World War II veteran of the U.S. Army. PFC Welsh’s grandfather, a Vietnam era veteran of the U.S. Army, passed away unexpectedly on December 12, 2011.
Busted In Boot Camp!
How it was I got busted in boot camp!
Introduction: I was in Platoon 113, 3rd Battalion, Parris Island, April thru July 1956. DI's were Sgt. Cagla, Cpl. Davis, and SDI TSgt Smith. Cpl. Davis was the harshest, and was the DI who busted me! Our platoon was being formed during our first week, first week of April, they called it "Casual Company" which was anything but casual. So while being formed we wound up in the old wooden barracks on the rifle range before being shuffled into 3rd Battalion Quonset huts. While we were in the Rifle Range barracks, we were located on the opposite end of the wooden barracks from SSgt Mckeon's platoon #117 the evening he marched his platoon into the "Rose Garden" (puff mud of Ribbon Creek) tidal basin. During those months our platoon made many visits to our own "Rose Garden" the tidal marsh behind 3rd Battalion.
Helicopter
I was stationed at MCAF, New River from 1954-1956 with VMO-1. We received the HOK-1 aircraft in 1956. There is much info regarding the a/c at http://www.h43-huskie.info/HOK-MARINES.htm
Sgt Tom Harp*THE NAM* The Longest & Younges War in US History.
In "The Nam" We did not Fight & Die for our Country, or for "OLD GOLORY", "HELL NO" ("WE ALL") Fought & Died for ("ANGAFUL NATHON") & to kept each other alive to get back to ("THE WORLD"), For ("13") Gut Wrenchinge mouths, For some much longer, Most of ("US") that came back alive, I know would like to have taken formal President ("Johnson & Nixon") & that Dam Yes Man ("Gen.Westmorlan") & ("LITERLY") thrown All those ("DAM BASTERDS") up against THE ("WHITE HOUSE WALL")! In ("15") year peroid They managed To ("KILL") over ("58,000 Very Young "MEN"). The average Age were only ("19") years young. And to this day we'er still asking ("WHY").
Operation Hero Trek
Mike Mobley from Operation Hero Trek stopped by our store.
Operation Hero Trek
www.operationherotrek.com
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my father's name is Lowell Leu. his tour of duty was from 1956 to 1961 and was stationed (i believe) on okinawa during the earlier part of the tour with the 3rd division, 4th regiment, I(?) company, 60mm mortars. he went through boot at san diego. he currently has the onset of dementia, alzheimers, has gone through cancer (and survived!) and is on oxygen full time. i'm hoping that there may be someone who knows him or might have been stationed with him at one time that would like to correspond with him. please feel free to contact me so that i may put you in touch! thank you, from all his kids, brad (navy), lynn (air force), layne (marines), tim (army)