Category: Marine Corps Stories

Father and daughter Marine of the Year 2010.

Hi my name is  Meghan Layman, I am from Walkersville MD.I just wonted to share this with you all, my Father and I both made Marine of the year for  2010 Shangri-La Detachment in Frederick MD. My Father served in Vietnam1967-1968 Charley 1, 4th Marines, 3rd Marine division . He is always  on the look out for the Marines he served with if anyone out there remembers my Father send me an e-mail megoorah2005[at]yahoo[dot]com he would to reunite with you. He graduated from good old PI on Dec 15,1966 Plt 211. He is by fair the best Marine i know  i have always looked up to him and done my best to make him proud i think becoming a Marine Has done the job Semper Fi Meghan. P.S. the photo with are covers on is before the Birthday ball began, The one with are Marine of the year award and no covers is the aftermath of the Ball OORAH. read more

Dobermans in WWII

Sgt Grit,
 
I think a USMC Tee-Shirt with Doberman's recognized as the real USMC War Dog/ "Devildogs" would be appropriate. See attached:
 
http://www.doberman.ws/ww2.php
 
Admittedly the English Bulldog is the USMC Mascot but the Doberman was the real hero in many WW II campaigns, he was a fighter. I have had eight Doberman's and my current Marine, Baron, is 32.5" to the withers and 112 pounds of protection and companionship. read more

My Three Favorite Memories

Take a 17 year-old redneck from Georgia, and send him to MCRD, San Diego. September, 1943( when he anticipated going to Parris Island) and you have one very frustrated "boot", with a S/N 495285; Radio School on base, Camp Pendleton, and eventually assigned to the 9th Replacement Draft. I joined the 8th AAA Bn, on Kauai; Our armament was 20mm, 40mm and 90mm guns and rifles. We eventually went into Okinawa; I understood we were part of the 1st Division "reinforced", but i sensed that was more scuttlebutt, than official. read more

CH53 Crashes on ammo dump at Vandergrift Combat Base

On 9 April 1969, Lima Company, 3/9, was Standing Lines at VCB after Operation Dewey Canyon.  I had been In Country about three weeks.  The fighting hole I was assigned to was about 30 yards in front of an ammo dump where supply choppers would fly in and get hooked up with external loads in a net and then deliver them to other fire bases.  read more