Here we are again the Gunny is making a big hit around my area every one thinks he so Marine He dose what a marine is told to do with out questioning it he has been on meny missions in the last 2 years ..If he can make a Family smile when they have lost a loved one or make an old marine in a nursing home or soldiers home smile thats all that matters, Hes a Patriot Gurad Rider mascot Since im A ride captian & flag director the gunny is mine to take care of and hes only 22 months at this point ..hes a real little trooper.. We have done home commings and send offs and also been there for are fallen troops (Gunny Sgt Bruce The MOOSE)
Category: Marine Corps Stories
Moose in Dress Blues
This is gunnery Sgt Moose in his new Dress blues 67 pounds of all pride. And he's my Little Marine all the way he's a great companion and the Marines in my area just love him and the VSO of all the towns around us ask if he will come to there events and I take him. He's good for moral and he's an all around good pal I never leave home with out him.
Monte visits Sgt Grit Marine Specialties
Took these the other day when we were shopping.
– George
Picture for Sgt Grit
Sgt Gritt,
Hello!
I am a retired Marine. I bought my wife a yellow lab puppy and after going through all the names we could think of everything from Chesty, to Devil Dog, Sarge, and various others my wife said, why not name him after your rate? Corporal?? And it stuck!! We are customers of Sgt. Gritt and. I had previously purchased a "Corporal of Marines" shirt with his rate logo on the front. We decided to put the over-sized shirt on and my wife snapped this picture. It has become a fave around family and friends. Hope you all enjoy it too. Semper Fi!
Walter Gibon’s Proud Clan
The Old Corps
ROK
Sgt. Grit,
I just started reading this week's newsletter, and the story about ROK Marines brought back a couple of memories. The only contact I had with any of them was on 24 December 1966 at the Chu Lai airstrip on my way to board the C130 that would take me from India Battery 3/11 up to Danang for my six-month stint as art'y FO for Lima 3/7. As I was walking toward the aircraft, I passed a Korean Marine heading in the opposite direction. I nodded in greeting in passing, and as I looked him in the eyes, I saw what I have seen only a few other times: the expression of a cheetah or tiger in a cage–cold. In the Danang area, I heard about how they responded when a vehicle hit a mine in the road: they came off the vehicle shooting everything in sight. As a result, they didn't have too many such incidents in their Tactical Area of Responsibility.
My 100th Mission
The attached photo was taken of the celebration of my 100th Mission in Vietnam, flying as a RIO in F-4 fighter-bombers with VMFA-122. My pilot was Kurt Wilbrecht, shown leaning against the aircraft, who was later killed in action.
David Dunn
Georgetown, Texas
Last surviving photo of me in Nam!
Here's an airwinger Pic for you. This was taken in early 1966 to commerate our 5,000th sortie. VMA 223 flew A4 Skyhawks. What a great war bird it was. I was on the check crew and recruited to hold the sign (I'm the one in the T-shirt) for this photo op. Later that year I was rotated to CONUS for separation from active duty.
We meet again – 11th Engineer return team of 89′ Vietnam Revisited
In conjunction with this year's Marine Corps Engineers Association reunion –
We look forward to the reunion this year with the members the return 11th Engineer Marine team of Jan 89'.
In the return photo:
LtoR are: Marine Frankie Noe of Mass, Sgt. Billy Johnson of Conn, Gene Spanos of Ill [ Team Leader ] Mike "Doc" Wallace of Kansas and Nate Genna of Mass.
Marine Corps Birthday Cake
Sgt Grit,
I enjoyed viewing the photograph of the Marine Corps Birthday Cake taken in 1969 on Hill 88. The attached photograph was taken at the Marine Corps Combat Base of Khe Sanh, Headquarters Company, First Battalion, 13th Artillery Regiment on the Marine Corps Birthday in 1967, just a few short months before the start of that long and horrific Siege.