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Sgt. Grit,
I recently connected with a buddy I served with in Vietnam 40 years ago. He sent me a photo of one of our recon teams ? ?Dublin City?.
I thought our comrades might like to take a look.
Picture at Company C, 1st Recon Bn, near Phu Bai RVN.
Dear Sgt. Grit,
In response to the letter written by Jack Redmond, a member of the Les Brown Band, I would like to offer my appreciation to him and all of the others who came to Vietnam to support the troops. I have included a picture of all the members of the 1967 Bob Hope USO Christmas show in Chu Lai RVN. Can you point out where you are in this picture? From left to right, Bob Crosby, Raquel Welch, Barbara McNair, Bob Hope, Miss Peru, (I don?t remember the name of the lady standing next to her) and Les Brown. The unique thing about these shows is that Bob Hope?s staff always made it a point to find out something about each base or its commanders to make a joke about it. In our case, I remember him making a joke about ?Chu Lai steak? which of course was roast beef. On a personal note Mr. Redmond, I salute you and all of the others who sacrificed their time to make us laugh, to remind us just how beautiful our American women are and in the midst of combat, giving us hope and a much needed boost to our morale. Thank you again.
Dear Sgt Grit,
After recently placing an order with your company, I began thinking about my tour in the Marine Corps – 1959-’63. Most of the arms & weapons in your catalog are of current use. My weapon of choice was the BAR and, to me, was one of the few hand held weapons with controllable firepower.
Hello Fellow Marines!
We are seeking the Marines( 11th Engineers-vietnam 68′)
that you see in the photo.
Aside from Fankie Noe ( with the bluper -M79)
and myself ( sitting on the edge of the truck – sqd ldr)
we would appreciate your help.
Thanks
Gene Spanos
USMC 66-71 Sgt
watchcmdr1 @ sbcglobal.net
Dear Sgt. Grit, I am a former resident of Long Island having grew up in Patchogue and until two years ago, resided in Shirley with my wife and children. My wife and I relocated with our family in 2005 to East Tennessee. I am a Class of 1976 graduate of Patchogue-Medford High School and a retired New York City Police Detective. I am also a U.S. Army veteran and am currently serving in Iraq with the U.S. Department of State, Division of Narcotics and Law Enforcement.
Hi Sarge,
A few months ago my eldest son, Greg, was going through the family archive of photographs and came up with enclosed. It was taken on Christmas day (1968) near the DMZ & outside a little Village called Cam Lo. My younger son, Tim, recently got it into my computer. Though it was snapped 39 years ago (And also about 39 lbs. ago), I thought you might get a kick out of seeing some of the guys (During their USMChay-day.) that yourself and your fine News-Letter have helped over the years. And like myself, remain grateful.
A friend sent the attachments to me with the below note. VR, Winsor
I wanted to share with you what we saw in Washington DC last week. After the mid-term brief we toured the Mall and made the usual stops at the WWII Memorial, the Wall, Lincoln Memorial, etc. At the Vietnam Wall we saw something unbelievable. We noticed three small index cards at the base of the Wall. I knelt down for a closer look and noticed that a 4-star general’s rank was pinned to each card. The cards were personally addressed and said something like:
Hey all,
Sorry it’s taken so long hope you enjoy these pics. It would e nice if everyone could do this and put in country pics of them and pics now. Because when I was in country only knew most by nickname, or first name and put pics of the ones they send to you when they were in county.
