Pease greeters, 900 flights to date with more to come.
John cannon
Category: Proud to be a Marine
Marines Are Something Sacred
"I have grown to look upon Marines as something sacred,
I have laughed with them and cried with them,
Cursed them and prayed for them,
Shivered and sweltered with them,
Fought with them,
bled with them, and held them in my arms while they died.
I have buried them.
And all the time I have loved them."
–Major Gene Duncan
Thank YOU To The Drill Instructors
Thank You to the Drill Instructors of Third Battalion, Kilo Company, Platoon 3016 "Honor Platoon" back in 1981 for improving my values of life to this day!
Back in 1981, their ranks were;
SSgt K. L. Fields, SSgt C. L. Davis and SSgt C. J. Gibson
Looking For Lost Old Friend
Looking for an old friend. He came from Mass, and was in Hq Bn, 2nd Mar Div, Camp Lejeune in 1965. His wife was named Fran. Any help would be appreciated.
Don D.
Sgt Grit T-shirt At USMC Marathon
Attached is a photo of my custom t-shirt from Sgt. Grit's while I wait to start my 3rd Marine Corps Marathon 10K in Washington DC.
Sgt. Gary Jarboe
1969-1973
170th and 176th USMC Birthday Menus
Here are two birthday menus that I still have. I got the first one from Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego in 1945. The second I got from the Oriental Hotel in Kobe, Japan in 1951.
Happy Birthday Marines!
Semper Fi,
MSgt. William Sherry
1945-1975
Oldest And Youngest Marine
On 10 November 2015, Sgt Grit presented KA-BARs to the oldest and youngest Marine present at our Marine Corps Birthday event. The oldest Marine was MSgt. William Sherry who is 88 and served from 1945 to 1975. The youngest Marine was LCpl Greg Ufford who is 35 and served from 2001 to 2004. Semper Fi Marines!
Getting Desperate
I've made this appeal before but now, my health is failing (I'm 71) and name it and I've been there hunting for my grad book from PI. Jul 7, 1961 to Sep/Oct 1961, Plt #339 of 336 series; HDI–S/Sgt Rushing, A/DI's Sgts Fox, Phillips, Long. We are a three generation family and I'm trying to get what my Son (SD 1995 Plt #1050) destroyed. Heck, I don't even have a pic of me when I was in the Corps. I even have gone through about 300,000 plus photos of Togetherweserved.com photos with the other half to go. Would really appreciate help. Series. CO was 1st LT. Silvers.
Call Ghostbusters
The car is a Mercedes ML430! We live here in Sussex Co off Gilliam rd. We have a 68 acre farm. With all that's going on against police these days I wanted people to know how important Law Enforcement and our troops are! I was a Marine in Vietnam and was badly treated when I got home!
Fire On The Flight Line
JP4 jet fuel used in Naval Aviation was so volatile we used it as fuel for our Zippos. Sometime in the early "60's" the Navy switched to JP5 which was less volatile and thus much safer on carriers. After the switch to JP5 we had to go back to PX lighter fluid because the JP5 mix needed more than a spark from a flint to light the flame. The jet fuel was delivered to our flight line in 8,000 gallon tanker trucks full of JP4 on the night of the fire on the VMA 212 flight line.