Saw the story on barbers and thought I would send a picture of the barber shop on Hill 327, DaNang, Vietnam 1965.
Semper Fi
Cpl C Smith
3rd Shore Party
Category: Proud to be a Marine
Captured Korean POW
This is the picture we talked about. Notice my reward for picking up the gentleman from opposing forces. Also received seven days R&R in Kyoto, one case of beer, and a fifth of bourbon.
Corky Knack
Sgt 1225xxx
Full-faced Helmet
Just a heads up that a friend of mine was riding his motorcycle in southwestern Iowa earlier this week and managed to total his bike in an accident. I reached him on his cell phone at the hospital later in the day (actually expected his buddy to answer, but Dwight did) and he informed me that he didn't have a concussion or any other head injuries due to his full-faced helmet that he had been purchased from Sgt. Grit. Once he's released from the hospital, I told him he owed Sgt. Grit a thank you and a new order for a replacement.
Lost and Found Newsletter 23 May 2013
It's been over 57 years since I became a Marine at MCRD Parris Island, and with the exception of one of my DI's (SSgt Richard E. Buice) who I ran into at Camp Lejeune in 1965; I haven't seen nor heard from any of my Recruit Platoon members. I've done internet searches and phone directory searches, advertising in the Marine Times, Leatherneck, etc. with no luck. I was thinking that perhaps some of those Marines who get the Grit newsletter just might be one of those Marines from Platoon 197 who graduated with me in March 1956. Attached is Platoon photo.
1948 and 1946
This was taken 1948, and my boot camp pic taken 1946.
Tony
Sgt. Retired
Operation Silver Lance
Sgt. Grit,
This is my Zippo, I bought it while aboard the USS Cabildo LSD 16 in early 1965. I was a tank driver with B Company, 1st. Tank Battalion. We were participating in Operation Silver Lance, which involved a 7-day cruise off the coast of Mexico, and a surf landing from a Mike Boat at Camp Pendleton. Hopefully you can read what is engraved on it, my name, serial #, and the places I had been when I had the engraving done in the Philippines later in 1965.
VMA-311 MAW I, Vietnam 1971
I was stationed with VMA-311 in Vietnam 1971. We were part of MAW I. This is a picture of our A-4s on the flight line. We flew more combat sorties then any other squadron in Vietnam.
G.I. Joe
'Joe retired in 1988 as Master Sgt. (E8) from the U.S. Army having served eleven years. He also was a retired Master Sgt. (E8) in the U.S. Marine Corps, where he served for twenty two years. He received a Purple Heart along with numerous other medals and fought in the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir.'
HQ Company, 9th Marine Regt, 3rd Marine Division Reunion
Our Headquarters Company, 9th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division held our 5th reunion the last weekend of April in Washington DC. We have been "gathering" every other year to renew old friendships, and enjoy a few days of awesome fellowship. We have found that using your reunion posting board has actually been helpful with locating men from our company's "tour of duty" in Vietnam. Each time we have gathered your company has shipped us many items from your shop to present to our men, and we wanted to say a special "thank you" for you and your staff's continued service to Marines. See attached photo taken at Iwo Jima Memorial.
Editing
Your comments about "PC" and filters much appreciated. Filters are often silliness on stilts. Some military websites have monitors who do what they are supposed to… but there are a few who leave it all to the filters. The results? Writing about an Australian with whom I served with… his first name, "Mick"… the filter censored it to "XXXX"… writing about Vietnam, the name "Ho Chi Minh" was censored to "XX Chi Minh…"