Sgt Grit,
It's me, Little Bit, D. Michael Rayo. We were stranded together on Baldy and submitted a story in regards to meeting up with you in Da Nang and our little road trip down Hwy 1 on The Sunny Side Of The Pond.
This is in reponse to:
Category: Proud to be a Marine
The Killing Ground
The faint diffuse of light
pushing its way from the sun
breaks the day
exposing the casualty of war.
On the battlefield
dead men lie in the dirt
made wet by their blood,
shaping the muck around them.
Their places of rest
fossilize as the sun beats down
The Killing Ground
The faint diffuse of light
pushing its way from the sun
breaks the day
exposing the casualty of war.
On the battlefield
dead me lie in the dirt
made wet by their blood,
shaping the muck around them.
Their places of rest
fossilize as the sun beats down
Farmville Jarheads
Happy 237th Devil Dogs!
13th Engineers
Sgt Grit,
For some reason all the lists of units within the 5th Marine Division never seem to mention 13th Engineers, Camp Pendleton, Calif. 1966-67. I have attached a photo.
Ken Clark
Sgt., '66-'69
Old Guy In The Skirt
Mom and I attended the 237th with our son and his family. The young guy is our son, the CO of VMFA-112 the old guy in the skirt is me.
J. M. "Mike" Jeffries Capt. USMC Ret.
Every Year
Here's my birthday cake. I have ordered one every year since I got out in 1980. Semper Fi Always!
Randy Mabbit
Wife Went For Coffee
Pictures taken at Rock Island Arsenal. Pictures taken this past fall on a weekend getaway to Davenport Iowa of Marine Corps. Ontos and assorted tanks and artillery pcs. Later toured the museum and it was awesome. Spent 2 hours looking at the display of weapons (wife went for coffee). Semper Fi, 237 Years of serving are country.
The Next Best Cake Cutter
So up here in the Northern part of A'stan (Jalalabad), the Veteran Marines outnumbered all eight of the uniformed, but we celebrated anyway, graciously arranged by MAJ Copeland and the local USO. The oldest CPL on hand was born in 1956, to the youngest LCPL born in 1992 (I have socks older than that!)
We had a great time, and blew the 'soldiers' out of the DFAC with our rendering of the HYMN.
DaNang 2012
Happy Marine Corps Birthday and Veterans Day.
It was a perfect, warm day with a cloudless blue sky in Da Nang,
Vietnam. The Marine Vietnam Vets now living in Da Nang celebrated the 237th birthday of the Corps today on China Beach.
We had a good turnout of Marines, Navy and Army as well as
a number of civilian friends.