HQ Company Ninth Marine Regiment Third Marine Division RVN

Sgt. Grit,

Thank you and your staff for all they do for our veterans.  I look forward to reading all the submissions to your newsletter, this is a great service that you provide.  I like especially that your website offers links to help veterans and also helps us locate old friends. There is a special bond that exist between veterans that only grows greater as we age.  Our Headquarters Company 9th Marine Regiment 3rd Marine Division RVN 65-69 will be holding its 4th reunion  in San Diego, CA. April 12-14, 2011.  Our fellowship this year includes a trip to MCRD San Diego; when we visited Paris Island in 2009 our tour bus stopped behind the “yellow foot prints” where our “not so lean” took position on those famous prints.  There was a platoon of newly formed recruits standing across the way and I wonder what was going through their mind as they witnessed us forming up, I know their Drill Instructor got a chuckle out of it. read more

Point of Interest Are Reunion Anti/ Tank Co 5th Marines

Point of interest, At are reunion Anti/Tank Co.5th Marines ( Korea ) Sept.18 at Quantico,National Museum, Marine Base. Going thru the Museum I ran across a Picture that was taken Feb. 7 1953 of myself and my tank driver Norm Bodway carrying out one of the 6 Marines we were able to help. It was at the Samichon Valley also know as 76 alley read more

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. read more

Marine Bond Never Broken

Hi attached a photo of myself Rod Spinks on the left and Mike Wilson on right when we met up again last week after 42 yrs.The last time we were to-gether was in the Borneo Jungle serving in 40 Commando Royal Marines in 1962. We are now 64yrs old. The Marines bond will never be broken Regards Rod Royal Marines Commandos 1957 / 68.
PER MARE PER TERRAM read more

D-Day Museum in New Orleans

I just returned home from a ship's reunion in Mobile as I was stationed aboard the USS Navarro APA-215 (troop transport) from 1962-1964. I have three grandson's now in the Corps. One, LCPL Kane M. Funke, was killed in Falluja on August 134, 2004 as was in 2/7, Echo Co., WPNS PLTN: LCPL Justin Demaranville is also in Falluja and has been wounded once already is with 3/1 India Co., 3rd, PLTN and the third on is LCPL Rick Burke with the Marine Security Detachment at the Bangor Washington Trident Sub base. read more