Khe Sanh Veterans Reunion 2006
Category: Reunions
Photos of our 45th Anniversary
Sgt. Grits and staff, these are photos taken at the 45th Anniversary of our boot cam platoon forming in August of 1964. We want to thank you for the box of "goodies" you gave us. We divided them up into 13 stacks and drew numbers, everyone was very plaesed.Our reunion was held at the place where it all started for us, Parris Island. In attendance were 10 of us "recruits" and 3 drill instructors. We were a pretty diverse group, I was the only one in the platoon that enlisted from the west side of the Mississippi. The total group size, with spouses, was 25. We toured the base, ate at 1st Battalion Mess Hall and visited the PX. We also spent a little time in the old brig which has been converted into a sports bar. We spent 3days reminiscing and reliving old things that happened to us in boot training. The photo -57_57 is the best one, I think. Once again, thanks for the goodies, I'm sure you'll get some patronage from our group.
VMFA-333 Reunion
On behalf of VMFA-333 Association I would like to thank you and Sgt. Grit for your support of the heritage of Marine Fighter Attach Squadron VMFA-333. Sgt. Grit's sponsorship of our 2009 reunion was greatly appreciated by all.
As you know the reunion was held in Hawaii and we proudly wore the Sgt.Grit St. Patrick's Day t-shirts you provided us with. We also made sure the President and Vice President of The Friend's of St. Patrick Society were presented the t-shirts as well. Our unit patches which you also provided were proudly displayed on our hat bands and Hawaiian Kamp Shirts. We looked very sharp in deed going down the parade route during the Honolulu St. Patrick's Day Parade and spectators cheered us as we passed by.
Brothers Forever
Dear Sgt Grit,
I wanted to share a short story with you. From 1987-1990 I was stationed at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan. I was attached to H&HS OMD and what we did was maintain and fly the Search and Rescue CH-46’s on the base. I think there is a time in everyone’s career that they look back and say that a certain time or a certain duty station was the best in their career, and this was mine. Don’t get me wrong, I have served with many outstanding units and Marines but some places just click, you know what I mean? We were mechanics, hydraulics, sheet metal, avionics, pilots and admin, but we were all OMD. We had one Marine who was like the glue for the unit, MSgt Englert, and in 2007 he started gluing OMD back together for a 2008 reunion at Quantico, Va. Most were retired and some sadly couldn’t make it for health reasons but we came from as far away as Washington , California, Indiana and Georgia. All to attend a picnic in the woods and tip a few beers with friends. The conversations picked up like they were left off eighteen years before, and if just for a few hours, we were again OMD. Those for me were the best of times. Semper Fi. to my Marine Brothers and the ”glue” that brought us back together. (FYI, the orange shirts were our softball teams colors which was coincidentally named “Good Times”)
A picture for you
Sgt. Grit, just wanted to send you this picture from our recent reunion. We have not seen each other for over 42 years. It was a great time and was happy that we had the chance to get back together! I want to thank you for making it very memorable by donating "Sgt. Grit's Marine Stuff" to our reunion. Your generosity is truly appreciated. I handed out a bunch of catalogs and hopefully you will get more Marines ordering from you. Everything that you donated found a place with one of our Marines or our wives. Again THANK YOU for helping us out. It was the Marines from Quonset Point, Rhode Island. The stories came in bunches and brought back a lot of great memories. I am the second from the left, Bob Longabardi. OOH RAH! and SEMPER FI!!
A picture for you
Sgt. Grit, just wanted to send you this picture from our recent reunion. We have not seen each other for over 42 years. It was a great time and was happy that we had the chance to get back together! I want to thank you for making it very memorable by donating "Sgt. Grit's Marine Stuff" to our reunion. Your generosity is truly appreciated. I handed out a bunch of catalogs and hopefully you will get more Marines ordering from you. Everything that you donated found a place with one of our Marines or our wives. Again THANK YOU for helping us out. It was the Marines from Quonset Point, Rhode Island. The stories came in bunches and brought back a lot of great memories. I am the second from the left, Bob Longabardi. OOH RAH! and SEMPER FI!!
Platoon 150 Reunion in New Orleans
This is a picture of a reunion held last month in New Orleans. All the Marines were in Platoon 150 MCRDPI in 1962.
One of the Marines was found with the help of Sgt. Grit.
Thank You
Charlie battery 1/12 Reunion
July 31, 2010 was my 3rd Charlie Battery 1/12 Renuion. I like to thank every body that was there, was a great get2gether. Some Marines I haven't seen since 1979. We are Gunny Cusack Raiders of Charlie Battery. And Our Gunny Cusack was there, thank you guys for flying in. I'd like to thank you for the Donation of the items and magazines.
Platoon 145 Bootcamp reunion
Dear Sgt Grit
We want to thank you and your staff for your donations to our boot camp reunion held in Colorado Springs, co. last year and Fairmont, WV this year.
We began having our reunion in 1996 when we located all four Drill Instructors, and our PMI and 59 recruits. We have since lost our Senior Drill Instructor and 13 recruits but we continue to get together somewhere in the USA each year. We still refer to each other as “private”.
Sgt Grit Welcomes Delta Co. 1st Bn 26th Marines!
The staff at Sgt Grit had the pleasure of hosting some outstanding Marines for their reunion. There was great food, plenty of camaraderie and laughter all around. We heard former DI's calling cadence and commands, we heard great stories of their days in Vietnam and there was also some old fashioned ribbing between friends.