My wife's friend is an avid garage sale scrounger. She ran across these rare collectables 33 rpm albums here in OKC. Got them for $1 appeice.
I get asked for these a lot. I will frame them and put them up in my display area. What a find.
Semper Fi
Sgt Grit
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Cake toppers
We offer Wedding Cake Toppers. We do some custom painting on each one. They have to dry. To properly dry and mess the new paint this is how it is done.
When I was looking things over the other day several things came to mind other than drying. What do you think, what came to your mind?
Sgt Grit
Letter from General Gray
We have had several stories about General Gray the last few weeks. I have been a fan of his since I saw a 60 Minutes segment on him in 1988. I am not a letter writer to organizations, people, nothing. But the 60 Minute segment impressed me so much I was moved to write him. I received this letter in return.
Supreme Commander
Austin Fowler, son of Cpl. Trampis Fowler, comes in the store a couple of times a month. The whole office loves this kid. While I was out of the office at my 11th Marines Comm Plt reunion he took control of my office.
Semper Fi
Sgt Grit
Arlington Cemetery, 1999.
"Ma Grit" and Sgt Grit at Arlington Cemetery, 1999.
Don Whitton (Sgt Grit)
YANK WHO’S CHAIN
I got on a helicopter going back to 11th Marines HQ Btty. My head was cradled between my hands, my eyes closed, resting. Sometimes just closing your eyes was as restful as sleep. Anyway Marines are getting off and getting on. I can hear the movement, but my eyes are closed. We take off, I sense something near me, then I feel warm breath on my face. I'm thinking wtf is this. I open my eyes. Off to one side I see a large black nose about two inched from my nose. There sits a huge German Shepherd dog. I had not been around the K-9 dogs but you heard stories… loyal to their handler but they eat, maim, or generally f-ck up anyone or anything else. My eyes get very big, I don't move at all. The compassionate Marine handler noticing my distress says nothing for several moments. Then quietly says "Don't make any sudden movement and he MIGHT not eat you". He's probably still laughing at me 40+ years later.
Grit and Buddies
Sgt Richard "Dirty Dick" Leyden in utility jacket, Cpl Larry Kelly, later to become SgtMaj Kelly. Cpl Don "Grit" Whitton, holding cup. Do not remember names of the guy to right or the guy kneeling
Don Whitton (Sgt Grit)
New Recruit
Here I am, May 28th, 1968 standing outside the recruit station at the Murrah Building in downtown Oklahoma City in all my youthful glory. Yes, the same Murrah Building that got blown all to h-ell. There was a group of us going to San Diego. We flew to Dallas, spent the night. Then made our way to San Diego the next day.
Where It All Started
Supreme Commander Hard At Work in October 1988.
Don Whitton (Sgt Grit)
SUMMER VACATION
We took a Colorado vacation, summer 2000. The True Grit Cafe in Ridgway, CO. is dedicated to the movie "True Grit" which is how I got my nickname. Much of the movie was filmed in this area. Some of the movie were filmed at and near this cave, near Ouray, CO.