Been diggin' on Sgt Grit for quite a while now. Thought I'd submit this flick, from one sarge to another. That's me in 1969. Semper Fi. I was in Truck Co., HQ Bt., 2nd Mar. Div.
Michael Giles
Category: Vietnam
My New USMC Shirt
My new USMC shirt just in from Sgt. Grit for fathers day! Thanks Shanna.
Semper Fidelis!
Cpl. Tim Haley
Charlie Company 1/9
"The Walking dead"
60 mm Mortars
Vietnam '67-'68
DaNang Ammo dump
I was part of a 12-man team from MP Co. 1st MarDiv taken to Dog Patch and some of the local villages to evac. The civilians. Most memorable was the tear gas as it covered an area as far as you could see. Taking a break that night I was laying on my flak jacket at the entrance of the air base watching cases of ammo being tossed into the sky and blowing up. As I laid there, there was a swoosh next to me. I looked down to see a large chunk of metal, glowing red hot. It was the fuse plug from a 500lb bomb. I tried to take it home but was relieved of it when I hit El Toro,CA. It's ironic as I was able to bring a Chicom rifle and Dagger home but not a twisted chunk of iron.
Windward Marine 22 June 1962
A little history from the "Windward Marine" the base newspaper for Kaneohe MCAS. I was stationed there in VMA 212 from 1961 to 1963.
Norm Spilleth
1960 – 1964
1963 JFK Visit To MCRD San Diego
These are a family heirloom and rarely seen. I figure why not share with whomever. When I sent these to the MCRD Museum they were able to tell me that these were taken in 1963 & that's about all I know as my father died when I was 11 so I have no other info.
Windward Marine 15 June 1962
A little history from the "Windward Marine" the base newspaper for Kaneohe MCAS. I was stationed there in VMA 212 from 1961 to 1963.
Norm Spilleth
1960 – 1964
Visions Of Nam
Here is a booklet that was issued to me upon my arrival in APRIL of '68. I had forgotten about it until I was going through my stuff. It's been so long I don't remember if I had read it, then well, I started to read it and laugh but stopped stared at the wall and had visions of Nam in my mind from so long ago. My new unit was FLC 1st FSR TrkCo.
Courage Under Fire
Article by Pete Mecca
CovNews
More than one Leatherneck would agree, it's befitting that a young man from Montezuma chose to join the United States Marine Corps. The month was November, the year 1965, the man: Eli Fobbs.
"I remember basic at Camp Lejeune," Fobbs said. "Back then the Corps didn't play around. They'd insult your momma, sister your wife; shoot, those guys would bust your nose and scare you to death. It didn't take me long to believe I'd joined the wrong organization."
Windward Marine 08 June 1962
A little history from the "Windward Marine" the base newspaper for Kaneohe MCAS. I was stationed there in VMA 212 from 1961 to 1963.
Norm Spilleth
1960 – 1964
Sgt Maj
Just want to say Hi to all of my friends that helped me in my fox hole in '64-'66 in Khe Sanh. If it wasn't for them I'd be dead meat for the viet cong. I was the only one that was alive, when the 365 helicopter unit come to pick me up, I took a hit from a sniper bullet in my leg, but I held on to the rope in mid air for a mile or so still under fire. Thank you brothers on the Iron Horse for saving my life.