Here are a display of four of the flags I bought from your store. We are the 1st Mar Div Association of Orange County California and we are all attending our annual luau. Many of us were Korean war vets who fought at the Punch Bowl and other significant battle zones. We were all recently honored by the Korean government with medals of freedom for our service at Camp Pendleton and we heard from many retired and active brass. One of our members is an OIF vet and was presented with the Navy Cross for his action and we have a few still around who fought in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. The MOS's cover a wide range as does the length of service from five years to over twenty years. I believe our highest ranking member was a Major and now serves as a veteran benefits advocate. I bring the flags to all of our events and the fellows make sure that they are put up and displayed. However, the American flag with the EGA overlay cannot be displayed correctly so that the EGA and the USMC can be read because it is on the wrong side of the flag. I hope this can be corrected and I can be notified when it is so that I can replace the one I now have. The American flag you see I bought from my United States Senator and it was flown over the White House on November 10, 2010 and sent to me a few weeks later. Our group also sponsors a group of Young Marines which we are very proud of and who we are helping to send to Hawaii for a dedication service. Your catalogue is brought to all of our meetings for those who want to look through it or take home with them and I personally wear one of your many t shirts every day of the week unless I have to wear my ribbons.
Thank you for being there for us and letting us go back to our youth and our best memories. I spent 10 years in the corps, the last five as a DI in San Diego where I made many friends which will be there for a lifetime. Even more than 40 years later young marines I had trained manage to track me down and thank me for their training or tell me about marriages, new children and the marriage of their children. A lot of fond memories.
Semper Fi, Sgt. Grit
God Bless the Marine Corps
and a fond good night to Chesty Puller, where ever he is.
Former,
S/Sgt. Ike Oshana
E 2/1 Korea 1952-1953
Semper Fi