Sgt. Grit,
These pictures are from Camp Lejeune in 1944. Thought some
old timers would like to see these base pictures
PFC. R.O. Berg
5th Battalion, 11th Marines
Sgt. Grit,
Here is a pic from the Ceremony Program where "Q" Battery,
5/11 was activated and the new Unit Insignia for the
Battalion was displayed for the first time (3 Oct. 12). The
change is basically that two crossed HIMARS rockets were
added to the right upper quarter of the shield.
Nice
Grit,
Thought you might like this. I took it yesterday on Hwy 35
about half an hour south of Superior, Wisconsin. I thought
it was a nice back drop to The American Flag.
Herbert McNeely
Marine Buddies
When a couple of old Marines who served together over 45
years ago get together, what do they do? Have a few beers
and talk about other old Marines. So it went when John
Pointer from San Diego stopped in to see Bill Rajewski in
Harrisburg, MO on a cross country trip.
1944 Menu
Hey Sgt. Grit,
I thought some of your readers would like to see the menu
for Christmas 1944 at Cherry Point, NC.
Please notice the last item on the 2nd page of the menu
(Cigarettes).
PFC R.O. Berg 1954-1956
1958 Pictures
Sgt. Grit, Here are three old pix of myself.
#1, ITR at Camp Geiger Pvt. #2, At Camp Magill, Japan
wearing the [battle jacket], not the[Ike jacket] as a PFC.
#3 On the USS Catamount, LSD 17, inroute to Lebanon, 1958 as
a Sgt, E4. That's me waving.
Always Thought This Was
I have always thought this was a M-60, but could you let me
know if it is actually a M-88? City of Hue, February 1968.
Thank you,
David Ebstein
Corporal
'67-'69
Gone by morning
While in BOOT CAMP In about Feb-March of 1966, we had a young boot from Chicago join us from the brig. He had been in boot camp for over one year, kept going over the hill and going back to Chicago where the MP's would just pick him up and ship him back cross country by chaser to San Diego where he would do a couple months in the stockcade and recycle him in with a new boot platoon. The day he joind ours, D.I. SSgt Richard Jones yelled at him, "Pvt Schultz are you going to give me any trouble ?" Schultz said loudly, "NO SIR, I'LL BE GONE BY MORNING!"
Yet another strange MOS
I thought CID and weatherman were strange. Now I sit next to a jarhead that was in during the late 60's. We are both on kidney dialysis (Agent Orange), I asked him what he did when in the Corps. He was a language specialist, I asked him what language, thinking Vietnamese. I worked with one of them back when they set up camps at Pendleton for the thousands they brought back at the end of the war.
Bronze Star Award
I humbly submit this to you. I'm very proud of my son.