Sgt. Grit
Just wanted to wish every Marine (Brother Comrade) a very safe and happy upcoming forth of July.
I wish I had pictures of my three Brothers that were also in the Marines during the Vietnam war.
Myself John was 1st Marine Corps Division RECON
My Brother Bob was 1st Marine Corps Division Force RECON
My Brother Harold was 3rd Marine Corps Division GRUNT
My Brother William was an advisor do not know what Division
Finally My Three Sons John Jr., Jason, and Jeremy were of course part of our Marine Corps Family.
Semper Fi to all
76 and still cooking.. Ooorah!
"Once -a-MARINE" – Sgt Grit's Grill Sgt apron and Boonie cover. just two 'ol timer Marines
Arlington Heights Memorial Day Parade
Marine Corps League NW Suburban Detachment 80 participated in the Memorial Day Parade in Arlington Heights, Illinois. The colorguard marches ahead of a replica built APC which carried WWII, Korea and Vietnam veterans.
Respectfully submitted,
Alfred J Kolodziej
1969-1973 RVN 72-73
Commandant
NW Suburban MCL Detachment 80
Third Generation makes good
My son, the Ltcol., recently took command of VMFA-112. He is a third generation Marine. His grandfather, my father in law, was a Cpl. in WW-2, I made Capt. and served in RVN. The picture is of the Col. and his lady outside the VMFA-112 hangar. Proud papa? You bet!
5 Cents A Pack
Dear Sgt Grit,
As usual, I really look forward to reading your Newsletter each Thursday. The 31 May 12 issue of the newsletter had stories about the Cuban Missile Crisis, USS Noble, LST 1178 – Wood County and Yuma Marine Corps Air Station, all of which I have some connect too. My part of the Cuban Crisis was minimal, I started Boot Camp on June 12, 1962, went through San Diego Platoon 338 and we qualified at Camp Matthews Range.
Bermuda Marine Detachment
Sgt. Grit
Here are two pictures of the Marines in Bermuda welcoming President Dwight D. Eisenhower for his meeting with Prime MInister Anthony Eden of England in February 1957.The top picture is President Eisenhower speaking to the people of Bermuda, Anthony Eden stands in the back ground with the Governor of Bermuda. The bottom picture shows President Eisenhower going to inspect the Bermuda Marines, Captain Grant Dunnagan Commanding Officer of the Bermuda Marine Detachment. salutes the President with his sword, the Naval Captain commander of the Naval Base Bermuda is bringing up the rear. When the President arrived and was coming ashore in one of two boats, a man stood up in the front boat and waved at the people, but when the boats landed at the dock, President Eisenhower got out of the rear boat. Marines guarded the third floor of the Hotel where the talks were being held, where the Desks for the Emissaries worked and all the United States documents for the meeting were held. The British Legation was on the floor below, we were dressed in civilian clothes and armed with .38 revolvers borrowed from the Navy. Prime Minister Anthony Eden quit as Prime MInister some months later due to ill health. Just another day of being a Marine, we were lucky it was in February because a few months later and we would have wilted in the Bermuda sun wearing our Dress Blues. GySgt. F. L. Rousseau, USMC RetiredRVN Photo
Sgt. Grit, thanks for all the photos in the newsletter. This article was given to me by my father upon my return home in Nov. 68. I caught the "Freedom Bird" ten days after this article was printed 10/08/68 in San Antonio, Tx. Hope you can use it.
The General and the Corporal
I served with The III MAF Drum and Bugle Corps from 12/66-6/68. We worked with the passification program, built bunkers, stood guard and did occasional sweeps around Danang.
One day, shortly after General (later Commandant) Robert E. Cushman had taken command of I Corps from Lew Walt, I had the distinction of having my ass chewed out personally by The General. By this time, I'd been in- country a while, been through a lot and thought I'd seen it all.
3rd Bn 5th Marines Dark Horse – Modified Tribal
This is a cover up and I wanted something to remind me of my old unit. 3/5. ’77-’81
“Floating Hamburgers”
During West-Pac '83 we had plenty of Ops. in 1/6.One of Lt. Col. Wes Fox's many "walks in the sun",as he would say,was a Joint Air Transport/Supply kinda deal (can't recall the official acronym) where we supplied troops for the Air Force MAC Pilots.We took 141's to Rota,then 130's to Tinian as the Jets could not handle the old B-29 airfields there.