Left Forearm, Anchors inboard. After 13 years I decided to get a moto tattoo. I think I am more moto now than when I was in!
Work in Progress
working on it
Chosin Christmas
Sgt. Grit;
Here are two photos that I have in my computer. I think the
grenade photo came from the Chosin web site. The MCRD was in
with some postcards that was offered on e-bay. The MCRD is about
the way I remembered it in Winter of1958. I didn't remember our
Quonset hut being as far from the auditorium as it shows here.
We were to the right from the auditorium. You can barely make
out the Quonset huts in the photo. The fields right of the
grinder was for grab azs.
Myers
2nd Lnd. Spt.
1st Serv. Bn.
1st MARDIV
Both Weapons
I/3/12; First Marine Brigade, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. This picture
was taken during a FFEX at Schofield Barracks, June 1961. The battery had 8 M101 105 mm Howitzers and 8 M30 4.2 " Mortars; cannoneers of those days were proficient on both weapons without the benefit of attending courses at Fort Sill, OK. Semper Fi Luis Lozada CWO-5 USMC (Retired)Cut Our Hair
Sgt. Grunt.
Wonder how many recall the oval dogtag attached here. My son had kept it and I’d forgotten what they looked like until he retrieved it from a box. As indicated, I graduated 12/48 from MCRD S.D. Platoon 96, SSGT Swenson, Cpl Henson and Cpl Ingersol. 1st duty station K-Bay, then PH.
Korea 1951
Sgt Grit:
Korea 1951! Here's a photo of my brother Sgt. Ken Lonn, F-2-5, when he met up with our cousin Kay Lanky somewhere in the hills of Korea in 1951. I don't recall Kay's unit designation – sorry. Ken was 60mm squad leader.
Most Excellent
Hey Sgt. Grit,
I have been looking for a large decal of the Marine Corps Emblem
to put on the back of my enclosed trailer, large enough to be
seen more than 3 feet away. When I saw your ad for the ground
cover, I looked at it and thought it would be perfect. So, I
ordered the emblem and the large Semper Fi.
DaNang Golf Club
In reference to Bill Pakinkis' comment about the DaNang Golf Club, I'd like to confirm that the course is being constructed just a few clix south of Marble Mountain complex off the old beach highway on the way to Hoi An…I had a chance to play the first 18 holes of what will be a 36 hole course and resort, about a year and a half ago…But I have a preference for Montgomerie Links Golf Course, which is the other course just south of DGC, and is a better developed and more challenging golf course (see attached pix)…These are the only two courses in the DaNang are for the moment, but there is another one under construction out in the western mountains near BaNa (just north of the old Happy Valley)…BaNa was once a French mountain resort during the old French Indo-China days, and was part of one of my old unit's (2/3) TAOR (c. 65-66).
Cooks Patch
Sgt Grit
Being that the weather is cold maybe this will warm up Marines. Dale LandonChristmas 1964
Sgt Grit
Here is a copy of our 1964 Christmas Menu. The U.S.S. Lenawee was off Vietnam at the time.
Speaking of Bob Hope.
On Christmas Eve, 1964, Bob Hope and his USO troupe were en route to the Brinks Hotel in Saigon, Vietnam. Cue card man Barney McNulty was late getting the cue cards off the plane. That delay ultimately saved all of their lives when a Viet Cong truck loaded with 300 pounds of TNT exploded at their hotel. Investigation revealed a Viet Cong document indicating that Bob Hope was the target of the attack.
Dale Landon