My Vietnam tour, 1967-’68. Cpl. Larry Woolverton

I completed radio school back at Pendleton, went through Staging, which was supposed to prepare you for Vietnam, but didn’t, and I was ready to go.

     We weren’t sent to Vietnam as a unit.  The group of us that took off from Los Angeles that February in 1967 were replacements.  We flew aboard a Continental Airlines 707 with a civilian crew, complete with stewardesses.  I don’t remember exactly how long it took us to fly from L.A. to Okinawa, but I think it was about eighteen hours.  We stopped in Honolulu, Hawaii for an hour, or so to refuel, and were allowed to go into the terminal and get a Coke, or whatever.  Then back on the plane and we were off again.  So, I had been to Hawaii!  Wow!  It was warm. Nice terminal. read more

187th Birthday menu – Okinawa 1962

It is Nov 10th 2011 Happy Birthday Marines. I was just reading your latest newsletter and seen another Birthday Menu, then I remembered that I had a menu from the 187th in Okinawa 1962   At that time I was aboard the USS General Mann on my way to to Camp Sukiran Okiinawa. Here are some pictures of the Menu.   Cpl G. D. Sprenkle 1961 to 1966

Tarpaper Barracks

Sgt Grit,

Just got your newsletter and there is a letter from Doran Cooper that was at Camp Gifu and was in Anglico. I was at Camp Gifu 1955 in Hg Bn Hg Co Comm Anglico Plt.

Here's some pictures. One is Me, Bernie standing in front of our tarpaper barracks. The others are taken on Iwo Jima Feb 1956 of the monument on top of Mt Suribachi. The coast line from there and the Mt from below. We made a landing there set up Radio nets remoted our Jeeps to the CP. There was air strikes. read more