Army Liberty Card from WWI

Sgt Grit,

Semper Fi, Devil Dog!

Thank you for the excellent news letter. I've thoroughly enjoyed the letters and comments from everyone.
I've been involver in research for my families genealogy for many years. While searching my personal archive of information I came across a liberty card for one of my great uncles that served with the Army in WWI. I'm sure some of your loyal Marines would enjoy viewing it even if it is Army. We all may not have had the pleasure of serving in the Marine Corps, but we each in our own way contributed to the freedoms we all enjoy today. read more

My Dad the Marine

Hi Kristy

  Thank you!   I am actually writing you from Langley OK. I got a call on Monday morning that my Dad had taken a turn for the worse and I should probably head down to Oklahoma so I did an all nighter and got into Fairland Tuesday morning! I walked into to his room and there he was lying sleeping with his Marine Corps blanket!   Thanks again.

Marine Issued Cards

G'day Sgt. Grit,   I have been enjoying the stories behind the older Liberty cards that have been shown, very much.  While I have no liberty card today, I do have a Geneva Convention Card issued to all FMF Corpsmen going into RVN.  (To this day, I detest the word "Medic"!)  Mine was handed to me just minutes before we flew the several hours in a C-130 from Okinawa to Da Nang air strip in early 1966.  The second photo shows the inside of a leather wallet given as a Christmas present to any who wanted one in the Third Division.  The outside of the wallet showed a gold Eagle, Globe and Anchor.  It has many Grunt miles on it, as do most of us today… but I thought you might like to see these items.   Doc john Patrick 1964-68

Quotes from the Movie ‘Sands of Iwo Jima”

Pfc. Al Thomas: That's war.
Pfc. Charlie Bass: What's war?
Pfc. Al Thomas: Trading real estate for men.
 

During live fire training a Marine recruit accidently lets a grenade slip out of his hand and it rolls toward an unsuspecting platoon waiting their turn] Sgt. Stryker: Grenade. Hit the deck.
[the platoon runs, except for Conway, who is reading a love letter and has to be tackled to safety by Stryker when the grenade goes off] Sgt. Stryker: You idiot. When are you gonna wake up? You wanna see that dame again, keep your mind on your work.
Al Thomas: You may not know this, boy, but you just got your life saved.
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