Thanks for your kind help in helping me get ready for the Christmas Campaign.
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Merry Christmas & Semper Fi
Gunnery Sergeant Claus
1st Reindeer Division
Marine Corps Base North pole
Merry Christmas from the Porter family!
Merry Christmas from the Porter family!
Picture of a future Marine
Picture of a future Marine
Sgt Grit,
My husband that it would be funny to send you this picture of our son. We didn’t know if there was a place on the website or the newsletter for this kind of thing, but if there is, please post it. We thought his form was pretty good for holding such a large gun.
The Greatest Man I Ever Knew
The Greatest Man I Ever Knew
I would like to take a few lines to tell you about the greatest man I ever knew. He was born on September 29, 1933 in Pensacola, Florida and raised on Weeks Bay in Magnolia Springs. He was in the USMC for 28 years and recieved the purple heart and bronze star. I am proud of him for fighting for our country and our rights. He did 3 tours in Vietnam and where he got sprayed with Agent Orange which gave him all his illiness to which he died from on June 10, 2006. So it’s hard for me because it is my 1st:
The Silver Rose Agent Orange Medal and Certificate
The Silver Rose Agent Orange Medal and Certificate
Semper Fi Sgt Grit,
Once again I would like to share information about The Order Of The Silver Rose. This is a gratis medal and certificate for veterans who have been disabled or died of agent orange causes. This organization also helps veterans with claims and information concerning agent orange. Theiir web site is www.silverrose.org. I have enclosed some information and would be glad to answer any questios that veterans may have. I myself am 100% disabled due to leukemia as a result of exposure to agent orange. Anyone interested may also contact me directly at navajodrive@yahoo.com. Hope that this may help someone!
Soldier Ride
Soldier Ride
Sgt Grit recently sponsored riders from Soldier Ride on their trip as they rode through Oklahoma. They were also given some of our great Marine Corps Bicycling Jerseys.
Take a look at their website and see how you can support these great Marines and soldiers.
Renewal of Vows
Renewal of Vows
Bob and Patsy Emerson
Wedding Date: 5 Nov. 56
MSgt Aviation 55-75
Renewal: November 4th, 2006
Poster at the Hard Rock Cafe
Poster at the Hard Rock Cafe
Sgt Grit
I would like to first thank you for all you do. Boy do I have a story for you. Ok first I will start off by telling you my Husband is a Marine serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom on his second tour . He and the Brave Marines of 2/25 have Volunteered to serve along side their Brothers in arms 1/25. I am very proud to tell you they are kicking a$$ in Fallujah and making us all proud. The 1st Sgt has an awesome Blog http://charlie125marines.blogspot.com/
My Fathers Memory
We Decided To Try
We Decided To Try
Sgt. Grit
Three of us Marines in Korea were very good friends as radio operators in Regimental Tactical Air Control, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division. I got out at the end of my enlistment, became a teacher, principal and County Commissioner of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. My friend, Walt (Melvin Walton), became a minister and my other friend, Pablo, stayed in the Corps to serve three tours in Vietnam. Walt and I heard Pablo had been killed in Vietnam. One day when Walt and I were talking on the phone we decided to try to verify that Pablo had been killed and, if not, to try to find him. I subscribed to a computer program called People Finders. I knew that Pablo came from either Texas or Oklahoma. I searched Texas first (very easily done) and didn’t find him. I searched Oklahoma and found a Pablo Trujillo who matched in age, etc. I called and it was he. After 55 years I had reached him on the first telephone call I made! I’m sending a picture of our reunion. I’m the one in the blue cap, Pablo is next to me and Walt is on my far right.