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Gene Gustad Iwo flag Project

Here are a couple pictures to add to the BS pages of what the Marines of the Grunt.com BB did for our Iwo Vet Gene Gustad
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Randy Todriff

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Recently, I returned from a visit to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Attached are three picture – the first is the USS Arizona Memorial listing the Marines that died during 07 Dec 1941 – the second is of Puller Hall which is located on the Naval Base, the building is currently occupied but the exterior cannot be changed – the third is a Marine on duty at the entrance to the USS Arizona Memorial.
R.J. Emerton read more

62nd Seabees on D-Plus-6 on the Iwo-Jima Beachhead.

Submitted by John Ratomski
BIVOUAC
….that improved the chow situationand the first loaf of bread from the bakery was fondly re-named “angel food cake.” Our heavy old helmet that we wanted to throwaway many times took on a new importance. It was better than an entrenching tool for digging a foxhole, it was our cooking pot, wash basin, laundry tub and bathtub and it was indespensable in the foxholes at night as a deluxe bedpan when you took your life in your hands if you stuck your head above ground. read more

John Deere Meets Marine One

Sgt Grit:

Arlington National Cemetery can be a very lonesome place after a huge Washington, DC snowstorm. My friend Michael Bailey and I decided we would pay a visit to Arlington on Feb. 19th to visit four special gravesite’s; unfortunately, due to the heavy snow blanketing the ground, we could not find the graves of two of the four. Of the two we found, one was my brother George’s Memorial Site; he was a WWII LST-577 Navy Signalman killed on 11Feb45 when his ship was sunk by a Japanese submarine (see: https://www.grunt.com/scuttlebutt/marine-corps-bs/others9.asp). read more

In memory of Sgt Laudell Raper read more

Reminiscing

Larry Pate’s letter and his picture of Platoon 315 (PI Sept. 54) brought back plenty of memories. So much so that I retreated to my picture album and came up with this family collage. From left to right, me at PI as I graduated on October 13th, 1954 with Platoon 383, my father John graduating PI in October 1943, and my brother Bob who graduated PI in 1951 (date of picture unknown). read more

PFC Albert W. Adams

Dear Sgt Grit,
Your magazine arrived yesterday.
I am writing to let you know my husband PFC Albert W. Adams passed away on may 29th. So there is no need to send the magazine any more.

He did enjoy looking through it and I know it brought back a lot of memories to him. Some were good memories, but there were also bad ones when he would think of the horrors of the war that he through. read more

Tientsin pics

Sarge: Just read “A History Lesson By Ed Fulwider” regarding the 1st Marines in Tientsin. My dad was not in the service but had a buddy who was evidently in the 1st, and sent him some pics from Tientsin. They include a couple pics of the Marine (I do not know his name), and of the Jap surrender. read more

Intel Support BN Marines with WWII Vet

Dear Sgt Grit,

This photo was taken at the Pee Dee Patriotic Parade in Florence SC on 12 September 2009. A few of us Marines from Intel Support BN, Charlie Co, All Source Fusion Platoon made the trip down from Quanitco VA to participate in the parade and were honored to meet WWII Veteran Tech Sgt Bob Mills (center). He told us his stories from Pearl Harbor and Iwo Jima. It was an extremely great pleasure to get to meet and listen to his stories! The camaraderie shared between him and us, despite all the years between his years of service and ours was something Ill never forget! It was truly an honor to meet such a Marine! read more

WW II Honor Flight to DC

Hi Sgt. Grit,

Here are some pictures Taken on an Honor Flight of WWI I Veterns. I was a Guardian for the WWI I Vet. in the first picture. I had to be at the County building at 0230 Saturday morning and we got back to the County building ar 2215 that night, very tireing but loots of good feeling in the chest. read more