Sgt. Grit,
In response to Betsy Gill (September 18), mother of Recruit C.H. Lyman V.
Congratulations – your son has a proud heritage. It seems like once it gets in your blood, it stays.
My Great Uncle, Sgt Major James Bruce Bunch joined the Corps in 1925, and served under Colonel Charles H. Lyman, in the Fourth Regiment, Shanghai, China in 1929. My nephew, Coporal Jeremy Staggs, served with 3rd Battalion 5th Marines in Iraq.
Attached are boot camp pictures for Bruce (1925) Jerry (1980) and a slightly more recent picture of Jeremy.
Jerry Barrett
Sgt 1980-1984