Returning from a Med Cruise in the fall of 1962 My unit was part of BLT 2-6 and instead of pulling into Morehead City N.C. we pulled into Norfolk Va. and sitting on the pier along with fresh food and other supplies was a recoil system for a 105 mm cannon which was for my sections gun which went out in Sardinia. While there I got to call home and spoke with my mom and she asked what’s going on and I replied” I don’t know but tomorrow morning we have a “F”ing pack and rifle inspection!”
Home from boot camp, sitting on the sofa next to my mother and she told me a sad story about a relative. To which I replied “That’s a f—-ing shame Mom”
I was on that Med Cruise! G 2 6 weapons plat. Uss Waltocounty 1163 .Sempra fi !!
Same thing as I said at my Moms supper table. Sitting there on a Saturday meal I said “Pass the F- -k ing Mustard Ma” That was a word that was not used in my house. There was no swearing in my Moms house. So you’re in a group of Brothers whom I’m been through the same situation. Semper Fi Brother. PI April 61 Plt. 125.
i did the same thing at a family dinner while home on boot leave
Too bad you guys all had really well-behaved moms. My mom’s dad was an Irishman who joined the Marines in 1910, then went to the US Army in 1914 and served in France during WWI. He then was assigned to the US Cavalry in Mexico chasing Pancho Villa. He retired as a Master Sergeant in the Army Air Corps in 1940. Guns. whiskey and profanity ruled the house.
So, after my Boot Camp and letting ‘slip’ an F-Bomb, my mom smiled and began to deliver the saltiest dressing down I ever heard … It would make a Navy Master Chief blush. Two minutes of swearing and I don’t think she repeated a word. Her favorite line was “I only had one love affair and that was with the Seventh Fleet”; she was tough as woodpecker’s lips.
I also was on a Med cruise in 1964 ,with G-2-6, on the Waldo County, LST 1163. I was with 2nd FSR. Semper Fi , Chuck .
Hey Mike and Brothers
Here’s another one LandForMed 2-64. 1st platoon Fox 2/6,
USS Rockbridge APA 228. Once – Always! Peace and Blessings on all
of you.
Semper Fi,
Tony Nicolo