Thank you for all of the great letters and stories, especially from the "old timers" from WW11. I joined the Corps in 1940 to "see the world"!
I had planned to make a career of it, but after Iwo, with a disability from wounds received, was not able to stay in. I did get in a lot of travel and experience. 1940-43 sea duty on two cruisers in the Pacific and the Battle of the North Atlantic. Nov. 1942 initial landing at Safi, Morocco, N.Africa. 1943 Marine Parachute School Instructor, Camp Lejune. 1944-45 training the 5th Marine Division at Camp Pendelton for Iwo and Japan. Never made it to Japan.
Your Newsletter is as exciting to me today as it was the first time I found it. I am sure the great young Marines all are enjoying it too.
Keep up the good work.
C. A. Rea, GySgt USMC
1940-46