Another Marine Corps First !!!

[Boondox]

Very cool! Must have one!

Pete (Devildoc)
2/9 in '74/75
3/2 from '75-77

 

[TheKid]

Served from 71 to 74. MOS was 5936. Ground radar technician.

 

[johnday]

Brian; Try to get two, that oughta makeup for my diesel you stole! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

I wonder if it's in the works to make those coins for the USN too? USN, 1970-1978. I worked with the Marines off and on from 70 -74.

 

[hobbyfarm]

Marine1,
You mean this:
<font color="red">United States Mint Strikes Marine Corps Commemorative Silver Dollar </font>

 

[SCDolphin]

Semper Fi

Served as corpsman 2/12 3rd Mar Div Vietnam 67-68. Got a chance to have my picture taken with Gen Tommy Franks last week. I had a very tiny USMC pin on my jacket. Tommy Franks looked down and saw my pin and said Semper Fi. I said "Vietnam 67-68".
HE said "Welcome home" to me. That's the first time that had been said to me. Not bad coming from a 4 star!

Semper Fi to all of you jar heads!

 

[ges]

Marines 69-71. Nam 70-71, 1/7 LZ Baldy, 1/11 NAC.

Semper Fi.................

 

[Cityboyfarmer]

Marine1,

I was at Camp Fuji '85/86' winter. Too darn cold to get a Fuji Stick! Snow up to your waist and drifts 10' high some of the time. I heard a story that a guy tried to climb the mountain on his birthday in March, by himself. They found him in June when the snow thawed.

It's good to hear from all you old Jar Heads! It is a small world. Where did you fellas get to go? Me: 29 Palms for 29 months, Pohang Korea-Freedom Banner '84, Okinawa, Phillipines (twice /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif), mainland Japan. Spent new-years '86 in Tokyo, man it gets cold there! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif Rough on a Southern boy!

Dolphin, please accept a second "welcome home" from me. Those of us familiar with Marine Corps history appreciate what you went through.

 

[Cityboyfarmer]

Don't want to leave anyone out here, so "welcome home" to any of you men who went overseas in any branch of service and got shot at in defense of America! /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[Marine1]

hobbyfarm,
That isn't the article I read but it say's pretty much the same thing. I was actually looking for something else and found an article in a Tucson paper web article by accident. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
Go figure.

 

[Marine1]

cityboyfarmer,
I went to all the major Marine Corps bases. I went to MCRD for Boot Camp, and let us not dispense with the who's better MCRD or PI, /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif then I went to Ft. Sill OK. for Survey and FDC school. Went to Camp LeJeune and stayed there for the rest of my time.
Did some major shoots,exercises,and gun testing at 29 Palms, Pendelton, Ft.Bragg, Ft.Hood, and Ft.Pickett Va.
For one Exercise I went to Vieques P.R. for 18 days.That sucked but liberty in Nassau Bahamas was awsome. Best 3 days of my Marine Corps career. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
I found out later when I checked out that the reason I never went to Japan was because someone in admin. did not complete my check in and they didn't know I was there. I actually had to check in to check out. All this after three and a half years. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
I didn't see any action and I thank the lord for it. The weird thing about my family is that when there was a war, every member of my family either wasn't able to go, didn't see action, or was in between conflicts. I almost qualify as a military family too. I hope our luck never changes.