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Camp Lejeune, 1943
I found a book sold in the PX at Camp LeJeune in 1943. I scanned a couple pages in case you would like to show them so Boots could see what we had in those Good Old Days. By the way I listed it on ebay in …
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Marine Corps Newspaper At Camp Lejeune
Sgt Grit, I use to draw for the Marine Corps Newspaper at Camp Lejeune, NC. Cpl. Munoz, D. 1991-1995
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My Son
My Son Danny, Lance Corporal Gaffney, 2/8 Marines Fox Company, Ramadi, Iraq, 2007-2008.
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Madison Rising
Sgt Grit, brother and sister Marines, I'm a deputy sheriff and had the fortunate opportunity to work a security detail for a patriotic rock group, Madison Rising. The event coordinator knows I am a Marine and told me the lead singer, Dave Bray, was a …
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After WWII
The anniversary of Tarawa is coming up on 11/20 and I thought I'd send some info and photos of my Father, Hawk Rader Jr., D/1/8 2DIV ('Canal and Tarawa) then A/1/8 (Saipan, Tinian). He went to help St. Peter guard the gates of Heaven on …
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The Game Changes
Sgt Grit: Earlier this month my son's Engineering Battalion left for Afghanistan and brother, I gotta tell you, it was real hard letting him go. The day we found out what their actual deployment date was, there was a different kind of reality that hit …
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Camp Lejeune
Sgt. Grit, These pictures are from Camp Lejeune in 1944. Thought some old timers would like to see these base pictures PFC. R.O. Berg
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Japanese Sniper Rifle
Sgt Grit, I thought you might like to see a couple of old photos, one picture is of me holding a Japanese sniper rifle from WWII that my older brother brought home with him. He sure made me proud and as the second picture shows …
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Starting Off On The Wrong Foot
My CO and I did not get off to a good start. He was a dual cool Force Recon Sergeant Rock in charge of the FUBB platoon. I was a smart mouthed 27 year old sniper shooter recruited from the Army by the USMC to …
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“Floating Hamburgers”
During West-Pac '83 we had plenty of Ops. in 1/6.One of Lt. Col. Wes Fox's many "walks in the sun",as he would say,was a Joint Air Transport/Supply kinda deal (can't recall the official acronym) where we supplied troops for the Air Force MAC Pilots.We took 141's …
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