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- Marine Corporal, Michael A. Phillips
- Marine Corporal, Michael A. Phillips My son went to boot camp Oct. 15, 2007 / graduated 1/11/08 ~ graduated MCT 3/3/08 - graduated MOS at a FIELD MP 6/11/08 and departed 9/26/08 for the SAND till April 09. This is our 2nd year apart during all the holidays that mean so much to family along with his birthday in April. When he signed we all did and with pride and love for him and our GREAT COUNTRY I take one day at a time till he is back on American …
Read More - Home for Christmas! Cpl. Nicholas Xiarhos
- Home for Christmas! Cpl. Nicholas Xiarhos Cpl. Nicholas George Xiarhos On Friday, May 15, 2009 under a cerulean blue North Carolina sky, my wife and I watched our oldest son, Marine Cpl. Nicholas George Xiarhos; go off to war in Afghanistan. Earlier in the week we gathered Nicholas?s three younger siblings together and drove all night from Yarmouthport, Massachusetts to Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, N.C., to visit with him and his brother Marines and then watch them get on the buses to start their important but dangerous 7-month mission to …
Read More - Memorial Day ceremony pics
- Memorial Day ceremony pics Sgt. Hope you can use some of these. For as long back as I can remember my home town (Eastern Nebraska) has always had a memorial Day Parade. Back then it was on the true Memorial Day, May 30th. I remember being held on my dad's shoulders so I could see the parade or pushing and shoving through people to get to the curb to sit down and watch it., as the sidewalks were so crowded with spectators. what a shame now days as in many …
Read More - VA Visit
- VA Visit Thought I should pass along a few pictures from our Veterans Day ( Saturday the 7th ) visit to our local ( Danville,IL ) VA Hospital. We ( Leathernecks MC Blacksheep Chapter ) make quarterly visits..Next visit is in Feb.. Note the TABLE full of Marine Gear ( thanks to Sgt Grit ) that flew off the table.. Thanks EVER soo much.. I am including pictures of the 5 ( yes count em 5 ) 32'' Flat Screen tv's that the club presented with the help of a …
Read More - Elementary Veterans Day Ceremony
- Elementary Veterans Day Ceremony Here is a picture of myself and my grand daughter at the Foothills Elementary Veterans Day Ceremony. It is a very nice day for the vets who attend. It gets better every year. You will notice that I am wearing my Sgt Grit veterans day shirt. Semper Fi, John
- NH Veterans’ Cemetery
- NH Veterans' Cemetery Hi! Grit; These were taken Dec. 5th up here in NH. What a great turn out again this year. (#1)?. #14 & 15 Sect 4 of the cemetery. #10 is the NH Vietnam Memorial Monument and # 11 is the Marine Corps Monument. Merry Christmas to you and your crew. Keep up the good work. Semper Fi! Joe Shea PDD MCL Dept NH
- New Corps Warrior with Ka-Bar
- New Corps Warrior with Ka-Bar The young Marine I wrote you about several weeks ago, for whom I bought the ka-bar, is now home with his family for the holidays. I gave him the ka-bar at Christmas and he was very pleased with it. I have included a photo of the two of us, Old Corps and New Corps for your viewing pleasure. Hope you like it. L/Cpl Tyler Liggett is a dedicated warrior and will go far should he decide to stay in the Corps. He is intelligent, strong …
Read More - Sgt. Ruttenburg
- Sgt. Ruttenburg The photos are of me with VFW Post 1037 Waupaca, Wisconsin Memorial Day 2009. Cpl Tim Vallery 24th. MAU, U.S. Marines 1982-1986. Semper Fi my Brother!
