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- Korea-6
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These are some pictures my daughter took on our visit to Korea, in September/October 2010. The first is the vacant city in N. Korea, unoccupied and supposedly built for propaganda. The second & third & fourth is a marker relating to the massacre of officers when they were there to trim a tree in the DMZ and the location of the tree. The next one is the bridge of no return, utilized in the transfer of prisoner in 1953. SF Norm Callahan C-1-1, Korea 51/52 Chesty's last regimental command …
Read More - Korea 1951
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Sgt Grit: Korea 1951! Here's a photo of my brother Sgt. Ken Lonn, F-2-5, when he met up with our cousin Kay Lanky somewhere in the hills of Korea in 1951. I don't recall Kay's unit designation - sorry. Ken was 60mm squad leader. Maybe there are some readers out there who served with these two Marines. I'm proud of these two Marines! Bob Lonn USMCR 1963-69
- Cut Our Hair
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Sgt. Grunt. Wonder how many recall the oval dogtag attached here. My son had kept it and I’d forgotten what they looked like until he retrieved it from a box. As indicated, I graduated 12/48 from MCRD S.D. Platoon 96, SSGT Swenson, Cpl Henson and Cpl Ingersol. 1st duty station K-Bay, then PH. We never heard OOHRAH, nor did we cut our hair high and tight, just normal close and neat. The Marine referring to Semper Fi & Semper Fi Mac reminded me that Semper Fi Mac meant more like …
Read More - Chosin Christmas
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Sgt. Grit; Here are two photos that I have in my computer. I think the grenade photo came from the Chosin web site. The MCRD was in with some postcards that was offered on e-bay. The MCRD is about the way I remembered it in Winter of1958. I didn't remember our Quonset hut being as far from the auditorium as it shows here. We were to the right from the auditorium. You can barely make out the Quonset huts in the photo. The fields right of the grinder was …
Read More - Bless Em All
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Dedication to the last stand of Fox Company, 1st Marines. Korea 1950
- 4.2 Mortars
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Here's a picture of a 4.2 mortar crew from 1953,Korea,with the 5th marines.At the time it was a very good weapon.I was in 4.2 mortars for three years.My question is are they still in use in the marine corps any more?My guess is they are not because it would be easy to trace where you were firing from. Bob Holmes, sgt. Usmc SF (1953-1955)
- A/1/1 Caroll Ralph Bassett passes away at 83
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Carroll Ralph Bassett, 83, of Perico Island, FL, passed away on October 28, 2011. Ralph was born and raised in Johnston, Iowa. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during WWII and Korea. He was wounded in Korea and received the Purple Heart and several other decorations. After his service in Korea, he returned to and graduated from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. Ralph then pursued his first career in radio and television broadcasting in Iowa. A few years later, he embarked on his second career in insurance and …
Read More - Last of the Polka Dots
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Picture and Story of VMA 332 in Korea 1953
CPL Ed Zelaskey
- Pop’s Medal
- My father was a product of his time. His father was a Sergeant in the Brooklyn 14th with "Black Jack" Pershing in Texas and Mexico and WWI service. My grandfather's uncles were with the Brooklyn 14th (it was the NYS militia at that time). They were combat veterans of the English Army in India in the 1850's and came over to the US as one of the many Irish immigrants of that era. They went through all four years of the Civil War. When the war ended they sent for their youngest brother …
Read More - Initial Phase 1
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Dear Sgt Grit, Enclosed is my Initial Phase I copy. I kept the original all these many years. I joined on 15 Sept 1953. Arrived at PISC MCRD the following day. Check out those prices! Within seven months me and my ‘band of brothers’ were in Korea. The armistice was in effect and we faced stragglers, houldouts, die hards and plain old bandits. After spending a swell 13 month tour of duty in Frozen Chosen we boarded the ‘Go Home Boat’ and 18 days later we were …
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