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Sgt. Grit, I hail from a family of Marines. My dad, like you, served in Vietnam. He was awarded a Silver Star with purple hearts in 66' Operation Hastings for his actions. I actually went to Vietnam for two weeks in 2010 with my dad's skipper to see their combat sites. My dad has passed but leaves a strong legacy. My three brothers also served in our beloved Corps ranking from a WO3, Sgt and a CPL as you can see the Marine Corps runs deep in the Brickey family. …
Read More - Information on Married couple through Marine Corps Boot Camp
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Hello, I was looking up some information to see if I can find my parents pics and I found this article that I have the link for here: http://www.grunt.com/corps/scuttlebutt/marine-corps-stories/chandler-ok-couple/ I just wanted to let you know that this has happened before, to my parents. My father, Stephen Dale (14 year Gunny) and my mother, Linda Dale, were married and went through boot camp together back in the mid 70's. I have all the documentation and local papers and still have the press photo shoot with the headline "Marines spend second …
Read More - Young Marine
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This is me and my youngest sister in full dress greens circa 1944. My Dad had them made in Hawaii when he was recovering from a wound received on Saipan. Buck Sgt Fred Finch USMC 1955-1959
- My First Encounter with the Law
- Let me first start off by saying that I am not a Marine, but I was raised to treat them with the utmost of respect and appreciation. Being a child of two Marines I LOVED my childhood and will forever tell the stories of my encounters as a kid with the MP's on base (I was once pulled over on my bike and made to walk all the way back home because I did not have a helmet on). Now once I started driving, getting pulled over became less fun. …
Read More - My son, Joshua with Gunny Ermey
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Hello Sgt. Grit. This is my first letter that I have ever written to you. I'm a disabled MARINE and I'm still very proud that I got the chance to serve in the MARINES. I wished that I could have done my Twenty or more yrs. in. Back in 2005 We were a month out from going back to Iraq that would have made my 4th time over in the big sandbox. Anyhow I'm writing about my son Joshua. He was born at Camp Pendleton, Ca. at …
Read More - The Marine Corps
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The grace of a guy is not his firm hand shake or the popularity; but his character and how he presents it to others. Many men and women have gone to war and have given their lives for us on the battle front; this we forget and the abuse is, many return with the hardship of war written all over them and they are ignored or written off. We can't forget these hard laboring souls who have given their lives for us. The popularity of battle means not much to me any …
Read More - Military Family - Marine Corps, National Guard, Air Force
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Last summer my employer wanted to honor our Veteran’s for the 4th of July. The asked for a summary of our military service. My current employer is “New Breed”: Logistics. The following was my submission: Lt. Gen. Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller once said, "Old breed. New Breed. There's not a bit of difference as long as it's the Marine breed!" My son is currently in A school with our brothers in the Air Force. Semper Fi, Sgt Van Wpns Co 1/8 2nd Mar Div 10/1980 – 3/1984 VMA(AW)-242 IMA AVI …
Read More - Okinawa - The Rock (The Early Days)
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Sgt Grit.... Enjoy the newsletter every week, great stories and memories. For those that endured Okinawa some time during their enlistment here’s a Marines first tour! 1950-1955 our family was based on The ROCK. Dad, Major Douglas J Ash, Sr. was an operator with THE COMPANY. Before joining that outfit he severed in the Corps during WWII as 105 Howitzer training officer at Camp Pendleton, then landed on Saipan, Tinian and Okinawa as a 105/155 Battery CO, served as the Provost Marshall of Nagasaki and then brought home the 1st …
Read More - the family
- Just a little family involvement. My Uncle John Holmes served in ww2 in the pacific, I served in Vietnam, 2 nephews, a neice and her husband (retired master gunny Rick Perry}, Their daughter and her husband,their son, their other daughters husband, have been serving ever since just about in every conflict we have been in. And in case all the above confused you that is 4 generations of Marines and counting. The rest of my family also have served in the Navy and Army throughout the years. SEMPER FI …
Read More - Growing up in the Marine Corps
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Dear Sgt. Grit, As you know, “Once a Marine, Always a Marine” applies to the families as well. My dad was a 6’3” 200+ pound Marine that yelled reveille every morning and that was before he went to work. I always said he was a little sentimental because he never forgot my mom’s birthday…he’d say, “How could I forget, it’s 5 days before the Marine Corps Birthday”. That was the biggest holiday in our family growing up! My dad, Gy/Sgt Patrick J. Kelly retired after 30 years …
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