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- Ka-Bar Shifter on Automatic Dodge 1500 Truck
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Ka-Bar Shifter on the gear shift of an Automatic Dodge 1500 Truck
- 3/4 Ton Trucks
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They’re still in use! Here’s a photo I recently took in Savannah. As in Vietnam, the truck is being used as a general carry-all. Tony Mastriani RVN 4-68~12-69 Semper Fidelis
- USMC Weapons Carriers - M37 Dodge
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In a recent news letter T Stewart talked about USMC Weapons Carriers or Personnel Carriers as they were later called. He said when he tried to Google the term all he got was pictures of late model vehicles. I would suggest he Google M37 Dodge and he will find the vehicle he is looking for. I am in the process of doing a frame up restoration on one built in 1953 which I hope to complete by the fall of this year. I have also enclosed a couple of pictures …
Read More - M-37 truck
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Sgt Grit, In your 2Feb2012 newsletter, T. Stewart asked about a truck he called a “weapons carrier”. I believe the truck his referring to is a M-37. I’ve attached a couple of pictures I found. When I first arrived in Vietnam, Sept 1966, several of us were told we would spend the next 2 weeks providing security for a LAAM Battery atop hill 327. Our ‘hooch was at the base of 327 so we were trucked day and night in the back of a M-37, called just a PC …
Read More - Early 1950’s Personnel Carrier Redux
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I read with interest the letter from Sgt T. Stewart, USMC 1952-55, concerning the USMC Personnel Carrier. I wonder if the persistence and insidiousness of time haven't messed with his memories. I know it happens to me, all the time. Things I would swear to are no more than a warped shadow of the true past. That may be why he's having such a difficult time finding the vehicle he remembers. Anyway, what we called a Personnel Carrier (PC) during the early '60s was an M37 3/4 ton …
Read More - Sgt Stewart’s 6X6
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Probably a WC-63 1 1/4 Ton. Used everywhere in ETO served in The Corps from July 1952 to July 1955. Everywhere we went there were four wheeled vehicles called Weapons Carriers. They were almost as common as jeeps. When we were going through training at Camp Pendleton the FMF Corpsman used to drive a real neat six wheeled vehicle when we went out into the field. We called it a Personnel Carrier. One might say it was like a miniature deuce and a half 6x6. I seldom ever saw any …
Read More - Corpsman’s Mustang
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IN THE BACK WINDOW OF MY 2001 MUSTANG GT! SEMPER FI, "DOC" STARK 58-64
- Purple Heart bike
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In reading this current newsletter you can understand my shock as to whom LCDR Dave Dennihy MC honored in the 5K. The first photo attached, on a Tribute bike built for him and my son, is Tyler O. Griffin, who lost his life in front of my son. Effectively saving my son's life. I would assume that LCDR Dennihy may have worked on my son as both he and Tyler were medevaced together. I and my son would be honored if you could post the photos of the motorcycle. If …
Read More - Dedicated Car
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Cpl. Bemetz here... Want to thank the staff for helping with my search for an M.P. arm band for my uniform displayed in my Marine Corps car dedicated to those who served and have served... Once again thanks for your help. Tony Bemetz
- Most Excellent
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Hey Sgt. Grit, I have been looking for a large decal of the Marine Corps Emblem to put on the back of my enclosed trailer, large enough to be seen more than 3 feet away. When I saw your ad for the ground cover, I looked at it and thought it would be perfect. So, I ordered the emblem and the large Semper Fi. They arrived in just a few days. I placed them on a large piece of cardboard from a big box that I opened up, traced the …
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