Marine Corps Stories - Ontos
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- PHU BIA JAN 1966 to OCT 1967
- Looking for amyone station Mabs 36 IN thse MONTHS my EMAIL IS jemartin650[at]live.com. My name is John Martin
- Photos of first Ontos
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Was in Hawaii from 1956 to 1958 First Marine Brigade. Anti Tanks. We first had the 75 RR tripod mount . then we got the ontos. Photos are from October 1958 I did't drive them was NCOIC of communications. But did have the opportunity to fire the guns.
- Ontos Park at MCAS Kaneohe Bay
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Sgt Grit, Remember you talking about Ontos, well here is the Ontos park at MCAS Kaneohe Bay in 1962. We got to fly over the USS Arizona as the memorial was being built, Weapons Carrier too LE
- Ontos
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CWO3 Tom Stevens
1960-1980
Cuba 1962
Vietnam 1967-1968 Dong Ha
- Restored ONTOS photos
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Hi Sgt. Grit, I'm a former Marine Reservist from the 90's, I was a proud DASCateer with MASS-6 out of Miramar. Never got deployed but I did get to Battle Griffin in Norway one year, that was the highlight of my time in the Corps. Anyhow, after reading your latest newsletter and seeing the old photos of the Ontoses I decided to contribute in my own small way by restoring/retouching the two Ontos photos in the newsletter. I've retouched, as best as I could, the photo of …
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This is a picture of myself (on Left) and Lt Stuart Berman standing in front of an ONTOS at 1st AT Bn CP outside DaNang in 1967. Stu had just been awarded the silver star. As I recall it was for rescuing the crew of a burning ONTOS after it had received enemy fire. Would like to hear from Stu or anyone that might know what happened to him. Semper fi Robert Bailey Capt USMC(Ret)
- Ontos Night Fire
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Here is a (faded) photo of an Ontos firing at night in Vietnam in 1969.
- One more ONTOS photo
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Here is an ONTOS in action taken in 1967 at 1st AT Bn near Da Nang Semper Fi Robert Bailey
- Another Ontos
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Greetings Marines, Here is a picture of an Ontos I took in Sept 66, in the Mo Duc region of Quang Ngai. We used to say they would fuse sand behind them when they fired all six. I rotated a month later to Pendleton. Sgt. A. Stokes G 3/11 FDC
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Just thought I would add my own pictures of the Ontos,
Bob Haller
