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1958 Lebanon
In the April 25 issue of Sgt. Grit News, Joel McHoul asked if anyone else remembered that operation? Well I certainly do. I was with the 3/6 Headquarters Company attached to H Company as a wire man. When we went ashore I had so much cr-p …
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Looking for help
My name is Beverly Crone. My Father was a Marine. His name is Marc Shaub served from 1958 -1960. For years my father told us stories of being a prisoner in Cuba. He never told us details untill we took him to a doctor for …
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Original Camp Hansen
One of my claims to fame was that I was stationed at the original Camp Hansen. Anti-tank Co., 9th Marines, 3rd Marine Division, in 1956 in Okinawa. We had a Tank Co. and an Ontos Co. Pictured is our Chapel, which we put back together …
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LST 1157
Sgt. Grit, In the last newsletter on a post by D.Dick he mentioned the LST Terrell County 1157...I'm sending some pictures taken in 1961 of 1157 and 1167 which I was aboard during SEATO Joint exercise in and around the Taiwan Straits called Operation Blue …
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WWI Marine
A regular client of mine has these pictures up in his home, I inquired the nature of them because I recognized the EGA and he informed me that they are of his father "Ivan Evans" a World War I Marine. The one pic is …
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5 Cents A Pack
Dear Sgt Grit, As usual, I really look forward to reading your Newsletter each Thursday. The 31 May 12 issue of the newsletter had stories about the Cuban Missile Crisis, USS Noble, LST 1178 - Wood County and Yuma Marine Corps Air Station, all of …
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Maybe Never
Sgt Grit Here is a copy of my certificate of Amtrac School that I went to in Camp Delmar at Oceanside Ca. And that was before P35 I think that is what they were called. I came there from boot camp leave, then to advanced …
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End of March again..
Thinking of C 1/5 circa 1989... I can still recite the names and ssn's after all these years. I must have repeated the kia's 10 times each over BN Net. Mike Kelley Sgt. 88-96 B 1/5 and HQ5MAR and 5th Recon Co and finally …
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MAG-13
I was with MAG-13 from 1958-1960. It was not a helicopter outfit then but had HMR (L)-161 as part of its make-up. When we were sent to Atsugi, Japan in 1958, they stayed behind to support the 4th Marines, then part of the 1st MarBrigade. …
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Kuwait Oil Fires
To those who are veterans of Desert Shield/Storm, this may be a sight you may remember. I've had it in my dreams for over 20 yrs and needed to "exercise it out of me", or at least make an attempt to paint what I remember. …
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