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- 1918 Statue of Liberty
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THE PICTURE ON HERE IS PHENOMENAL. Facts about the photo: Base to Shoulder: 150 feet Right Arm: 340 feet Widest part of arm holding torch: 12 1/2 feet Right thumb: 35 feet Thickest part of body: 29 feet Left hand length: 30 feet Face: 60 feet Nose: 21 feet Longest spike of head piece: 70 feet Torch and flame combined: 980 feet Number of men in flame of torch: 12,000 Number of men in torch: 2,800 Number of men in right arm: 1,200? Number of men in …
Read More - Marine Raider pics
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Dear Sgt. Grit, A couple of pictures from my father and the info about them. Regards, Kevin F Hunt 2549181 First picture - Members of D Company, 1st Raiders. This picture appeared in two papers; the first is the “The Marine Sentry, Quantico, VA, Friday, October 1, 1943” on page 9 with the following caption: LEATHERNECKS AROUND THE CAMPFIRE – Among the first photographs of Marine Raiders who occupied Enogai Inlet, New Georgia, is this scene around a jungle campfire. Note the crude shelter with camouflaged covering, Picture, left to …
Read More - 2/8 Drum & Bugle Corps
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Sgt Grit, One of the best highlights in my career was a tour of duty in 1976 while serving my 3rd tour in Gitmo, Cuba. LCol Joe Cody, C.O. of the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines forward deployed in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba called on for volunteers from the battalion to form a Drum & Bugle Corps. I was a Plt Sgt in Fox Company when I answered his call. I was giving an audition to be the Drum Major and he wanted to see if I knew anything about bugles & …
Read More - Okinawa
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On my first 14 month tour overseas I was stationed at Camp McGill, Japan, which was about 10 miles from Yokosuka Naval Base. I arrived in July 1956. Almost a year later, the Japanese Government wanted all Marine ground troop to move off of the Mainland. We packed up the 3rd. Mar. Div., vacated McGill and moved to North Camp Fuji in preparation of moving to our new headquarters in Okinawa. I was at North Camp for only a few months before I was rotated back to the States. …
Read More - Operation Strongback
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Greetings Sgt. Grit While serving with the 12th marines in 1958 during " Operation Strongback " there were Pygmy's living in the jungles of the Philippines...They were a tiny people called Nigaritos who lived a very simple and secretive life style....I remember the first time I saw one of them several of us guys were bathing in this small fast flowing river, all of a sudden we look up and here comes this tiny dark skinned little man straddling a log and riding it down the rapids with only a …
Read More - Monkey Buddy
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This photo was taken in 1958 while serving with Kilo Btry. 4th Bn. 12th Marines during Operation Strongback in the Philippines....This little Rhesus Monkey showed up at my tent one evening and stayed with me until I left for Okinawa...I called him Monkey Buddy....He got to swiping anything he could carry from the other guys, he would steal Cigarettes, Zippos, Mess gear and bring it to me to my tent....The guys finally learned when something came up missing Monkey Buddy had paid them a visit...I never figured out if he …
Read More - Bad Night In Ras Al Mishab
- March 21, 1991. 4:45am, Gulf War, Ras Al Misab, Kicker Station on the GSG-2 Fuel Farm, 8th Eng Spt BN, 2nd FSSG, 2 MEF, Cpl. Mallory and I (Cpl. Hoskinson) had been at the station for the last three days, decompressing, working and feeling better after the cease fire of the ground war. The station was located on the outside of the Saudi airfield fence, just a pump and a cramped bunker located between the fuel farm and the dispersion point. The night was smoky and the airfield was still under blackout. …
Read More - Talk about Old Corps
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Sgt. Grit - Talk about the 'Old Corps'! This is a picture of the 1st Aeronautics Company stationed in the Azores Islands in World War I. It was the first US Military Aviation company to serve outside the continental US. They hunted for, but did not find, German submarines. The Commanding Officer was Major Evans. He flew the sea plane in a loop, a feat thought impossible at the time and he received a Congressional Medal. The Executive Officer was Major Brewster (Brewster Buffalo fame). My dad was a mechanic …
Read More - CUBA 1965 2Bn,2Mar,2Mar Div (FMF) PVT. David Dangleman
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Was TAD at the air strip for almost 6 months. The alerts were bad running up those Hills to the Fence Line was NO Fun at all. We all were able to Hang but glad to get out of there. Shipped out to Vietnam as soon as I got back.
- Unit photos from Port Gamble 2010
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Marines, Here is one of the Unit photographs taken at Port Gamble June, 2010. Here is the group photograph of the Cannoneers.
