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GySgt David Smith
Posted by Sgt Grit Staff Article about Gunnery Sergeant David Smith Gunnery Sergeant David Smith survives against all odds.  See article to the right for full story...
Last of the USO Bob Hope
Posted by Sgt Grit Staff Bob Hope in Saudi Arabi in late 1990   It still blows my mind seeing all the pictures of Bob Hope through the many conflicts this country has seen. Attached is my picture of Mr. Bob Hope from the sands of Saudi Arabia in late 1990. He couldn't bring the girls but Johnny Bench was there.   We lost an icon that only Service members know.     Semper Fi Fred S. Stoki 
Bob Hope Memorial San Diego
Posted by Sgt Grit Staff Bob Hope statue at Bob Hope Memorial in San Diego   I was in San Diego a last month on business and took these photos at the Bob Hope memorial near the pier. Thought I would share them with everyone.  
thought you all would appreciate this
Posted by Sgt Grit Staff Diane and wounded Marine holding USMC flag   hardest  13.1 miles  of the season included rain at the start, 1 enormous bridge, two steep over passes and one giant motivation at the end   I race in their honor   Dianne Villano www.supportourmarinesinc.org
Thank you for your choice in preserving our freedom
Posted by Dennis DicksonAs each and everyone who served in Iraq and Afganistan, thank you... People in the States really quite don't understand why the U.S. is a free Country.  They're freedom comes from each and every member of our Armed Forces.. The last time the United States was invaded around 1916, and that was Poncho Villas men in a small New Mexico town... Since 1916, The United States Armed Forces have had fought on foriegn soil... Thank you all for you choice to help preserve and protect our Declaration of Independance and …

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on Bob Hope
Posted by Sgt Grit Staff Triad Vol 15 No 48 - 12/24/1964 cover   Thought I'd weigh in. From posts so far looks like 1964 will be  earlier than Hope encounters mentioned so far. I've attached  coverage from the Triad USMC 3rd Mar Div paper on the show too.  And some of the photos I took.   (PS: I note with interest the paper's reference to the Marines  as "Troops". I don't think it was in your newsletters but I  think in a LinkedIn USMC group a Marine took umbrage at  referring to Marines as troops, maintaining we don't call  ourselves as "troops". …

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Cooks Patch
Posted by Sgt Grit Staff Cook Patch Sgt Grit Being that the weather is cold maybe this will warm up Marines.   Dale Landon
Both Weapons
Posted by Sgt Grit Staff Man standing next to 4.2 Mortar I/3/12; First Marine Brigade, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. This picture  was taken during a FFEX at Schofield Barracks, June 1961. The battery had 8 M101 105 mm Howitzers and 8 M30 4.2 " Mortars;  cannoneers of those days were proficient on both weapons without  the benefit of attending courses at Fort Sill, OK.   Semper Fi   Luis Lozada CWO-5  USMC (Retired)
Devil Dog Road
Posted by Sgt Grit Staff Devil Dog Rd highway sign Photo taken in Arizona this morning.      Semper Fi, Mike McConnell. CPL 85-93
Restoration
Posted by Sgt Grit Staff Marine vehicle Photos of vehicles needing restoration at the Marine Mechanized Museum at Camp Pendleton. If I am not mistaken some of those are Ontos’s.

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