Sgt Grit's Other Marine BS Page Volume 2

Easter Weekend

Robert Citrolo, USMC '65-'67, I Corps (DMZ), and his lovely wife Suzanne, Easter Weekend, New York.

Powell Quote

When in England at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example of empire building by George Bush.
He answered by saying that, "Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to bury those that did not return." It became very quiet in the room.

Future Marine Brothers

I was looking through your website and thought I would share this picture with you. My sons, Cameron (left) and Brandon came home one Thursday and informed me that Career Day at school was Friday. They have wanted to be Marines for the last three years, but we didn't have time to get uniforms together in 3 short hours. Do you know how hard it is to find a khaki shirt in sizes 10 and 12? NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE! We had to make due with white shirts. We had blue trousers and used red duct tape for the blood stripe. They had makeshift uniforms but they sure felt REAL Marine Corps Pride when they walked into that school.

Harrier Going Up

"Several years ago, I located your web-site conducting a search for Marine Corps awards and plaques and have been hooked since. I truly enjoy your E-mail newsletters and often forward them to deployed Marines overseas or afloat so that they can enjoy them also. I have visited your OKC store several times and I want to thank you for your Marine Specialties store, and your staff for doing a superb job in customer service. I have also enclosed a photo of myself and Arnold Schwarzenegger during the 1994 filming of James Cameron's "True Lies". I thought you might enjoy hanging this on your "Hallway" near the front entrance of your store. Just to fill you in-I am not a Marine Harrier pilot, but in fact a Grunt and only filled in for a Harrier pilot from VMA 223 and ended up getting the spot in the movie. I was stationed at the Inspector-Instructor Staff in Miami, Florida at the time of the filming(At (TOW) Company, 8th Tank Battalion-now AT(TOW) and Scout Platoon, 8th Tank Bn) training Reserve Anti-Tank Marines and just happened to be in the right place at the right time."

GySgt Scott Dotson

More on this story...

Hello,
I was searching the web and found your site. I am happy to see such an OUTSTANDING effort. I read a story by a Gunny in Florida about the movie TRUE LIES. Well, I am the Harrier Pilot that he stood in for as a double. I have some other details but maybe this will help with a little of what happened with one Marine on the True Lies set.
Semper Fi
Shawn

Bobby's Birthday Cake

Bob Kurtz

ROYAL MARINE

Rod Spinks
Royal Marines 1957/68
Per Mare Per Terram.

BRING IT ON BIN LADEN

I think that in trying to bring a 'Holy War' to the U.S. Ole Uncle Bin is in for a few surprises......... Come Mr Taliban, you're gonna bite the big one!!!! Daylight come and you're gonna be dead!! Well it's not all standard issue but I can still shoot 3-5 inch groups at 500 yards! Yo Sarge....Semper Fi!

Kevin

STILL HAS WHAT IT TAKES

I'm a seventy year old Korean War marine. I can still shoot 85% with my AR15. Send me over there and Ill supply my OWN ammo! Lemme' at them bastards!

The Old Sergeant

OUR FLAG

USMC Flag at Pentagon after the attack. God Bless America and God Bless the Marine Corps, our flag still flys in the Pentagon. Zoom in on the pic..second floor first office on left!

Submitted by: ecfusa

THE FLAG STILL FLIES

US Marines Walk with Marine Corps Flag Recovered from Damaged Section of Pentagon Thu, Sep 13 02:56 PM U.S. Marines carry the Marine Corps flag September 13, 2001 out of the damaged Pentagon Building after the U.S. Military Headquarters was hit by a commercial jetliner outside of Washington. The Pentagon and the World Trade Center Buildings in New York City were attacked September 11 after hijacked commercial jetliners crashed into the buildings.

REUTERS/Larry Downing (Reuters)

35 YEARS LATE

SGT. MAJOR RETIRED ROBERT BERIBEAU, ADAMS MASSACHUSETTS was awarded a bronze star second award for action in the Republic of Viet Nam 1966. The I and I staff from Westover Air Force Base ( MARINE DETACHMENT) presented the award. Bob's family and friends and many local devil dogs were in attendance.

W.C. Parmenter
Cpl USMC 1973-77
Huey Crew Chief

DOG STORY

Steve Reichenbach
1st Marine Scout Dog Platoon 66-67

Marine Pride

Here is a little known fact that will brighten your day. At the WALL sets a flag pole and at it's base are the seals of all the services. Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and Coast Guard....... Well every day a group from Eight & I (Eight and I is the Marine Barracks Detachment in Washington, DC.) come to the flag and polish the Marine Emblem. The other services have NEVER touched theirs..... Submitted by many, many, proud Marines.

THE WALL

Two weeks ago I came across photos in your Newsletter and then subsequently in the "other" category which is contained in your BS page of 8th and I Marines shining the brass base plate of the flag pole by the Vietnam Veteran Memorial (The Wall). As an old Hospital Corpsman I felt shame that the Navy section of the base plate was tarnished. So I recruited my brother, another Corpsman, to travel down to D.C. at zero dark thirty Saturday, 14 JUL 01, and went to work on the Navy section of the base plate. We took care of the Marine section as well. Given our ties with the Corps, we felt it appropriate to give the 8th and I guys a day off. I have attached pics of this evolution and would appreciate it if you would post them your in your next newsletter so that our fellow Corpsman and Marines see that we also understand the meaning of Pride.

Thanking you in advance,
Rich Huelbig HM2
Greg Huelbig HM3

General Boomer

Enclosed a Picture from a Royal Netherlands Marine. life member of the US Marine Corps League with General W Boomer. Asst. Commandant U. S Marine Corps.

best of luck
Semper Fi Jerry van Poll

Now, Where Have I Seen This Before?

I'm a former USMC photographer, Korean vintage. Also, I'm a life member ofthe Detachment 155 Marine Corps League. We have an annual rifle shoot each year. While my compadres were putting up a tent, I saw the possibilities of a great photo. So, I will attach it. HHmmm. It DOES look a bit familiar, doesn't it ? hhhmmmm. I wonder why it reminds me of something else.......hhhmmmm.

Combat Engineering T-Shirt

C Kerwan, Jaime designed this tee shirt for his MOS Combat Engineering Group in February-March 2001 at Camp LeJeune. He is now with Unit 36261 in Okinawa It says "Watch Your Step". He is now on float with Unit 35643

My Dog Corporal

Sgt. Grit,

say hello to another fellow Marine. He doesn't want to have the Bulldog step aside, he just wants to be one of the boyz! Semper Fi.

Cpl. Martinez, Steven G., and Furry Marine Corporal!

General Shoup

I'd like to put in my two cents worth on the survey "your favorite Marine." Although I agree with the other votes there is one that is definitely missing. David M. Shoup. His heroism at Tarawa and duty to the Corps deserves a vote. He's got mine. I had the privilege to shake the man's hand at graduation from MCRD San Diego in 56. I had no Idea who he was at the time but I sure as hell do now.

Bob

The Ole Flame Tanker

Viegas PR, 1958, prior to Lebanon. Semper Fi! Don Masztak/"The Ole Flame Tanker".

Sgt Maj Daniel Daly

Thought the readers may be interested in this photo. He is related to me on my mothers side of the family, I found his grave at the Cypress Hills Cemetery in Queens, NY. It was all over grown with weeds and the headstone was filthy, so I scrubbed the headstone with soap and water and cut the grass. It is sad that these true heroes have been forgotten.

Semper Fi Jack OBrien

This is a photograph of one of the US Air Force's latest high technology fighter bomber aircraft. It's being prepared to depart for an "unnamed" air base in the Middle East.

Nice View!

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