I was stationed with MACS-3 in 1956 at an isolated radar base on the east coast of Korea. In the chow line one day a Marine ahead of me asked the Mess Sgt. “What’s for dinner?” The mess Sgt replied...
’76-’77… Camp Schwab (Okinawa), at the time home of the Ninth Marines and 1st Tracked Vehicle Bn (composite of two tank companies, two of amtracks (P-7’s, etc.), and of course, a H&S company. H&S included, besides the Bn Staff sections,...
We put this picture on our Facebook page. Following are a few of the responses. Kevin Kirby: Can’t really argue with someone who has been awarded the Navy Cross five times. Arthur Ware: And an Army cross, if I’m not...
Many of us air wingers had back seat passes but just as many never got a chance to use them. My first look(up close) with an F-4B Phantom was jaw dropping. A twin engine rocket with 12,500 pounds of thrust...
He found himself walking a ridgeline, traversing through frost-biting air and shoveling through snow waist-deep in enemy territory. They decided to stop for the night, but he and his men patrolled the area by order of his commanding officer. The...
Boot SDiego Sep 61 Plt 272 -1985066- Cpl Petri SSgt Marez, and ole Corps SSgt then passed test 2d time GySgt Myers who always came back to Plt at 2AM (but they not suppose to do that – recruits need...
So I get off work and picked up this friend of mine who was a teletype operator at the Marine air station in Santa Ana. He’s not allowed to drive on November 10th since he accidentally brushed into another car...
The submarine’s klaxon that sounded ‘Aaroogah’ in preparation to dive came from the fondness of the Model-T Ford’s horn we learn from an old Navy man, not from Germany, even though ‘klaxon’ sounds German. Anyway, the WWII Marine Raiders from...
