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  • October 4, 2018

    69 Year Coma and a Wake Up

    Truth or Not? San Diego An American Marine injured during the Second World War and stuck in a deep coma ever since, has finally regained consciousness this Monday at the Naval Medical Center (NMCSD). James Hill, a 95-year old former Sergeant...

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  • Vietnam Vet and My Resume
    October 4, 2018

    Vietnam Vet and My Resume

    As a Marine Vietnam vet, I had a somewhat different experience than Gary Neely. I got out of the Corps in 1968 to go into politics and, I thought, fix things. (Okay, I was pretty naive at 22.) At Mount...

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  • Silver Star: Half Century Later
    October 4, 2018

    Silver Star: Half Century Later

    I just read in The Purple Heart magazine that a Marine Vietnam Vet had received a Silver Star for action while serving with “D” Co. 1st Bat.3rd Marines He was given the award at a ceremony hosted by the National...

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  • September 26, 2018

    Dual MOS

    In June 1959, I graduated from Parris Island platoon 117 and proceeded to ITR at Camp Geiger. Upon completion, I received orders to the Naval Training Center at Great Lakes where I completed 16 weeks of basic electronics training. We...

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  • Technical Sergeant Stripes
    September 26, 2018

    Technical Sergeant Stripes

    I enlisted in November 1950, but due to some medical problems I didn’t arrive at MCRD, San Diego until 2 January 1951. We didn’t have the “yellow foot prints” then, but we were told and shown how to “fall in”...

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  • September 26, 2018

    Oh, Karma

    OH, Karma… she’s a real beyitch… Got well deserved lumps all over me about my foxtrot uniform charlie kilo – uniform papa over the Kamikaze genesis… hope that doesn’t make me a libural… (that part about not knowing that the...

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  • The Sweetest Voice of Any
    September 26, 2018

    The Sweetest Voice of Any

    Sgt. Grit, I was at MCRD in San Diego from June 1958-Sept. 1958. My DI’s were SSgt Curly, Sgt Rakes and Sgt Matte. Sgt Rakes had the sweetest voice of any one man that I have ever heard when it...

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  • Hot August Day in 1960
    September 26, 2018

    Hot August Day in 1960

    I was on PI during August 1960. Plt 248 one month out of high school. We cut the grass with nail scissors. Quick story: Charging in from PT to shower and get ready for chow. Unknown by the DI(#1), No.2...

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  • Infantry Song
    September 17, 2018

    Infantry Song

    Sgt. Grit I am writing to you in hopes that you can help me. I would like to have a copy of the words to the infantry song chesty puller was a merry old soul. Its a infantry song that...

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