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I found this great matchbook at a garage sale.   Sgt. C. Jones 1963-1967 RVN 1966

Last month on August 14th I had the honor and privilege to reunite with three of my Vietnam Marine brothers in Tomball, Texas. We had not seen each other in 46 years! We traveled from Connecticut, Michigan, California, and Texas. After a few...

These photos were sent in by one of our long time customers, Grace Washburn. The pictured Devil Pup is Bruce The Moose… Showing off his Marine Corps attitude and his dress blues. Teresa Bolhuis Customer Service Rep 

I bought a fixer upper 7 years ago and was in the market to buy a front door.  I ran into the proprietor Arthur who I noticed was wearing a USMC ring proudly.  We shared sea stories.  He not only...

Sgt Grit, Several stories have been posted recently about the Stoner rifles. Here's a little more info: Eugene Stoner developed this rifle, and it had several variations. Most notably, the M16. He was the father of the M16. To fully understand the development...

We all learned about Presley O'Bannon in boot camp and if we've read any history about the war against the Barbary pirates we've learned more about him. His name is always spelled "O'Bannon". Does anyone know why his name on his tombstone in...

The attached photo is the original sign that was placed at the entrance to 2/4 in 1965-66 at Chu Lai. I recently received it from a 1st Division friend who also served during the same period and brought it home with him when...

I found this drawing that was like all the other cartoon like drawings of Wars and Marines. I thought maybe your readers might like to see what Marines thought like back then. Note the M60 Machine Gun on his shoulder and the Fierce...

In reply to Brown Side Out, Green Side Out. When I went into the Marines (Sept. 1959) the new rank structure was just getting started. We had the M1 and BAR, hence the crossed rifles on the new chevrons. Since then we...