This is not a Viet Nam sea story, but rather a “leaving Viet Nam” sea story, but it really happened, and it’s pretty incredible. Time frame is 1965-1966. I was a 1st Lt helicopter pilot flying for HMM-163 out of...
Hello Sgt Grit! Back again with another true story from the land of milk and honey! Vietnam – Liberty Bridge – 1969… Well There we were. Fox Company, 1st Plt, 2/5 Security Detail, and it was a beautiful sun-shiny-day! We...
I came home from college on Christmas break in 1965. My Dad met me at the door, and was really glad to see me. I immediately announced to him that I had joined the Marine Corps. His beaming face turned...
I was on the Piva Trail Roadblock November 8th, 1943 and in a water filled foxhole for 16 hours, when the Japs would fire their knee mortars we would duck under the water. Sgt. Ignatius Gorak was killed during the...
A happy pup indeed, I am! I have a family that loves me, all the food and water I need, and a comfortable place to stay. Who could ever want more? My job is protecting my family, and I love...
Christmas time is upon us again and the Christmas chorals are going strong. There is one song I still have trouble listening to, Silent Night. I the later days of December 1967, I was stationed in Viet-Nam, 2/9. I had...
Memories from Peter J. Ritch, USMC 1967- 1970. Viet Nam, 1968-1969 and a member of the USMCVTA. In 1967, two days after graduating from college and having just received my draft notice in the mail, I beat the draft and...
By: Jim I met Gunny Basilone when he was on a war bond drive at the age of 12 and that very day decided to be a Marine. Enlisted on my 17th birthday, twice wounded in Korea and retired at...
