China and other pics from Gunny Welsh.

[jetdoc]

Hi all, Gunny Welsh sent me these pics, (actually a while back), and I am just now getting around to posting them....(sorry Gunny). They are from when he was in China and the Japanese Surrender, etc. Great pics...there are lots of them.

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n234/jetdoc/image-2.jpg

[jetdoc]

The files are too large to post individually so I am making an album on Photobucket with a link. I am adding the Gunny's comments as I can...sorry for the delay.

The pic above: Sun Tien Dschung and Chinese Officers in front of Flag Decorated main hall.

[jetdoc]

Here is the link to Gunny's photo album....enjoy.

http://picasaweb.google.com/jetdoc3037/GunnyWelshSPicsFromChinaAndJapan

[yellowwing]

Great historic pictures, taken by one of our own! :iwo:

[jrhd97]

Job well done!

[jinelson]

Outstanding flicks gunny. I can't remember ever seeing any photos of the surrender.

Jim

[jetdoc]

Trying to see if Gunny can fwd me some additonal pics, I will add them to the album.

[vmfn513]

Several things: 1) No Japan. The surrender was called The Double Tenth for North China in Peking in 1945. I was still in Okinawa. We arrived in China in late Sept/ early Oct. in time to ride shotgun on the Japanese bring returned to Japan. In fact they were loaded on the LSTs we rode from Okinawa. I got the pictures from a Camera store where I purchased a Zeise Ikon(sp) 120 Camera. Which I used to take some of the other pictures. We did get several trips (by rail) to see the Great Wall of China. I have some other pictures from liberty runs. Ricashaws(sp) transportation and young Marines , still sober.
I have a total of about sixty-four, mostly Chinese bldg. I put captions on the photo. But if you want I can put up what I have.
And Jetdoc, THANK YOU for all you have done. This is all new to me. I worked with computers , mainframes IBM, for about 27 years before retiring.
But no site roaming. But I am getting there since I can't get out and do my volunteer work anymore.
Thanks to all of you.
SEMPER FI!!!!
Lee

[jetdoc]

Oops, my bad about Japan.

[jetdoc]

Gunny the ones on Picasa have captions, or at least the ones you put captions on. I'm sure we all would love to see more pics, they are very interesting.

[yellowwing]

Hey, Gunny may I ask about the story of "Caribou" Johnson?

Semper Fi

[vmfn513]

"Caribou" Johnson was an old salt from the "CHINA" Marines. He was a character! My encounter with Caribou was here in Edenton at the NCO Club. He was alway telling Sea stories of his time in China....

[yellowwing]

Good to hear that even in your Service there were Old Salts preaching about the Old Corps! :usmc:

[vmfn513]

There were three cases: those that were truly "old salts"
Those that thought they were.
and those who wished they were and pretended.
and you quickly learned to identify each for what they were

[bcnelson]

I would love to hear more about Caribou Johnson. He was my Great Uncle and like a grand father to me. He married my grandfather's sister (Geri) after his retirement. I grew up listening to his stories every summer when he came up to Nova Scotia from Boston. My aunt and I were there to lay him to rest in 1992 in Revere, Mass.

Brian.

[silverdollar]

Glad to hear someone else knows where Edenton is, I was there in 57&58 untill I was discharged.I guess the Corps didn`t know what to do with me when I came back from overseas so they sent me to...