Where were you in '69?

[sparkie]

July, 20, 1969. I was in a little town called PCP. Physical conditioning platoon. Where the fatbodies went, but I wasn't fat, just weak. Didn't have my pullups in order. I had double rations in the mess, with hungry eyes of the half dead staring. We were all half dead, Working in an 18 hour hell like we did. Was there 4 weeks.
One day,,,, This day 40 years ago, the DI drug an old black and white out of the duty hut for us to watch. For 1/2 hour we watched the Apollo 11 moon landing.
When I needed it, [so did the dead around me], I felt I was a part of something. I felt I could go on. It's something big, Gentlemen,,,,,, Our Country. From then till this day, I haven't given up.

From that day on,,, I can never give up. Moto I guess.
I went on to do a bunch of Forrest Gump stuff, Like putting my hand on Nixen's shoulder, or running the PA for John Wayne in a parade in O'side. Or taking Howard Cosell to his room when he was drunk.

Just wanted to say, Marines,,,,,,, We meant sumpthin. And what means the most to me, Is this GOD Given Country,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[DocGreek]

:evilgrin:.....July 20, 1969....I was humping up and down the beautiful countryside of Viet Nam. Don't remember our exact AO, but it was within a click of Con Thien. Moon landing??....SORRY, but all the money that we've spent in space wasn't worth ONE MARINE LIFE!! All of you cherries who think that space exploration is so patriotic, and something we should hold in great regard, have some fvcked up priorities!!!! It was the year I SHOULD have graduated from a four year college. I was a 23 year old Navy Corpsman watching fine, brave, and dedicated 17, 18, and 19 year old MARINES....some virgins....being wounded and killed...FOR WHAT??????...Do you think that the only mission to the moon was to pick up rocks????? At the top of our military dominance we landed, with THREE military veterans...to do WHAT??? GOD rest the souls of the Marines who gave their lives to save us all from the COMMIES!!!....ANGRY OLD FVCK

[jetdawgg]

South Carolina. No not PISC:D

[Wyoming]

EAS, in September.

[Sergeant M]

My dad's scrotum.

[egbutler1]

my dads sack lol, they where prolly getting groovy at some "ROCK" concert dropping acid and smoking pot prolly.

[linda1945]

1969 married for 2 yr. living in Benton, AR and working in Little Rock and also had a daughter born in May, but lived only 3 days.

[SlingerDun]

CYO summer wrestling camp. Corvallis, Oregon

[redman1]

PI at some school, already graduated from PI in 68
Semper Fi Redman1

[temarti]

I was a tadpole in my Mom's belly.

[Ed Palmer]

July 21 69 khe san and Hong Kong R & R

[DocGreek]

Thank You Ed!!

[Marine84]

At school.

Tomorrow we find out Uncle Wallace got injured during Operation Pipe Stone Canyon. Explosion messed a leg up pretty bad and they would end up amputating. Aug 12 1969 gangrene took him.

[Troutzilla]

ITR... Camp Pendleton ,San Onofre...tent city. It was a hot, dirty and ballbustin' kinda day.


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[Ed Palmer]

July 21 68 khe san and Hong Kong R & R

OH MAN
I'm Glad that I caught it before somebody else did,It was 68
that they shut down Khe San and I went on R &R.
In 69 I was on I & I duty in Abilene Tex 1/69-- 4/71

[DocGreek]

TROUT....Which one of those UGLY FVCKS is you???

[Old Marine]

I was doing what had to be done at MCRD, San Diego. Making Marines out of worms that had been in the soup sandwich civilian world their whole life.

[awbrown1462]

I was in front of the TV while my mom tried to take a photo of the landing it didn't come out just a big white light on the TVhttp://d.yimg.com/a/p/umedia/20090721/cp.4708790831fbec8ed1e6933977be42ea.gif

[ameriken]

LOL!

I was 10, living in Queens, and watched the moon walk.

[FistFu68]

:usmc: Recovering from Wounds received in tha Line Of Duty :usmc: :iwo:

[ameriken]

Recovering from Wounds received in tha Line Of Duty

Semper Fidelis Jack!! :usmc:

[Petz]

I was still in my mothers ovaries for another 12 years......

[thewookie]

I was in my father's nut sac waiting for three more years to spring from the joint....:confused:

[montana]

just getting in country.....the start of my long Asian vacation

[evoharley]

Half way between boyhood and manhood. The Corps finished the transition to manhood at 17 years old in August of 69

[yellowwing]

I was four playing in the next room when the folks shouted to me to "Come in here and look at this." I glanced at the black and white tv and saw what I thought was some space movie, then I went off running again.

I'm glad they called me in to see.

[Troutzilla]

TROUT....Which one of those UGLY FVCKS is you???


The ugliest one in the middle....ya didn't think I would put ribbons or stripes over that purtty face did ya ???!!!!

[Troutzilla]

I was doing what had to be done at MCRD, San Diego. Making Marines out of worms that had been in the soup sandwich civilian world their whole life.


Thanks ....

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[Jarhed87]

I was 2 yrs old. I wish I could remember the moon landing. I know my parents were watching it!

[Mytcbra96]

Monford Point,NC :flag:

[Petz]

wookie... it's impossible for you to stay in your dad's sac... you'd be in your moms/some other chicks stomach for sure.....

anyways... let's not get too technical in that subject.... yut!!!!

[Sergeant M]

Why don't you explain that to all my potential babies floating around?

[Petz]

um... if you don't bust a nut your body re-absorbs it....

[Sergeant M]

I always bust a nut... is that genocide?

[Petz]

no... but if the uber neo con anti-abortionists have their way it would be....

[Sergeant M]

Can someone erase my last post. I don't wanna get caught by the crazies, they'll make me have children.

[Petz]

1,000,000,000 at a time!!!!!!

[Sergeant M]

1,000,000,000 at a time!!!!!!

Haha I wish, after getting all these shots and running around this hot-ass island my sperm count is more like 4. not 40, not 400... just 4.

[Wyoming]

Chat Diarrhea!! . :sick:

[Petz]

you're here too........... is this a poop party now?

[Sergeant M]

Dooky Orgy!

[Wyoming]

hahahaha.

Look who posted after me.

The chat buddies.

lololololololololol

[Chamorro]

'69-'70 Depot Armory, MCRD San Diego. Issuing 782 gear & M-14s to recruits, getting smokies dry cleaned for the Drill Instructors and saving cracked M14 stocks for desk name plates. 4th & final year & duty station in the Corps.

[rb1651]

San Antonio Texas, specifically Lackland AFB with my Dad watching the landing at the Dog Handlers School. He had just returned to duty after being injured at Ton Son Knut (sp?) AFB, RVN.

[Dave Coup]

RVN with 3/7/1. If memory serves, in the Que Son Mountains