gruffUSMC
Marine

About gruffUSMC

First Name:

Roy

Last Name:

Stanford

Rank:

E-4

Where did you attend bootcamp?:

MCRD Parris Island

What date did you graduate bootcamp?:

August 1966

What was your bootcamp platoon number?:

3029

Duty Stations:

have to say a whole bunch of them; camp leguene for one, san diego for comm school, camp pendelton preparing for WESTPAC so actually not all that many as I thought

Year Entered Marine corps:

1966

Year Exited Marine Corps:

1969

Favorite Marine:

R Lee Emery

Wars and conflicts you were in involved in?:

Vietnam

Combat History:

Arrived in Vietnam in December 1967 and served with 3rdTracs; "B"Co.3rdPlt.;1stMarDiv. We were as far south as Hoi An while operating with ROKS and we went as far north as Cua Viet River

Military Biography:

I was 2533 (radio operator) with 3rdAmtracBn.;"B"Co.3rdPlt.;1stMarDiv from 67-69. Funny thing about Comm school; we learned how to operate every radio including MARS but the ONLY two radios I ever used in Vietnam was the PRC-25 and the PRC-47.

Current City:

NYC

Current State:

New York

Gender:

Male

Zodiac Sign:

Taurus

Occupation:

Gettin' the hell outta bed every morning :)

Colleges Attended:

I went to a Jr. College in Minnesota called Inver Grove Hts, and later in the early 70s I attended a one year long school for computer progamming (cobol)

Interests:

At one time I loved to play baseball, hunting but in the 80's I got I got introduced to word processing and computers and I no longer hunt, I no longer play baseball. I do IRC scripting, HTML and related along with learning VB (visual basic)

Favorite Quote:

SEMPER FI