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Well, if a fella was a pilot it did allow him to check out in a private plane and be able to rent it. A Lt. (Huey Pilot) that I was stationed with at MAG-24 (Kaneohe Bay) did that so he could take...

Good thing he wasn't in amtrac's it would have taken a long time to tour the islands. :bunny:

That does sound right, yes, it does seem like a heck of a long ways, for a 30 mile trip.

Must be that darned 30 round magazine, of .30 carbine ammo. :(

Too bad about the carbines, I used to have one of those, lost in a house fire, would love the chance to replace it, although it might be outside of my budget. :)

Ooops! I think I was guilty of missing that to. Our compound was nestled just across the valley from 1st Mar Div, next door to Dog Patch. I think the closest ville, was "Da Son", I think that...

A lot of the, so called, roads we used were ... interesting. No I'm trying to recall how I got there, We'd start out with a convoy, down Hwy 1, heading toward Baldy, or one of the firebases past...

I recall making a number of runs to a CAP Unit at Hoi An (I was with 11th Motors 1970-1971), was that you?

Well ... the face looks convincing.;)

Where did you get that idea? I look forward to watching the Packer Victory, one more step to a second, consecutive, Super Bowl. :yes:

Doc, I can never say, for sure, but I'm generally skeptical of those stories.
Of course, if someone is actually making a movie, he may have had things pumped up a bit by the show biz bunch. :nerd:

Yup, and Lola Falana, was his headliner.

I think I like your son! :beer:

No, the concept has not changed but some memories may have. :D
Truth be told most did follow orders, as described, but there have always been a small contingents of malcontents, winers, and...

There were always a few sea lawyers around, but most of them could come up with a better complaint than this.

One word answer ... "YES" :evilgrin:
You want home cooking, get it before formation.

Yes, I believe they did the only one that I saw was the Bob Hope thing, in December of 70 ... at least they said it was him, kind of hard to tell for sure from that range :bunny:

How ya been Doc. Yup, even saw Bob Hope out back of that place ... from about 100 feet on the outside of the concertina wire :bunny:

Got to love the way you turn a phrase. :beer:
I was with 11th Motors 70-71. I watched a video that someone shot from a scooter posted here somewhere a year or so ago, coming out of Danang, past...

I was with 11th Motors, and used to drive that ridge quite a bit, on the trash and chow run, so it was a very familiar view. 1st MarDiv in the foreground, 11th motors across the valley and, too far...

Your link was messed up, but I managed to find the album, via your profile. Some good pics there, a few were familiar. I think the one from the mountain, was from the ridge above 1St Mar Div,...

Well I know the first digit is the Battalion, in your case 3rd Battalion.
The rest is simply a rotating number, although I think the still start over every year, so they would never reach 999.
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Not as far as I know!
Semper FI

Thanks for the details, I remember hearing about that. Of course the version I heard was much more colorful ... funny how scuttlebutt tends to embellish things.;)
Nice to hear, even at this late...

Some good pics there Jamie! I recall many of those views.
Semper Fi!