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Frederick, sorry for the delay in coming back - many thanks for your reply.

I had already managed to find your Dad, via another Marine on this site who was very helpful, and we've exchanged a few...

Haha, I like it! :)

In the UK, the Army calls the Air Force "crabs". Hence the bumper sticker:

Fly Navy
Sail Army
Walk Sideways


[Presumably the Royal Marines don't get a mention...

Ed, I just wanted to give you and your colleagues our best wishes for the opening ceremony later this week. Semper Fi from your buddies across the ocean!

As you already have a Veterans' Day in...

Another Scot - Gary Wright. Thanks for everything Gary. You were a credit to your country.

Can I just add my thanks too, for sharing that story with us. What an amazing little girl. I hope she gets the long and healthy life she deserves.

RoadTrooper I am not a Marine, and to be honest I don't have what it takes to be one. You do.

I cannot believe what happened to you. I work in offices with other pencil-neck ***holes who take...

Again, from the RM's website, some background on Commando 21 restructuring project. Sadly no headcounts but interesting nevertheless. Send me a PM if you want me to give them a call - I live in the...

There's also a trailer here:

http://flagsofourfathers.net/flags-of-our-fathers-trailer

I can't wait for this to reach the UK. It probably won't be for another few years though...

I just had to go out and compose myself before finishing this reply. I can't believe it was five years ago; the feelings I get when I see that awful day are undiminished. It's as if it was just...

Right behind you. God bless them all.


I was in London on July 7th last year, the day after we were awarded the 2012 Olympics. This is how our mayor, Ken Livingstone, summed up how we all felt....

According to the Royal Navy:



According to other sources (official RM sources):

The Royal Marines number somewhere between 6,000 and 7,500 personnel.

The following link briefly...

What a fantastic project. Thank you, Ed, for telling us about this, and for all your work volunteering to help at the Museum.

We hope to return to DC from the UK as soon as we can, and we shall...

James: Great poem. Brought a lump to my throat.

Rob: Best of luck with your work for the PTSD sufferers. I'm UK-based too (and from an Army family) so I may well visit your site soon.
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I can't send this on private messages, but I can at least show everyone the face of Gordon F Ward. If you're ever visiting the 'Iwo Jima' Memorial in DC on Saturdays, be sure to look him out.

Thank you both - we'll be writing to Gordon soon. It's good to know we have people like you watching our backs.

This is the best, and at the same time the scariest, side of the internet. For...

I understand completely. We all have reasons to thank so many people, which is why I wanted to contact Gordon. He told me so much about his experiences on Iwo. Whilst taking photographs of the...

Gunny, thanks for your reply.

I also have not been able to find any official record of Gordon Ward, but I assure you he exists! If you are able to visit the Iwo Jima Memorial statue on a...

Please read my other thread. Thanks.

http://www.leatherneck.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33816


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Additional information regarding Gordon F Ward, in case it helps. At the time of Iwo Jima he was a rifleman in Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 25th Marines, and held the rank of Corporal. I believe...

It may not be relevant but I am a Brat -- but from the British Army, not the USMC. I cannot claim to be a Leatherneck, just a friend.

I was recently on vacation in DC, and met retired Marine...