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Brothers and Sisters, I am looking for info on my deceased uncle. He served in the Corps from 1951-1954. I am trying to find out the Platoon number that he took his training with. I have a copy of...

Good reading...... Fire in the Streets....Eric Hammel
about the Tet '68 Battle for Hue City.....
Outstanding reading..
My Jr. Drill Instructor, SSgt Paul D Tinson--F/2/5- was KIA there 6 Feb. 1968

3522.... this is EXACTLY how we did it every Sunday.....with our little pail and scrub brush........ could not have asked for a better photo to show ...HOW IT WAS DONE!!!!!:thumbup:
Thanks...

Again, back in the day.... the Fire Watch was just that.... A FIRE WATCH....he walked the "old wooded" barracks making sure that there were "NO FIRES"......... he didn't have time to do anyones...

This must be the NEW Corps way :confused:.....
nobody cleaned my laundry but me.... as did each man in my Boot Platoon..... I guess The Times They are a Changin'.....:iwo:

Damn you guys had it made.....you actually HAD someone to do your laundry?????
we had to wash our clothes on old concrete sinks ...about 30 or so feet long outside the barracks. I believe we did our...

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OUTSTANDING mgk.........great piece of work.............so COOL to have something like that.......
protect it and ENJOY it.................
Thanks for the photos
Semper Fi

Count me in too......think I already did....The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Lose......so if one of you find it...please send it home!!!!!
MCRD Parris Island
2nd RTB K Co Plt 2008
Oct- Dec 1965...

D-Days in the Pacific.... Donald L. Miller
(Guadalcanal-Tarawa-Saipan-Iwo Jima-Okinawa)
would be a good jump off point...............

Well done mgkusmc........ sometimes I had wished we had worn Division or Wing patches while I was in...but, then...... we were all Marines and it wasn't important what we did....just WHO we were........

Skidawg.....what about sending them out for a Sky Hook and 50' of Flight Line????
They always came back looking real nervous and usually a little upset too.....

2nd MAW MCAS Beaufort SC MAG-32 MATCU-63...'66-'68
1st MAW Phu Bai, RVN MAG-36 MATCU-68...'68-'69
2851 Aviation Radio
Swing with the Wing!!!!!!!!!!!
Semper Fi

MCRD Parris Island
2nd Bn K Co. Plt 2008
Oct-Dec '65

Mine was 2172XXX in '65 and I made PFC out of Boot Camp and made a whopping $101.50 a month................

Yes, we Wingers were a different breed. I served most of my 4 yrs in the 1st and 2nd MAW with MATCU outfits. As long as we keep our equipment up and operational..... no one messed with us at all....

Congrats on your marriage....... and Welcome to the Marine Corps Family and this website. Lots of good helpful people on here. You'll have lots of support during your husbands deployment.
semper Fi

Congrats Marine
Welcome to the Family..........
Semper Fi

I am sorry.... maybe I'm missing something or don't understand the new ways....
I enlisted in the Marine Corps almost 45 yrs ago...... I had no plans for an MOS, my only thought was to be a...

DLinder...... you want to be a Marine? Then go to Boot Camp ...work your ass off ...do what you are told, when you are told and stop worrying about it........and DO NOT EVER DROP your RIFLE and you...

Never had one.... and the only thing I remember about "Willy" Joe, is that he cost me and a buddy of mine $700.00 when they beat Baltimore............ Damn Jets!!!!!!!!!!
Semper Fi

Prayers Outbound to you and family Sparkie........................

Prayers Outbound for his family.....
Rest in Peace Marine

Gunny (Old Marine).... you might as well tell him to take along a video game, candy, chewing gum and cigarettes too....... his Drill Instructors would REALLY have a Field day with him.

101matt1...there will be times you miss your Mom and Dad and siblings.........but, my question is how do you become homesick when the Marine Corps IS/WILL be your FAMILY if you get through Boot...