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07-29-08, 02:52 PM
Thread: Female Poolees/ Wannabes!!
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:thumbup:Being a Good Marine means never say...
:thumbup:Being a Good Marine means never say never. Think positive and move forward. The angziety? you are going thru now will be a blurp on your memmory in a few months. Keep pressure on your...
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07-29-08, 12:12 PM
Thread: 20090608
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:usmc:OK, and when "YOU GRADUATE" you can also...
:usmc:OK, and when "YOU GRADUATE" you can also wear the EAGLE GLOBE ANCHOR and that is something no one can take away from you. Be proud and good luck and don't forget the grad date!
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07-29-08, 11:04 AM
Thread: 20090608
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:thumbup:I left NYC on 1/4/59 on a train with 85...
:thumbup:I left NYC on 1/4/59 on a train with 85 recruits bound for PI. It was just plain mayhem! When you arrive at Recruit Recieving you will not have time to think about anything other than what...
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07-29-08, 09:26 AM
Thread: 20090608
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:thumbup:Forget it! You will meet your friends...
:thumbup:Forget it! You will meet your friends when you get there
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07-29-08, 09:19 AM
Thread: Female Poolees/ Wannabes!!
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#9 The Marines are looking for a few good Women!
#9 The Marines are looking for a few good Women!
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07-25-08, 06:53 AM
Thread: Best damn DI ever
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07-25-08, 06:52 AM
Thread: Best damn DI ever
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can't remember his first name. Physically he was...
can't remember his first name. Physically he was a big man with a sence of humor. If I remember he was heading back to SC just before I got out in late 62. I've got every picture and document of my...
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07-24-08, 12:10 PM
Thread: Bladder shy. Part two.
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Get over it. In 1959 after liberty in Haiti we...
Get over it. In 1959 after liberty in Haiti we had to milk our weenee in front of a coreman every morning. Did the same thing in Jamaica. 90 percent VD at those places back then. Probably worse now!...
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07-23-08, 05:17 PM
Thread: Camp Geiger
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baseball
Got there in APRIL of 59, tried out for and made the camp baseball team as a pitcher. When my buddies "FINISHED" ITR I left the team and followed them to Division, M/co 3rd/bat 6th Marines. :confused:
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07-23-08, 03:53 PM
Thread: Best damn DI ever
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Chism
I'm celerating 50th anniversary at PI Jan 5th 2009 and I had a Sgt Chism at my last duty station at Annapolis MD. He was a former DI. Quite a guy, could be!!:nerd:
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07-22-08, 02:50 PM
Thread: The Longest Day
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The Longest Day
:usmc:Anybody make the Omaha beach landing with me in 1961 on the shores of Corsica in the Med, making the movie the "LONGEST DAY" I came of the LST 1174, Grant Count? My unit was M-Co/3rd/Bat/6th...
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07-22-08, 11:52 AM
Thread: Marine Barracks Annapolis Md
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Annapolis
Served there from 1961-1962. Discharged from there, DEC.10, 1962. Meet my first wife while on duty at the main gate, Naval Engineering Station. She was the daughter of Capt. James J Stillwell who...
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07-22-08, 11:11 AM
Thread: Where are y'all?
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USS Boxer LPH4
I graduated from MCRD Parris Island in April 1959, platoon 102. DI's Mode.Mangrum,Dobson & Hyman. Served on the Boxer in 1959 & 1960 with C CO 3rd Bat/ 6th Marines, 2nd Marine Division. Who knows?
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07-22-08, 10:49 AM
Thread: Where are y'all?
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USS Boxer LPH4
Graduated PI 1959 PLT 102. Served on the Boxer in 1959 & 1960, Carribbean duty. Richard s Kuipers, L/CPL, Who Knows?
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Ghost Of Iwo Jima
04-04-24, 11:35 PM in Open Squad Bay