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Not all Marines have a combat MOS, however all are considered basic infantry. Combat deployments also need cooks. The advantage of a
cook is always getting enough food to eat. We were kept mean...

Amen Sgt. Spohn Semper Fi Sgt. Rudy Kardos

The younger Korean generation has no idea of all the suffering that existed during the
war! 37,000 young Americans KIA ,the country destroyed and starving. There were no cats or dogs left as the...

That incident really pi###S me off, but consider the source. I think they deserve their backward society and don't deserve freedom!

I figured in this politically correct society it would come to this. In Parris Island 1953 the smoking lamp was lit outside only, I think 4 or 5 times a week. I started smoking at 16 and still...

You will be amazed at how much he will change into proud and self confident that will last all of his life. The paygrade is E1-private until
he graduates boot camp as a Private First Class-E2. I...

Hi counterchick------I'm glad to hear that from the younger Marine.
SEMPER FI TO HIM :yes:

Elias B Sounds like your son will be ok physically. In Parris Island 1953 I would break it down as 65% mental-35% physical, but you should ask some newer Marines how they would rate it. "The...

toughs it out and doesn't quit he will join an elite special band
of brothers who can say SEMPER FIDELES. :iwo:

Kegler300 Thanks for the information. I wasn't aware of of that. I thought we would have had Marine embassy guards only.
Semper Fi - pi 53
"You had an awesome 30 yr. career" :thumbup:

How did you get to Korea? All the 1st mar div marines left in 1955 and I don't know of any other Marines there. I thought the Army were doing all
the DMZ duty from then to now. Semper Fi

Mine are DMZ duty - H&S-3-11

1 Unbelievable freezing cold
2 Rats as big as cats knawing on our tin lined radio bunker
3 No cats or dogs at all because the starving Koreans ate them
4 Woman and...

SEMPER FI BACK TO YOU AND THE FROZEN CHOSIN BAR OWNER. Life is all about moments in time and place. I know that all Marines will answer
the call when asked or they wouldn't be Marines!:!:

The Chosin Few should go down in USMC history as one of the hardest battles! I was in PI boot camp in July 1953 and my senior DI was Sgt. C. J. Waller from West Virginia, a Chosin survivor. He...