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Mine has black soot from all da cooking in it. What's an old Marine to do?

Just another tid bit of history:

In January 1959 at Ping Tung, Taiwan, we (VMF(AW)314) made a really big deal of promoting our very first "crossed rifle" any rank. Master Sergeant William J....

OK, Top, here is my take on it. Keep in mind that I didn't appear on the scene in the Corps until Feb 1956. The pay raises and the crossed rifles didn't get announced until approx October of 1958...