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12-01-11, 07:11 PM #16
I have a guy that is in NYC who was there with me but he is going through life's many problems and he has not come through for me, another guy was on the 25th web site and then fell of the face of the earth a few years ago, my mistake has been the wording and not to many people that are Vet Reps even know of this, I thought is was a fluke when i heard, but I have learned a lot from this blog alone , I knew much less of the Medal and how it was signed in by the white collars to award the people that was there, I will follow your lead and keep you posted as to what happens.
Thanks and Merry Christmas to you and yours
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12-01-11, 07:14 PM #17
And a Merry Christmas back to you, good sir.
(*I did Team Spirit 87, wife did one in 88, both at Yechon...so we've chewed some of the same dirt ).
Ebay is a good place to pick up 'Team spirit' related stuff too, just FYI. (For 'oohrah' purposes if nothing else)
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12-01-11, 07:49 PM #18
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12-17-11, 11:07 AM #19
I had no idea there was a medal for serving in Korea. When I was with MWSG-17, we went to Team Spirit 85. Im not interested in the medal, just think its intesting that theres now one for serving with the ROK Marines, and training with them. I was up near the DMZ , as a Heavy Equipment Operator we were helping to rebuild roads and such. I was there from Sept - Nov 85
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12-17-11, 01:50 PM #20
1990 with 1st MAW FMFPac
Coldest ever been in my life! Slept in GP tents with sleeping bags. For fire safety reasons, had to turn the kerosene heaters off at sundown. Kept plastic bottle inside our sleeping bag so wouldn't have to go outside to pee! ROK Marines would run by our tents early in the morning before we even had reveille...those bastards are hardcore!! Tried real kimche out in the ville but didn't care that much for it. Case of MRE's could get you a happy ending Don't think we were there for 30 days to rate the medal.
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12-17-11, 02:36 PM #21
hey TOP, i agree those ROK Marines are something else. I loved Kimchee, and I got lucky, theres a Oriental store here locally that has it, my wife hates the smell, but damn its good,lol. I liked it a heck of alot better than that crap yakesoba. SEMPER FI MARINES
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12-15-13, 08:15 PM #22
Team Spirit
I believe the question for those who did Team Spirit is the 30 day requirement for the KDSM. That medal itself fits the eligibility for membership into the VFW. I did Team Spirit 1984 on Westpac with 1st Tanks. I'm positive we did 30 days in the field for TS but actually stayed in and around Korea for approx 2 months. How can we get copies of the orders?
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12-16-13, 08:44 AM #23
I was in Pohang ,CSSD-33/ BSSG-9 bulkfuel co. I was on the ROK airfield both times, TEAM SPIRIT 84 -FREDOM BANNER 84 I guess this would count? Jan-84 /June 84
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09-15-15, 05:47 PM #24
Team Spirit 78
I was in 3rd Recon Deep plt Company B 3rd Mar Div. We went to Team Sprit in March 1978. We scuba inserted and froze our @##&% off!I've been trying to find documentation for the dates for a year to solicit an official DD214 change to add the Korean Defense medal. Any help would be appreciated, But I know we were there 45 -60 days. Oh by the way, someone posted about them prohibiting kerosene heaters in the GP tents. Well we burned our GP tent to the ground when a LT tried to fill his lit! There were several of us on fire and I can prove I was in Korea during the 1978 Team spirit due to a statement in my official USMC medical records that my record was burned in that fire as part of Team Spirit. Hence I just need to official dates from a trusted source and I can ask for the medal.By the way I agree with others, the ROK Marines rock! Semper Fi
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09-15-15, 06:31 PM #25
You will have to complete the Standard Form 180 and submit it to:
National Personnel Records Center (NPRC)
Military Personnel Records
1 Archives Drive
St. Louis, MO 63138-1002
Back when I got mine around 2002, there was a self-certification form we had to fill out. I was with 3/4 during Team Spirit in 1978 which is documented in my SRB.
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09-15-15, 07:41 PM #26
Glad to see so many others who spent time in that cold ass place,lol. I wrote to NPR to get my orders, to prove TAD for the KDSM, haven't heard back. Does anyone else know an easier way to prove TAD or get the Cert to back up the Medal???
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09-15-15, 07:43 PM #27
TAD in excess of 30 days should be on your SRB Page 3.
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09-16-15, 02:22 AM #28
im sure it would be if I had my SRB. but like most of my records, they were disrespected by my x wife,lol. still waitin for NPR
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09-16-15, 04:14 AM #29
Went to Pohan, TS 89. Shipped up there with the MV BUTTON of the MPF. Right off the pier, TENT CITY right there. When we left, like three days heading south in the Pacific, ocean started turning blue again and finally back to SUNNY GUAM!!
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11-12-15, 11:03 PM #30
Was there for Team Spirit 78.. On top of a mountain outside Pohang next to a ROC Marine outpost..I was with MACS-4 out of Okinowa.. May have to look into this.. After being out so long, would be interesting to add to the DD214.. Could be the only thing that can be read on it..
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