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02-05-10, 11:26 AM #16
westmarland was not fit to command a battalion let alone a war. Sonofa***** got over 58,000 of Americas best killed. If any of you want to read a good book about the 9th Marines in Vietnam and during the time of these false rumorers read "Operation Buffalo".
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02-05-10, 11:40 AM #17
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12-18-16, 08:00 AM #18
That rumor was alive and well when I was with the 5th Marines in the early 90's. It was just recently I looked it up and found it not to be true. I think it's because their structure is kind of odd. Their H&S and Regimental HQ's are in Okinawa and it's Battalions are all attached to different Regiment. When I was there, 2/4 was attached to HQ, 5th Marines.
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12-18-16, 08:50 AM #19
I was in B-1-9 at Camp Pendleton in 1959-1960,Best outfit I was ever in.I knew a Cpl.Leon Burns Who was on that Operation Buffalo with B-Company,He told me it was a real mess, he was a S/Sgt and was awarded The Navy Cross.A real Maine!!
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12-18-16, 03:58 PM #20
I guess everyone has experienced some things that they can never forget, Buffalo is mine.I remember it all the time but every year when July rolls around it really gets into my head. I didn't know anyone named Burns but most guys were just a first name or some kind of handle. One thing for sure, if he was with Bravo and made it out he was not only a real Marine he was a real lucky Marine
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12-18-16, 05:13 PM #21
Gunny Burns was indeed real. He received the Navy Cross while with 1/9. Gunny will be remembered not just for the NC, but he was known for making the best damn SOS at the picnics in Camp Pendleton.
I had the honor to cover Gunny Burns' memorial at the Riverside Veterans cemetery. Rest in Peace Gunny.
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12-21-16, 08:18 AM #22
There are always rumors in the Corps from ghost Marines to lost colors. I too heard this story while with 1/9 Walking Dead weapons. The name Walking dead was given to 1/9 for the highest KIA in Marine Corps History is the only truth about 1/9. This title the Walking dead should always be held in sad honor due to the many lives who were taken while in service of 1/9 and this story of lost colors were made by those Marines who served in 1/9 due to the lost of their friends they felt disgraced for so many KIA's. The Third Marine Division were in a lock down at Okinawa until they were brought home then 1/9 was disbanded until it was reactivated again for the Iraq war. Rumors are cheap.
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