Happy Birthday

[DeaconDave]

Happy Birthday to the MARINE CORPS 234 years of proud service.
Dave
USMC-1952-1960

 

[woody]

Semper Fidelis.......USMC 1982-1988

Oh, and it is 233 years old.

Don't make me older than I feel!!!

 

[DeaconDave]

Your right woody 1775 not 1774. I guess I am trying to make the corps a little saltier by a year.
Semper Fi
Dave
Asmile is a curve that can get alot of things straight.

 

[capsoda]

Worked with a Marine recon and recovery unit back in the 70s. Great bunch of grunts. Semper Fi to all Marines

 

[glass man]

MY POP WAS A DOGFACE IN WW2,HARD TO BELIEVE JUST 3 YEARS AGO WE WENT TO THE LOCAL VETERENS DAY GET TOGETHER HERE IN TOWN ,WHERE THE NAMES OF SOILDERS FROM DIFFERENT WARS ARE IN CEMENT. DAD IS GONE ,BUT I WILL GO TOMORROW IF I CAN.[&o] AH hell HE WOULDN'T WANT NO WHINING!!!!![][] BESIDES HE AIN'T GONE NOWHERE I WON'T BE TOO FORE LONG!!!FIRST SONG I EVER LEARNED"OVER HILL OVER DALE WHEN WE HIT THE DUSTY TRAIL AND THOSE CASSIONS GO ROLLING ALONG!!"NAW HE WASN'T A MARINE,BUT HE SURE WAS SOMETHING ELSE!!!![8D]

 

[DeaconDave]

Marine-Navy -Army air force-The air force , as we know it today, They were all great Americans and hero's to be looked up to.
Dave.

 

[capsoda]

This is my oldest brother Lance Corporal Benny Peacock. He was killed in Vietnam, Sept 1968 in a helo collision. I also have copies of the photos of the crash site.

 

[glass man]

WHAT A COOL LOOKING GUY CAP! GOD LOVE YOU! I MET A FRIEND OF MY BROTHER [THEY WERE 5 OR SO YEARS OLDER THAN ME} IN THE SUMMER OF OF 1967. WE ALL PLAYED SOME BASKETBALL FOR A FEW HOURS. LANNY WESSON THE GUY I MET THAT DAY WAS REALLY COOL TO ME A YOUNGER KID WANTING TO HANG WITH THE OLDER GUYS. MY BROTHER INTRODUCED ME TO HIM AND LANNY SMILED A SMILE I WILL NEVER FORGET,SO KIND,HE SAID "HOW YOU DOING"? AND WE CHATTED SMALL TALK. HE TREATED ME AS A EQUAL! LANNY WENT TO NAM AND WAS KILLED,BUT I HAVE NEVER FORGOTTEN HIM AND NEVER WILL! A GUY I ONLY MET FOR A FEW HOURS OF BASKETBALL. I GOT TO SEE HIS NAME ON THE WALL THAT THEY TOUR AROUND THE COUNTRY,IT IS A MINI REPLICA OF THE ONE IN WASHINGTON. THE GIRL THAT HELPED ME FIND HIM WENT TO SCHOOL WITH HIM AND SAID" OH YEAH I FORGOT ABOUT HIM! "LANNY WAS A QUIET ,KIND BOY THAT DIED ON DEC.19th,1968 THE DAY BEFORE HIS 21ST BIRTHDAY ,WHEN HE WOULD HAVE BEEN CALLED A "MAN"! NO LANNY I AIN'T FORGOT YOU MAN,NEVER! [&:]