military days

[ajusmc]

just to open this area up for posting...

[ajusmc]

Good question CJ, I know that I can move a whole thread like I did with the morning coffee today but I don't know if I can do just a sigle post. The New Jersey in action

[O'BOOT]

OK SINCE YOU TRISTED MY ARM HEAR

[O'BOOT]

O'BOOT APRIL 1960:

[O'BOOT]

THIS IS THE ONE FOR APRIL 1960 THE FRIST ONE WAS JULY 1960 O'BOOT

[O'BOOT]

ONE MORE LATE 1963 U S ARMY O'BOOT

[Chuck]

God.. was we good looking back in those days... This photo was taken in about 1960...

[Chuck]

cj.. in answer to your question about moving photos or posts.. the only way it can be done is to move a entire thread. A administrator can import a entire thread from another location.. such as from here to say MarinesDirect or MarineChat.. or from them to here.. but it has to be the entire thread. Then he would have to go through the posts one by one and delete the posts that was not wanted from the other site..

The makers of the software for the forums (vBulletin) is working on a updated version that will allow a single transfer of a post or posts. But it may take another year before that update is available.
:funny:

[danausmc]

Graduation

[Chuck]

Dana.. is that graduation photo what is now known as the New Corps? It's in color... I guess in my day.. we did not know what color was...

And this was only a few years earlier...

[danausmc]

Originally posted by Chuck
God.. was we good looking back in those days... This photo was taken in about 1960...

here is the night before Graduation,

[danausmc]

Originally posted by Chuck
Dana.. is that graduation photo what is now known as the New Corps? It's in color... I guess in my day.. we did not know what color was...

And this was only a few years earlier...

and it looks good too, dont it?

I was at a reunion for 1/5 in Washington with one of my friends, maybe in 1992 or 93, and the Sgt. Major of the Marine Corps came out and addressed those in attendance and called us the OLD CORPS!! Can you imagine that??
We were shocked to say the least and the goose bumps went up and down everyone.
Can you imagine that? the Old Corps???

[danausmc]

December 1967, Hill 37

[danausmc]

An Hoa Road

[danausmc]

our house...April to July, 1968

[danausmc]

was shot south of our position and safely landed in our area.
An Hoa, June 68

[danausmc]

business trip preparations

[danausmc]

Monsoon rains washed out road which would be right behind the Marines in photo

[danausmc]

June 68

[danausmc]

April 1968

[O'BOOT]

O'BOOT THE ROCK 1961

[danausmc]

Originally posted by Chuck
Dana.. is that graduation photo what is now known as the New Corps? It's in color... I guess in my day.. we did not know what color was...

And this was only a few years earlier...


You realise Chuck, that being a Hollywood Marine, we all naturally thought every pic would have been in Technicolor. You sure that is not just a proof and someone stole the real one?
Just a thought?
happysmile happysmile

[danausmc]

This was just sent to me.....


I'm sure all of you have seen many choppers make some daring moves,
but this one is spectacular. Hope you enjoy it.
This attached shot was taken by a trooper in Afghanistan.
Pilot is Larry Murphy, PA National Guard. Larry is a Keystone Helicopter Corp.. EMS
Pilot employee called to active duty. I must state that this is a
"unique" landing operation. I understand that this
particular military operation was to round up suspects. We have some super
reservists and National Guard folks out there in addition to our volunteer
troops. God bless them all.

[O'BOOT]

Originally posted by usmc26th
O'Boot, Say...did you get our PM? Just when I was sending it, it got a little Goofy and told me I couldn't send two PMs in ten seconds which is not what I did. I was only sending one. So we don't know, now, if you even got that one? Just tell us yes or no and we will do it over if we have to. Boy..its one of those days. cj & usmc26th. :cross_glo YES BUT YOU FORGOT YOUR BRITHDATE'S O'BOOT

[O'BOOT]

:cross_glo CJ THANK YA WATCH YOUR MAIL MISS JOADN/JAYMES

[O'BOOT]

SEAMAN COOK'S GRAVE:

[danausmc]

Marine Corps Birthday 1983,

[ajusmc]

Originally posted by Danausmc
Marine Corps Birthday 1983, I was wondering where that picture went

[O'BOOT]

MY GUN ON THE ROCK JAMES:

[O'BOOT]

james:

[ajusmc]

Originally posted by O'BOOT
MY GUN ON THE ROCK JAMES: James, gotta picture of a 4 duce around here somewhere

[O'BOOT]

BOY HOW I ALWAY WANTED TO BE WITH THEM BOY'S JAMES

[danausmc]

Powered raft to move troops and vehicles across Song thu Bong River, while Sea Bees built and rebuilt the Bridge. &th Eng. Col Ray Funderburk in Photo. Summer, 68.

[danausmc]

Sweep, An Hoa area 1968, June

[Sgt. Duffy-USMC]

This photo was taken of me - just 44 years ago - after Boot Camp graduation at MCRD-SAN DIEGO and upon entry into 2nd ITR at Camp Pendleton, California. I was a boot camp squad leader and proud to say that I received my first meritorious promotion upon graduation from boot camp. The innocense and immortality of youth would disappear only months after this photo was taken.

Like so many of us, I was about to learn a new meaning of the word life.... and death.

May peace be with us all.

Fr. Duffy - Secular Franciscan Order
Order - St. Margaret of Cortona

[JOAN]

DUFFY THIS IS JAMES JULY 1960 SDA DIEAGO USMCRD GRADS.

[Sgt. Duffy-USMC]

I saw this picture when it was posted before... it stopped me then, as it stops me now! Please tell me that it was not Platoon 244 at MCRD.

Duffy

[O'BOOT]

NO BUT CLOSED IT WAS PLT.333 APRIL- JULY 1960 WHEN WERE YOU THERE? HIS BROTHER ALSO WENT TO SAN DEAIGO MCRD

[Sgt. Duffy-USMC]

Well, well, well...... O'Boot and I were running around the Grinder and jumping up and down on the Obstacle course at the same time at MCRD - SAN DIEGO!

He was in April-May-June-July including ITR. 3RD BATTALION?
I was May-June-July-August including ITR. 2ND BATTALION.

Like you said, that's getting pretty close. Somewhere in there my gaze would have wandered across the grinder and watched O'Boot's Platoon showing there stuff. He would have also been one of those "salty" young Marines with the bloused boots that I envied so much until I finally got to blouse my own.

Excuse me, ma'am, but this suddenly makes me feel very old to rush so far into the distant past. Say hello to O'Boot for me and have a nice evening.

Semper Fi,
Duffy

[JOAN]

DUFFY DAM GLAD TA KNOW YA O'BOOT APRIL 1960 MILW.WI.

[danausmc]

really young in those days......
Courthouse Bay, Camp LeJeune NC, October 1967

[Shawn Powell]

Our son Gary in Saudi during Desert Storm. Oil fires speak for themselves. carole & butch

Carol, Butch

I know the AO well... he went this time around as well, right? Me and him both...

"Second verse same as the first... just a little louder...."

God Bless,
Shawn.

[danausmc]

Road sweep April 1968, near Liberty Bridge

[danausmc]

Some stuff never changes

[Trooper]

Some stuff never changes

Dana

As King Soloman said, "There's nothing new under the sun." In short, Same stuff, differant day.

[danausmc]

Dana

As King Soloman said, "There's nothing new under the sun." In short, Same stuff, differant day.


Yep....STUFF.....thats a good word

[Trooper]

Dana

Where did they find King Saul?

1 Samuel 10:21-22

And Saul the son of Kish was chosen. But when they sought him, he could not be found. Therefore they inquired of the LORD further, “Has the man come here yet?” And the LORD answered, “There he is, hidden among the stuff.”
:opps:

[JOAN]

Now Stuff Dose Change.[o'boot U.s.army.]
Boy You Men Were All So Young Back Then.
Good Lookin Every One Of Them.

[ajusmc]

1st flick is of the Tigris River the 2nd is from what I was told the burning of tires to warn of U.S. troops

[ajusmc]

more pictures from Iraq

[ajusmc]

still more

[ajusmc]

last two 4 duce mortor and an amtrac coming out the back of an LST

[JOAN]

Thank You Aj And Cj.

[danausmc]

Blue Angels
Sunday, August 29, 2004

[ajusmc]

cool, never made it one of them shows yet

[danausmc]

cool, never made it one of them shows yet

Hey Al, we were just going into the Summit Park Mall and I did not have my camera out when I heard them coming. Did not even have time to zoom. They were right over my head and gone in an instant. Turned around and got another pic, but they were too far away.

[danausmc]

A soldier in Iraq.....we take the smallest things for granted....

[danausmc]

An Hoa Road June 18,1968

[danausmc]

third in series from previous post.

[Don Dodson]

After looking at the pictures of all those great looking Marines, I thought I'd put an odd looking Army guy from 1969 in the mix for comparison. happysmile These two pictures were my Christmas card home in 1969: "My Two Wars" (like the TV show on then, "My Three Sons") One is suited up for guard duty and the other is recouperating from my first ankle injury. Yes, folks, that is an oboe on my lap, which was used to enterain troops throughout II Corp. Somebody had to do it! :superhapp
God bless all who served and serve! And those who remain at home and pray for their safe return.

Don "Oboeman" Dodson

[ReconSGT_OIF]

just made my first website with links to my yahoo military photo page. Check it out. Got a bunch of pics i took in Iraq.

http://www.geocities.com/king-marcus@sbcglobal.net/mypage.html <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>

[ajusmc]

Marcus, I fixed your hyper link into a "hot" link

[danausmc]

just made my first website with links to my yahoo military photo page. Check it out. Got a bunch of pics i took in Iraq.

http://www.geocities.com/king-marcus@sbcglobal.net/mypage.html <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>

Good job Marcus.......nice chatting with you today.
Dana

[ReconSGT_OIF]

Thanks. Glad you liked it. I got a bunch more, just need to scan them and upload them. If the DSL will stay up for long enough. Think im losing my old computer. I bought this thing in 2000!:opps:

[Don Dodson]

Marcus:

Thanks for those pictures down memory lane: I, too, was a "Fecal Matter Dehydration and Sanitation Technologist" when I was in Vietnam. Glad to see the 21st Century Army still burns s_&# the old fashioned way! One of our guys got the ratio of MoGas to Diesel mixed up and reversed the prescription. (Something like one part diesel to 10 parts gas??) When he went to light the barrel, WHOOOM! The gas vaporized and went boom, setting fire to the back of the toilet hootch with flaming toilet paper and you know what. Kind of singed him but nothing serious, thankfully. For a few minutes we went to "red alert" thinking it was an incoming RPG or mortar round.

WELCOME HOME!

Don "Oboeman" Dodson

[Shawn Powell]

Ah yes... always a pleasant endeavor....

[danausmc]

just made my first website with links to my yahoo military photo page. Check it out. Got a bunch of pics i took in Iraq.

http://www.geocities.com/king-marcus@sbcglobal.net/mypage.html <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>

Take another look at Marc's albums.....you cant put words to the emotion in the Homecoming album.......

[Cecil (Pick) Pickler]

Man, Those Nam pics really brought back some mental images.

Pick

[Chuck]

All of us had to relax from time to time.. and there was nothing like a Marine beer party..

Photo taken February 1956

[danausmc]

Nope, Nothing like it. December 1968.

[Chuck]

Dana,

I was not in the picture I posted.. I was the Sgt (E-4) behind the camera.

But here is what I looked like at the time. This photo was taken the very next night at the USO..

I'm the only Marine in the picture..:braces: