Beetle Bailey circa 1968
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Military History Links
These links are from an email sent by Jim Turano and forwarded to the Webmaster by Don Stoneking on Dec 4, 2023. They represent a lot of research by someone to pull them together into a single list and it … Continue reading →
Million Veteran Program (MVP)
Fellow Marines, I received this today and thought it was worth passing on. It is a program of the VA, it’s free, and does some good for veterans. S/F, Bob Basye Note: The display shown below is from a .pdf … Continue reading →
1966-67 Marion Sturkey’s Vietnam Pics
Marion Sturkey was a lieutenant with HMM-265 when the squadron went to RVN aboard USS Boxer. He left the Marine Corps after that tour was complete and has written several books. Here is a link to his annotated Vietnam pics … Continue reading →
The Wall That Heals
I recently had the honor to work a few volunteer shifts at The Wall That Heals (TWTF) when it stopped for a few days near my home. It is a traveling, three quarters scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial … Continue reading →
HMM-265 & VMM-265 Facebook pages
VMM-265 joins 31st MEU HMM-265 public group vmm 265@vmm265 (no masthead or other provenance but looks legit) VMM-265 “Dragons” (official use) VMM-265 “Sweet Pea” award Related Images:
Continue reading →Camp Lejeune-New River water contamination: A first-person report
Last year, 2018, I was diagnosed with MDS-RS-SLD, a fairly rare kind of bone marrow cancer that inhibits normal red blood cell development and presents as anemia in routine blood tests. It was confirmed following a bone marrow biopsy at … Continue reading →
Military and Veterans’ Associations
USMC/Combat Helicopter & Tilt-Rotor Association The Association, originally known as the USMC/Vietnam Helicopter Pilot & Aircrew Association, a.k.a. Pop-a-Smoke, is now known as the USMC/Combat Helicopter & Tilt-Rotor Association. The name has evolved through the years to accommodate changes in … Continue reading →
Distinguished Flying Cross Society
It seems that no one at DOD ever thought to keep an official, centralized record of Distinguished Flying Crosses as they were awarded. The Distinguished Flying Cross Society was formed to help fill that gap in our military history. If … Continue reading →
Posting Links on Website
The Association will post on its website only those links that further the Association’s purposes as enumerated in Article Seven of the Association’s Certification of Formation or approved in accordance with the Association’s governance procedures. We will not knowingly post … Continue reading →