Note from webmaster: A recent long, newsy email from Arnie Reiner with updates about Cascille and himself as well as a couple more of our comrades got me thinking that there ought to be a way for us to share … Continue reading →
Marines, Memorial Day is past, as well as the 75th Observance of D-Day, Flag Day, Father’s Day, and the Summer Solstice, the first official day of Summer. Summer always goes fast, so in the not too distant future we will … Continue reading →
Roger Thomas Shea, III, (Tom) locked on and trained with HMM-265 for about a year at New River before we all boarded USS Boxer and set sail for Vietnam in April, 1966. Tom passed away a few years ago and … Continue reading →
Benckenstein, Steve (68-69) & Claire Calabretta, Dave (65-67) & Rosemary Dougherty, Joe (65-67) & Lee Durbin, Terry (widow of Frank, 65-67) Farrell, Arddy (widow of Leo, 65-67) & Ann Arnold Harry, RT (65-67) & Donna Hedger, John (66) Johnson, Chuck … Continue reading →
Fellow Marines, I hope you know by now that our next reunion is in Branson, MO, Sep 30-Oct 4 of this year. This letter is going out as an all-hands email, with registration information attached, and as hard copy to … Continue reading →
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 →
Here is the booking site for The Hilton Promenade at Branson Landing Hotel. It is user-friendly and has been used and verified by John Long and Chuck Johnson. More info to come. Your web page address is: https://www.hilton.com/en/hi/groups/personalized/H/HROBRHH-HMMVET-20190927/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG Group Name: … Continue reading →
If you have ever wondered what happened to your old aircraft, then here is a link that should tell you. See https://www.helis.com/database/model/Boeing-Vertol-CH-46A/cn for information about every CH-46 ever made. For example, https://www.helis.com/database/cn/1229/ tells the story of the CH-46 hanging in … Continue reading →
Received from Bunni Allega by Chuck Johnson on 6 Dec 2018. She clearly meant for it to be shared. Our youngest son, Lance (who lives in Maryland) and I moved Fred to St. Pauls Plaza in Chula Vista, CA. on … Continue reading →
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 →
