Marines
Valor Friday
This week a Medal of Honor recipient from the Vietnam War was reinterred at Arlington National Cemetery at the behest of his mother, who is now 90 years old. It seems from our research that when he was killed in action his mother had him buried near her home in Miami, Florida. For the last […]
Different spanks…
ninja sends in this article from Stars and Stripes. A Marine lieutenant colonel found guilty of stealing hundreds of dollars in merchandise from a base exchange in South Korea has escaped punishment, according to a published report. Lt. Col. Samuel K. Lee, 47, was convicted Sept. 11 at Camp Foster, Okinawa, of two counts of […]
WWII KIA Marine finally returns home
The KoB sent in this tip that Private Howard Elmer Miller of San Mateo, CA has been laid to rest back home after 77 years buried in an unnamed grave on the South Pacific island of Betio. Private Miller died in the fierce and bloody Battle of Tarawa in November 1943. Hondo posted about him […]
Guadalcanal – The Marines at Edson’s Ridge
It’s Friday and it’s raining polar bears outside my window, and we’re all a little bit bored. I found this while looking through old revived WWII film: another film from the archives. This is about Guadalcanal, and the battle for Edson’s Ridge. 800 Marines beat 2,500 Japanese soldiers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74rqIWy6kkA
Univ of Pittsburgh studying gender integration for USMC. Cost? $2M
ninja sent in this article from Stars and Stripes. The University of Pittsburgh is conducting a study to determine the best way for the Marine Corps to approach gender integration at its two boot camps, the service announced Tuesday. The study comes as the Marine Corps faces a looming deadline set in the fiscal year […]
Starship Troopers off USMC Commandant’s reading list
I stood by while General Berger cut USMC flying squadron’s plane strength. I stood by when he got rid of all the Corps’ armor and much of its artillery. I can remain silent no longer! Task and Purpose reports the Commandant’s reading list is out. Off the list is the classic military science fiction work […]
Update on USMC Maj. Gen. Neary, MARFOREUR/AF commander
We talked about General Neary when the story first broke about his alleged use of a racial slur. We now have a bit more on the topic amid news that the Commandant of the Marine Corps has relieved Maj Gen Neary from his command of US Marine Forces Europe and Africa. He’d only been in […]
Vietnam – The Marines at Khe Sanh 1968
The 2nd link below is to a video regarding the 1968 Battle for Khe Sanh, a USMC base built in the northern highlands of Vietnam. The video is narrated and is restored color, transferred to video. The attack on the Khe Sanh base came ahead of the Tet Offensive, starting on 21 January 1968 and […]
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