Marine Corp Birthday Today

[Gene O'Keefe]

Happy Birthday to all you MARINES out there.....236 years young !

   Semper Fi

  Gene O'Keefe
  USMC Viet Nam '68 - '69

[Jim Fruit]

Semper Fi, Gene. Thanks for your sevice.

Jim Fruit, '59 - '65

[Brian Massey]

Semper Fi to all of those with the best looking Dress Blue military uniform in the world!!

Brian
SOG3 USN '60-63

[John Miller]

Semper Fi, to the best. It couldn't have been done without you.

John Miller Sh3, USNR
Active from Sept '62 through Sept '64, Aboard USS Eversole DD789

[bob werle]

SEMPER FI to all  USMC past and present
Bob Werle
1st Div. 1959-1963

[Brian Massey]

Semper Fi, to the best. It couldn't have been done without you.

John Miller Sh3, USNR
Active from Sept '62 through Sept '64, Aboard USS Eversole DD789

Hey John, from the USS Collett, DD730 '61-'63 (Now at the bottom of the sea off the coast of Brazil where it was sadly used for target practice by the Brazillian navy.) http://www.usscollett.com/index.htm

[John Miller]

Brian, Greetings Tin Can sailor. My old ship is serving as a museum ship in the Turkish Navy, I can only imagine your feeling about how your Lady was lost.

[Terrence Durrill]

THANKS MARINES, FROM A GRATEFUL AMERICA!....................TDurrill   

[Brian Massey]

Brian, Greetings Tin Can sailor. My old ship is serving as a museum ship in the Turkish Navy, I can only imagine your feeling about how your Lady was lost.

Yea; when I learned her fate it made me really sad. Seems the Collett was given to Brazil when she became to old for U.S. duty. They used it for 10 or so years then it was sunk. I sure would like to have made one more walk through her. Oh well.

Brian

[John Stiles]

Happy Birthday Jarheads
John Stiles
USN 67-71
Vietnam '69,'70,'71
 

[Will Hinton]

Happy birthday marines!
quote from Brian - "Hey John, from the USS Collette, DD730 '61-'63 (Now at the bottom of the sea off the coast of Brazil where it was sadly used for target practice by the Brazilian navy.)"

hey Brian, at least you know of her fate.  I have no idea what has happened to the old Essex.  There's a new one, though it isn't really a carrier, but I can't find the fate of the original.  (Probably razor blades.)
Will Hinton
USN  AT2 58-62