Veterans

[R J]

Graduated High School June 49.
Enlisted in the USMC July 49.
Did Boot Camp at San Diego. CA
Assigned to 100 Harrison, San Francisco, CA as an MP.
May 50 Assigned to Camp Pendleton, CA for duty in Korea.
June 12, 1950, Flew to Tokyo, Japan.   (On standby)
Sept 15, 1950, 4 days before my 18th Birthday, made a landing at Inchon.
December 1950 - Chosin Reservoir.
October 16, 1951 rotated back to states.
October 1951, 30 days leave.
November 1951, assigned to Camp Lejeune.
November 1951, had a conflict with a 90 day wonder.
November 1951, assigned to Korea, with training at Camp Pendleton.
March 1952 assigned to the 18th Draft, landing at Korea.
April 1952 assigned to A-1-1 in Korea.
April 1952 to August 1952, got wounded 5 times.
September 1952 to December 31, 1952 - Entered the Naval Hospital in Great Lakes, until wounds are healed.     Was awarded 90 days convalescent leave in 120 days.
January 1952, Assigned to San Francisco, CA as Sgt of the Guard.   20 years old and a Staff Sgt (S/Sgt).
September 1952 Made Tech/Sgt (T/Sgt).    20 years old.  
January 1954, took a discharge from the USMC.

THE ABOVE DATES ARE ALL FROM MEMORY AND MIGHT NOT BE EXACT.   GIVE ME A BREAK ON THE DATES, I'M 81 AND A LITTLE FORGETFUL ANYMORE.

January 31, 1954 entered the CHP Academy.
January 31, 1986, Retired.

[vanavyman]

24.5 years active duty with 14 years as a U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer.  Pre-Commissioned Carriers USS George Washington CVN-73 and USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75), and spent 3 years in Keflavik, Iceland.  Enjoyed my time on active duty but don't miss it at all.  Very different Navy now than when I retired in 2002.

Dan

[bstahl5012]

21 Years US Navy. First year on a ship than the next 20 years in Riverine Warfare. I would absolutely do it again...

[Jess from VA]

USAFSS 1965-1969, joint ops with ASA & NSG Shemya, AK

Most every military branch had their spooks and spys.   Sheyma? Lucky you. Heard there was a saying from the troops at Shemya that there "was a woman behind every tree".

Funny how those sayings exist all over the world.

Minot ND.......... where the men are men, and the sheep run for their lives.
                      where the state tree is the telephone pole.

[Mapper]

Women behind every tree in Alaska?  Maybe above the Arctic Circle...     Lived in Ft. Wainwright for 4 years as a kid... don't remember an excess of women.

[czuch]

1975-1981, USN. I too was at Gonzo station during the hostage crisis. 75 days at sea overall.
Other than that, I was just a photographer's mate.
                                                                           with stories.

[Jess from VA]

A woman behind every tree. (I got it)

[slider]

navy hospital corpsman  6 years 2 of it in vietnam(siagon hospital) with some great people,

[semper5]

1992-1996 US Marines with 3d Light Armored Reconaissance.
Shellbacked, USS Germantown, LSD-42.

Still filled with angst, attitude, pride, and beer.

[Mapper]

A woman behind every tree. (I got it)

A sales pitch worthy of any recruiter for sure! 

[Longlivedixie]

USAF 72' to 76'. I was a 'Fire Control Technician'........fancy name for the radar, bombing/missile/gun-site system maintenance......on the best F-4 the AF had, the F4-E (internal gun and solid-state radar).

I was trained at Lowry AFB, Denver.........pulled duty at Homestead (FL.), Camp New Amsterdam, (Holland), Zaragosa (Spain)......and mustered out at Eglin AFB (FL.).

Hindsight is EVERYTHING, but I sure wish I had switched jobs and/or Branch, and put in my 20.

I tried re-enlisting on September 12th, 2001, but the young-whippersnapper recruiters told me I was too old. So, I found another way to get into the fight, and got a job with KBR driving supply trucks in Iraq. I done that for almost 3 years (off & on, early 03' to mid-10'), then broke my shoulder in a fall.........and KBR said they could no longer use me. I HATED that.......I wanted to be the one to unscrew the last light bulb in Iraq......but thank God for the privilege and honor of helping out the troops and Freedom's cause the time I did!


I have got multitudes of good photographs and almost 30 hours of video from those periods. I would like to some day publish a book and accompanying DVD of my material. If anybody out there knows a publisher or editor that MAY be interested in such a project, I would VERY much appreciate a contact or suggestion!

I have been trying for years to get to Afghanistan, but never had any luck. God be with our brave troops there now.

God bless and keep our troops, and may God Bless America!

[Bigun]

RJ with your propensity to collect bullets and shell fragments from your stay in Korea did you manage to make it through the 30 years CHP without being wounded again??