Re: CH53 Retirement of an old friend pm3777;35197 wrote: Started with the CH53A at NAS Alameda Reserve unit1971. Than 14 years at MAG-36 Okinawa ...
Re: UH-34s at Marble Mountain mclayton;34954 wrote: Does anyone have any definitive information on which squadrons were flying UH-34s out of Marb...
Re: Squadron Coordinators Larry Zok;34886 wrote: Now is the time for all good Marines to come to the aid of their squadrons. (I stole that line f...
Re: H-34 Rotor blades I do remember tracking the main rotor blades after a blade change. Color code each blade tip with crayons, turn up aircraft...
Re: last man out Stephen R Wills;33831 wrote: No 53's lost during Frequent Wind. The air craft in guestion was yt-14 # 154042 a Ch-46 D. 1st.lt...
Re: last man out I don't remember losing any CH-53 pilots.
Jerry Grier Jerry is on Facebook. His e-mail address is grier.jerry@yahoo.com
Ww ii g.i. The WW II G.I. was Pvt. Ernie Slovak.
Marble Mtn today A little privacy in DaNang, 1964. Attached files
Gunners Belt I always remember wearing a gunners belt in the '34's. Many a time in my haste to get out of the A/C, I still had my belt on. I've s...
LtGen Krulak Check your Air Medal certificates. You may find that LtGen Krulak signed off on them.
Birthday wishes J.D. Happy Birthday. Better get a bigger belt, I'm sure you're going to have many more. Semper Fi, Frank
I had the pleasure of crewing a C-117D (050838) out of Iwakuni for most of 1967. Originally sent to Iwakuni for SAR duty in UH-34D's, I was sidetracke...
General Orders Let's not forget ... To walk my post from flank to flank, and take no s#it from any rank!
Favorite Marine Movies "Sands Of Iwo Jima"
GySgt Will Reeves Always outspoken, but never outgunned! Semper Fidelis, my friend.
If you wiped down a CH-53 with MIL-H-5606, it would look like a Vip bird. Just don't try and get up on the sponson's without a Cranial.
Hmm-161 Tom ... You are correct on your timeline of the UH-34D. I joined 161 at Marble Mountain in April of '66. We (HMM-161) then moved to Phu ...
Reunion 2010 Since we are considering locations for the 2010 reunion, I would recommend either Orlando, or Tampa, Fl. in Nov. or May. Many, ...
Hmh-769 Wally, Please post with new HMH-769 post. Thanks, Frank
Piece a cake, Bob.
Whoa, Mis-information aside, I think Mr. DelRosairo was just trying to help defray the costs associated with the D.C. area. Your information was ...
Agent Orange I concur with Msgt Aguiree about spraying Agent Orange from a UH-34D. We were told that it was for mosquito abatement. The operation...
Hmr-769 I first joined 769 in Oct. of 1959. We trained on the old HUP, and later the SH-34J's which we shared with the Navy at NAS Oakland, Ca. ...