Ch53D Ray, Those are Ds.....only two engines and the tail is vertical. .... and if you look REAL CLOSE, only 6 main blades instead of ...
Wayne Campbell Bill, Wayne died of a heart attack in August of 2004. Don is still around. Here is a pic of them in Reno in July of 200...
Joke? It's NOT a "joke", Tim ...... ...... and the Hardware City Detachment is in for some "hard" times. Beamon being a Department Offi...
Stars & Numerals Right you be, Allyn. A good friend of mine has a "26" on his and 3 single mission stars. You are right about the first fe...
Who-dat update ............ If I am not mistaken ................ That appears to be Sam Beamon standing at "her" left shoulder. ...
re: The current who-rah! Larry, & et al I have thoroughly perused the Hardware City MCL detachment website, and ... The on going them...
HAPPY! B-Day !!!!! All the best Slick! Looks like Wally slipped over into the PC mode. :D;):D Nothing shameful about reaching a point i...
Santa Ana/Tustin Joe, Back in '66 & '68 (the two times I was aboard), it was known as Santa Ana. It only became "Tustin" sometime later...
Tustin/LTA I sort of liked the place too, Paul ..... ...... and I was only there for three or four months. :D:D:D
".... powerful narrative .... " Thanks Dale ............... The man meant the world to me ........... he's the reason I'm still...
GREAT dinner & gathering! Bill took Bob and I to Bob's Steak & Chop House in Grapevine last night. GREAT company and vittles! Bill had what...
DFW Veterans Cemetery I had to go to a funeral for a Marine at the DFW Veterans Cemetery yesterday. It is across Mountain Creek Lake from the o...
Actually - USMC Boot Camp 1964 Thanks Wally! GREAT vid! I modified, slightly, your thread title, as this pic that appeared in the vid w...
Definitely, MMAF! No "guessing" ....... Looking south and viewed coming in from over Monkey Mountain to the north. Seen this view many ...
Gunner's belts? "Wild", From your avatar, I can see that you were associated with 53s. In my time flying as a gunner in 53s in '67 & '6...
USS Sanctuary -- circa 1967 We even put a 53 on the pad in '67. We picked up 30 some stretcher cases and 10 walking wounded from the hospita...
El Toro & LTA Santa Ana Paul, when I was there in early '67, the orange groves were still there. Was always tempted to stop and grab an arml...
Tustin commercialization .............. Check out these four pics posted three years ago of the build-up around the hanger in the right d...