slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

PoppaGringo Loc: Muslim City, Mexifornia, B.R.

Why apologize to him? Those signs were made with him in mind and for his benefit. You must remember, he is a Swabbie, not a Marine.

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

Salty, the apology was for spelling 'signs' properly, thereby pointing out his Squid-idity.

bggamers Loc: georgia

It makes you wonder about how the human species has survived when they do such stupid stuff

Doc110 Loc: York PA

PoppaGringo,

Since I'm a Squid, a doc and served with the 1/9 Marines. 3rd Division.

What does that make me ?

A Scrunt . . . .

Your thought's.

Marching in the cold, heat, rain, snow.

So am I an honorarium Marine ? or still a Swabbie . . .

H**ed those c-rats, sleeping in mud, in-barked troop deployments, but still have my John Wayne on my key ring and my dog tags.

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

Doc...not replying for PoppaGringo, but for myself. If you are a Viet Nam Veteran and member of 'The Walking Dead,' you earned this Marine's highest respect. The 1/9 unit had the highest casualty rate of any USMC unit in history*. Beyond that, all corpsmen are/were honorary Marines.

SEMPER FI,

*During the Vietnam War, the unit earned the name "The Walking Dead" for its high casualty rate. The battalion endured the longest sustained combat and suffered the highest k**led in action (KIA) rate in Marine Corps history, especially during the Battle of July Two. The battalion was engaged in combat for 47 months and 7 days, from 15 June 1965 to 19 October 1966 and 11 December 1966 to 14 July 1969. Based on a typical battalion strength of 800 Marines and Navy hospital corpsmen, 2,892 Marines passed through the unit over those 47 months, meaning 25.89% (747) were K**led In Action (KIA) and 0.0007% (2) were Missing In Action (MIA).

bahmer

All were good thanks.

Doc110 Loc: York PA

slatten49,

I did not have the distinction and or honor. I served for 18 months in 1978 with 1/9 3rd Marine Division on Okinawa Japan, e.g. 'The Walking Dead.'

Guess I'm a "Doc," a honorary Marine.

Thanks.

Doc110

SEMPER FI

[quote=slatten49
Doc...not replying for PoppaGringo, but for myself.

If you are a Viet Nam Veteran and member of 'The Walking Dead,' you earned this Marine's highest respect.

The 1/9 unit had the highest casualty rate of any USMC unit in history*.

Beyond that, all corpsmen are/were honorary Marines.

SEMPER FI,


*During the Vietnam War, the unit earned the name "The Walking Dead" for its high casualty rate.

The battalion endured the longest sustained combat and suffered the highest k**led in action (KIA) rate in Marine Corps history, especially during the Battle of July Two.

The battalion was engaged in combat for 47 months and 7 days, from 15 June 1965 to 19 October 1966 and 11 December 1966 to 14 July 1969.

Based on a typical battalion strength of 800 Marines and Navy hospital corpsmen, 2,892 Marines passed through the unit over those 47 months, meaning 25.89% (747) were K**led In Action (KIA) and 0.0007% (2) were Missing In Action (MIA).
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slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

Corpsmen are better than the average Squid...at least, they are to Marines in the field

Doc110 Loc: York PA

Yup . . .

PoppaGringo Loc: Muslim City, Mexifornia, B.R.

My abject apologies to you. I should have been concise when referencing my remarks to that particular Swabbie known as BB. I certainly didn't intend to besmirch the rest of Naval Sailors who are undoubtedly fine people. Inasmuch as you are/were a Corpsman, you can go no higher in my esteem.