| Author | Message | ||
     Larry Stevens |
Hey RHS63, any former Marines in the class? Other known former USMC (Uncle Sam's Misguided Children)include: Tom Foley, Dick Lundquist, Dennis Carpentier, Larry Bolin, and yours truly, larry stevens. semper fi | ||
| Jack Kline |
Don't forget your Navy Senior service members. Jack Kline | ||
| larry stevens |
Hey Jack, you are right. In that the Navy comes under the department of Marine Corps, and said to be one step above the Salvation Army Reserves, they should receive due recognition..... larry | ||
| larry stevens |
Others who have served include: Jeff Wangstad-Army, Darrel Solmonson-Army, Byron Erickson-Navy,John Bjeldnes-Navy(F4driver),Dick Will-Navy,John Moon-Army,....... | ||
| John Moon |
I can add a couple of servicemen names, although not Marines. Bob Swanson was in the Navy, assigned to a ship. In the Army were Jack Trolander (Korea) and Duane Ostlund and Bill Swanson (Germany). In fact, I remember the day in late 1966 when I got a visit from Ostlund. His parents were friends of the parents of a friend of mine. Anyway, there we were, having coffee at the PX snack bar 3,500 miles from home. What I remember most was that "Oz" had a little more than two months before he was going home, while I had a little more than two years. I survived and came home in 1969, having turned over my Army newspaper editor's job to my successor. Then my successor turned over the same job to none other than Swanson. Is that a small world or what? | ||
| Bob Swanson |
Thanks John for the recognition, but this is aimed at Stevens. Larry, while in the Navy (and I capitalize NAVY) we had some great times with the marines. In fact I still owe a marine a favor - unlikely it will be you. All in fun, we must talk at the reunion. | ||
| larry stevens |
Hey Bob, I must confess, the Navy and Marines are the closest. The only time we give the Navy a hard time, is when there are no Army or AirForce in the area. I have the most regard for the Navy Corpsmen. Along with their duties of patching up Marines when on the ground and leaking, they have a tough gig. They are second in weight to hump in the field, behind the grunts in 81mortars. And, they have to maintain 2 complete sets of uniforms...Navy and Marines. Also hold the Seabees in high regard. They work their hind 1/4 off. Truth be told, I respect ALL service men and women. later, larry stevens | ||
| Bruce Jorgensen |
Larry Stevens- that name "rings a bell". Once a Marine always a Marine...there is no such thing as a former Marine. That saying was devised by us Air Force Guys to make sure that if the re-call got deep enough there would be plenty of Marines sent in to distract the enemy...while we we went in and bombed the crap out of them. Other Marines in our class are John Selstad-Pilot, Gary Westby (deceased) Marine Officer. Mike Hollnagel (deceased)Air Force Pilot. Our current military is awsome....they deserve a "great welcome home". They also deserve preferentail hiring. | ||
| larry stevens |
Bruce, You may be right. The Air Force seemed to get the guys with the "G2". I never noticed a MENSA recruiter flying lazy circles over any Marine Unit I was with.........go figure. As I told John Moon, in the early 60's, the "test" to get into the Marines was less than comlicated,ie, able to see lightening, hear thunder, hit hard and shoot straight. Not exactly quantum Physics.... | ||
| larry stevens |
Moon,were you and Swanson on staff for the "Stars and Stripes"?, or a base paper? The S&S was always a pretty good read. Did Bob Hope ever make to where you were? I was never close to where he was entertaining. Never was within 300 miles of Saigon, and only in Danang for 2 days. One of those days, I ran into Dick Will, who was in the Navy Seabees. We had a few "pops" and talked of old times. The only celebs I ever saw over there, was Sue Thompson (paper tigers, sad movies make me cry et al)There were no roads where we were, in the "outback" She flew in on a chopper, sang ocapella, ate c-rations with us grunts, and with yellow paint somebody scrounged up, signed the barrel of a 106 recoiless. Quite a gal. Then, up north, Archie Moore flew in to visit with the troops. A Runyonesque character in a way, but a great guy. He talked of several of his highlighted fights. I vividly recall the size of his mitt....whew!!! And, along with halazone and salt pills, we'd get regular copies of the S&S paper. It must have been hard to edit that paper in a combat zone, and address all sensitivities. | ||
| John Moon |
Stevens, I read Stars & Stripes every day. I'm sure Bill did too. But our newspaper was called Rolling Review, published every other week for the troops of the 4th Armored Division. I don't remember exactly, but I think we had about seven different installations throughout southern Germany and a circulation of something like 6,000. Never saw much for celebrities. When we first arrived in Germany, most of us got sent to learn the ropes of working at the Darmstadt offices of Stars & Stripes. That was because our own office sent military news to S&S (and also to AFN Radio). Anyway, when I was in Darmstadt, I ended up having a few drinks with the guy who played Thad on "Gunsmoke." He had been over in Germany as part of "The Dating Game" or something like that. Can't even remember his name. The only other chance at rubbing famous elbows--I missed. One night in 1968, I was out sampling the output of some of the local brewers and heard our commanding officer was trying to get hold of me. I wasn't about to go find out what he wanted. So I didn't learn until the next morning that Russia had invaded Czechoslovakia and some fleeing Americans had been temporarily sequestered by the Army in Nuremberg. Among them was Shirley Temple Black. Our CO had to send one of our more illiterate staffers-and he interviewed her, but I had to write the story for him. (Why was he even there, you might ask? He enlisted to be an Army journalist, so they couldn't make him a tank loader, which would have suited him better.) Another one of the reporters for the newspaper I edited went on to become a noted science fiction writer and editor of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction magazine. His name is Gardner Dozois, and he was very weird. But I guess his weirdness paid off. Most of the time our duty was more like a civilian job than being in the military. Bill S. could probably tell you the same thing. No wars around us. Of course, we did wear fatigues. None of our superiors were capable of doing what we were doing, so they left us alone. And I still get a kick out of "Beetle Bailey" every day in the paper. It ran in Stars & Stripes too. | ||
| Edmunds |
O.K. you guyz....I wasn't in a GLAMOUROUS service like the Marines and I didn't serve in a PICTURESQUE location like the Black Forest...(I was in the Senior Service, the calling of George Washington, U.S. Grant, Black Jack Pershing, Eisenhower, and Schwartzkopf); I was in the Army in Korea...BUT! I did see Bob hope when he and his gang visited our "Recreation? Center" (#1) just before dropping into 'Nam. I also worked with MARY MARTIN(backstage as a "grip") when her show HELLO DOLLY had to cancel a week in Russia for diplomatic reasons; and schlepped sets, instruments and luggage all over the place when JOHNNY MATHIS visited Seoul and Surrounds. But the BEST Audience I've EVER SEEN!! was in an "R&R" spot for Marines called Iwakune, Japan! What a NIGHT! - I'd love to tell ya about it sometime....... | ||
| larry stevens |
It is my understanding, that we can add two more Vets to this page. Mike Hollenagle Air Force Pilot, and John Selstad, Marine Pilot. Semper fi | ||
| larry stevens |
Hey people, I suppose you are all braced for the HIGH HOLIDAY, celebrated on November 10. It all began in 1775, at Tun Tavern. Semper Fi MARINES!!!! | ||
| Larry Stevens Username: Larrystevens Registered: 03-2007 |
Hey alum, Still looking to offer a master and complete list of classmates who were former Marines. I have: Dennis Carpentier Tom Foley Lawrence Bohlin John Selstad Frank Watson Gary Westby Larry Stevens Please advise or post any corrections or additions... Semper Fi | ||
| Larry Stevens Username: Larrystevens Registered: 03-2007 |
Sorry Lungy......add Dick Lundquist |