Nov 10,. 1962   Marine Corps Birthday!!!!!  If you in the Corps, and able, you do celebrate this birthday. We were right before shipping out on our West Pac Cruise for this party at the Dori Capri in Long Beach, Ca.

Left to right >  Cpl Mynier, PFC Weldon , Diane ? , Capt. Rieley, Miss Brazil, First Sgt Brooks.

Chesley,. Kipple, Lubick, Cole, Chapman,  Cake Baker, Moore and Jacobs our medic.



A few random pictures from overseas

Written on the back of the picture >  

Detachment Part 

Black Rose

Sasebo, Japan

Jackson and Chesley

Condition = " Feeling no Pain" 

Steve Osterholt, Chesley, Dan Ziemer

Neptune Bar, Hong Kong, China 

May 1963

Hong Kong, China  May 1963

Might as well finish this part of my life so onward to the Friendship Walk from 

At the pier in Sasebo, Japan at the start. 

Capt St. Clair USMC shaking hands with Capt. Coward  > Ships Captain

Ready for Take Off

Breaking out the ponchos about 8 miles from the ship. 1st break also. 

14 miles out of Sasebo

A bridge about 20 miles out of Sasebo. 

Socks change at 30 miles out. 

Capt. SiClair giving the Mayor of Nagasaki the Ship's Plaque and letter from Ship's Captain Coward. 

End Of March

Mayor's Office at Court House in Nagasaki, Japan

73 miles in 10.5 hours  in Rain, Sleet and Strong winds. 

52 starters , 27 finishers. Yes, I was a finisher. Too back the picture taker didn't get all of us in there. 

So that's it for today's entry of things that happened over 50 years ago. Kinda wonder where all these guys are today and how their life went?  I just did a notice from a fellow Marine that the Lt. that was on the cruise with us just died this month. Wonder how many more are in the ground. 

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