Banco Intercontinental, S.A., Santo Domingo, Dom Rep
CSI Leasing de Centroamerica, San Jose, Costa Rica.
Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT, Miami, Florida
Banco Internacional de Costa Rica, Miami, Florida
Other Comments:
Would like to hear from any Marine/Corpsman who served with me. (See "The Missing List" on the right side) In particular, I'd like to locate the following: MCRD San Diego Platoon 3070 recruits who graduated in Sep 1966, Marines that underwent Infantry Training with Y Company, 3rd Bn, 2nd ITR, MCB Camp Pendleton Sep-Oct '66, and those who took basic wire communications school in the same base Oct-Nov '66; 9th Comm Bn (RR&C Co) Marines who served in 1966-1967 at MCB 29 Palms, California, the wife of a senior NCO at MCB 29 Palms who picked up my buddy and me from an aircraft accident site near the town of 29 Palms, and rushed us to the base hospital on June 30 1967; 2nd LAAM Bn, HQ Battery, in Chu Lai, Vietnam, from Feb 68 to May 68; 2nd LAAM Bn, Alpha (A) Battery, in Ky Hoa Island, Chu Lai, Vietnam, from May 68 until Oct 68; MASS-2, Dong Ha DASC/ASRT Detachment, Dong Ha, Quang Tri, Vietnam, from Oct 68 to Jan 69, also Hill 55 ASRT, for whom I set up their wire comm; MASS-2, Vandegrift (LZ Stud) Task Force Hotel DASC/ASRT Detachment, Ca Lu, Quang Tri, Vietnam, from Jan 69 to Feb 69; H&S Co., 1st Bn, 6th Marines, Camp Lejeune, NC, from Mar 69 to May 69.
Best Friends LCpl Jerry Karrels from Wisconsin, Cpl Allen from Panama City Fl, Cpl Marty Owens, et al. The wife of a Marine who took Jerry Karrels and me to the Base Hospital after our plane crash-I'll never forget her kindness and courage.
Best Moment Meritorious Corporal effective 1 April, 1967. Nominated for Meritorious Sergeant in late 1967 but politely turned it down because I had already volunteered for FMF WestPac and did not want to go as a SGT in an MOS (2511) in which I had not trained for almost 10 months. Bearing Bn Colors at events and parades. Studying Isshin Ryu Karate with SSGT A. J. Advincula. Hanging out with a couple of Hawaiian ladies on base. Beating Base Career NCO's record score of 33 (36 out of 50 possible points) in the ALAT (Army Language Aptitude Test), which amply qualified me for the Monterey Defense Language Institute. Requalifying with the M-14, albeit missing Sharpshooter by 2 (208).
Worst Moment Crashing a plane (losing a 96-hour pass!) with my friend Jerry, and convalescing 2.5 months.
Chain of Command Fleet Marine Forces Pacific, 9th Communication Battalion, Radio Relay & Construction Company, H&S Platoon.
Lieutenant Colonel M. M. Hoover Jr, Commanding Officer, 9th Communications Battalion. Captain Shepherd and Major Edward L. Green (Replacing Shepherd), Commanding Officers, Radio Relay & Construction Company. Warrant Officer Laverne. Sgt Taylor, from Detroit, Michigan, our Supply NCO and my direct boss for a while.
Other Memories Marty Owens from Illinois, my friend who spent with me my 21st birthday party in Palm Springs! Carried secondary MOS of 3041 because CO assigned me to HQ Platoon, Supply section due to having studied accounting at Ball State prior to enlisting. Sgt Taylor and I got the Radio Relay & Construction Company ready for deployment at a moment's notice.
