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Motor Transport
TWS Ribbon Bar
Service Photo
Current Service Status
USMC Veteran
Current/Last Rank
Corporal
Current/Last Primary MOS
3516-Automotive Mechanic
Current/Last MOSGroup
Motor Transport
Previously Held MOS
0300-Basic Infantryman
Primary Unit
1968-1969, 3516, 2nd MAW
Service Years
1965 - 1971
Official/Unofficial USMC Certificates
Cold War Certificate
2001, National Rifle Association (NRA)
2007, American Legion
2008, Marine Corps League, Tamaqua - Schuylkill-Carbon Detachment #626 (Vice Commander) (Pennsylvania)
2008, Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA)
2009, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), Post 8154, George R. Baxmann (Member At Large) (United States)
2013, Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Chapter 1 (Executive Secretary) (Scranton, Pennsylvania)
What are you doing now:
LEISURE ACTIVITIES
School Boot Camp (Parris Island, SC)
Company Not Specified
Platoon 342
Start Date Jun, 1965
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Last Updated: Apr 29, 2015
Best Friends Rick Brown Harmon Kelly Voros
Best Moment Graduation Day
Worst Moment Getting off the BUS at Parris iSLAND , I can remember saying to myself "What The Hell Did I Do?"
Instructors SSgt. Palmer Cpl. V.N.Lombardi Cpl. Pearce Cpl. Youmanns
Other Memories Cpl.Lombardi is probably the DI I owe the most, for without his motivation I probably could not had survived VietNam and all that Life has brought my way. God Bless That Man