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Volunteer with the National Park Service at the Marine Corps War Memorial for the past 13 years and also volunteer at Henderson Hall, HQMC as the Retired Affairs Officer for the past 9 years. Proud to be a MUSTANG of Marines and a Life member of TWS An Irish Blessing; May you be in Heaven a half hour before the devil knows you're dead!!! The recruits listed below are Fallen Marines that I put through PI when I was an SDI and they were the 20 Marines that were KIA in Vietnam that I know personally. God Bless them all and their families. Also listed there are other recruits that I had the pleasure of knowing when I was a SDI while at PI that were not KIA in Vietnam. Marines one and all. When I was commissioned a 2ndLt at the 1st Engineer Bn in Nov 68 I assummed a title that was unknown to me at that time and it stayed with me as long as I was a butter bar. I became the SSJO or SMALL SHITTY JOBS OFFICER which included doing every thing that no other officer wanted to do in the Bn or Battery I was assigned to. They were indeed the worst you could imagine and the most time consuming things I ever dealt with.
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My wife, Anne and my sister-in-law Susan each had a brick installed for me at the DI Memorial in Parris Island. My children Cheryl, Kevin and Tim laid a brick for me at the USMC Museum as a Christmas present in 2007. Two of my former recruits, Sgt Ray Edwards and MGySgt Simon from Plt 3086 and I had bricks laid at the DI Memorial for SSgt Driver one of our JDI's from the Platoon and nine of the recruits from Platoon 3086 that were KIA in Vietnam. We want to thank the DI Association for the exception to the rule in allowing us to lay the bricks in their honor at the Memorial. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A BROWN NOSE AND A SHITHEAD IS DEPTH PERCEPTION. TACT: THE ABILITY TO TELL A PERSON TO GO TO HELL AND MAKE THEM FEEL HAPPY TO BE ON THEIR WAY. Other MOS's held: 0311/0331/8511/5711/3001/3002
Friend1 posted by 13 Edwards, Raymond (eddie), Sgt65
Friend: Jul 3, 2010
The Frist Time I Saw Lt Ward He Was A S/SGT He Was Yealling And Calling Us All Kinds Of Names. He Was Our SDI WE Were At PI Boots,Am I Gonna Wake Up? No Its Not A Dream,Running,Push Ups.Bends And Thurts O My God What Is Happing Here Pain Every Ware.S/SGT Ward And A Few More DIS Were Killing Us,No We Were Being Made Into MEN,And MOST of ALL marines.What He Tought Me I Still Live By This Code Or creed. i Did Not See Him For More Then 35 Years. THEN i SEEN hIM A Sweet Old Man This was The Guy Who Thought Me How To Stay Alive,A Way Of Life To This Day I Take All Things As They Come For He Thought Me How To Beat It Back And Be Strong.He Is Like A Long Lost Father,If Not For Him I Might Not Be Here Today I Can Only Hope These Kids On The Yellow Foot Prints Have Some One Ljke Him To Teach Them Not Only To Be Marines But MeN To.In 1966 I Called Him Sir Still Do From Time To Time But Mostley Larry.Only In The USA.Thanks Buddy,Love Ya S/F Raymond Edwards Plt 3086 Aug-Oct 1966