WHATS NEW
It's Vegas Baby Click here for 2020 reunion information
New song written by Paul Bussiere of Echo Company, Great Job Paul
New Presidents message from President Tom Noble posted 6/24/18 Click Here
Check out the new Lt Col. James Davis
USMC Film Depository
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Here is the Latest newsletter that will be mailed about the first part of June 2017. It has the latest 2018 reunion information plus much more. Thanks Tina! |
Check out the new message on the President's Page
Jim Butler, Lithographer aboard the USS Coral Sea recently contacted Don Raatz with some incendiary information. Seems he was tasked with printing 10,000 leaflets ostensibly to be dropped on Koh Tang Island requesting the return of our dead and missing. Unfortunately, an order was given at some point prior to their delivery to destroy the already printed leaflets as well as the plates used to print them. Fortunately, he withheld 4 of them “for posterity”. He also provided a translation. Don is in the process of verifying its content independently. This is not the first time of hearing about this but in the past it was just a rumor. This development demands us to at least attempt to discover who ordered their printing in the first place, and more importantly who ordered their destruction.
Terry Brooks Truck
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KaBOOOOOOOOMmmmm w/Blue-82
At our last reunion Navy E-5 Tom Rieter mentioned that he was on deck of the USS Wilson with a movie camera when a plane dropped something with a parachute and it ended up being a bomb we know as the Blue 82, Daisy Cutter. The largest non-nuclear bomb in the US arsenal. This along with some actual combat video which includes the Wilson's Captain gig footage, HH-53, OV-10 and more. Thanks Tom for these great shots!
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on picture to watch video!
Way to go Dan DeLeuw
After several years of trying, New member
Dan Deleuw is pictured here delivering the plaque to the SS Jeremiah
O'Brien to be displayed where the Captains desk of the SS Mayaguez
is on display. Shown here with General Manager Matt Lasher who is a
retired Marine himself. Thank You Dan!
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We are now a IRS approved 501(c)(19) Veterans Organization!
Koh Tang Mayaguez Veterans Org is now an 501 (c) (19) Veterans
Organization.
This is the same designation as the Amvets,
American Legion, and VFW.
Donations to this organization are tax
deductable and the organization is tax exempt.
This is a process
that the membership charged the board to accomplish that has taken
several years. Thanks to VP Don Raatz for all his leg work in
making this happen!
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The new headstone has been placed at Arlington
Return to Koh Tang 2015 trip pictures.
Stars & Stripes article about trip http://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/cousin-pursues-promise-to-bring-joseph-home-from-koh-tang-1.355195
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Korean Defense Service Medal
We are eligible for this, follow the info below to apply.
As I interpret the criteria, members of 2/9 that deployed to Korea in the summer of 1975 are eligible. There is a self certification process with form PUSH FOR DOWNLOAD of self certification form. You may also need the Battalion Unit Diary
I (Fred) have pre filled out Col. Austin's information on the self certification form for you. You will need to finish filling out with your personal information.
I recommend the following for the form Unit Assigned/TAD (While
in Korea): 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division
Base Location/Name of Exercise/Operation in Korea: Embarked aboard
U.S. Navy ships off shore in ROK; ashore in tent camp at Pohang for
extended training with ROK Marines; reembarked and amphibious
landing near Pohang as part of joint/combined exercise that was
predecessor to the Team Spirit series; reembarked for liberty port
visit in Inchon before return to Okinawa.
........Dates in Area
of Eligibility : late June 1975 to Early September 1975
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The Mayaguez Fallen Heroes
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Al Mahan has created the Mayaguez Fallen Heroes page
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Donate to the Ronnie Hughes fund that helps Mayaguez Vets in need.
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Your help is needed in locating those involved with the mission. Call Al Bailey at (240) 876-9717 or if you are looking for someone yourself, feel free to call Al anytime; hopefully we will have the contact information.
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Ribbon and Medals
Check out the
PDF to check out the ribbons we earned on the Island and on the
float
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