Koh Tang Mayaguez Vets Organization Guest Book

Happy Birthday jarhead,and have an awesome Vets day.
Semper Fi
Terry Brooks
Echo co 3rd plt

Happy Birthday to all and have a safe and happy Vets Day

Semper Fi
Al

just want to say happy birthday and have a good vets day.

-Happy belated Birthday to the Navy.
-Happy Birthday to the Marines, past and present.
-All U.S. Armed Forces, have a great and memorable Veterans day.
-Thank you all for your service to U.S. of America.
-Another day to reflect on times, good and bad.
-Another moment to remember.

REMEMBERING
Everyone needs to take a look at this:

http://00f2630.netsolhost.com/farewellmarine.html

Semper Fi,
Edd

More information about the exploits of 2/9 in Afghanistan. Copy and paste into your web browser:

http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20101025_13_A3_CUTLIN399320

I would hope that anyone who sees updated information about units, ships or aircraft which participated in the S.S. Mayaguez rescue would post links for us to follow. I think it is important for us to understand and realize that The Battle of Koh Tang was not the end of existence for these organizations. Every where life is full of heroism, and our dynamic world is unfolding as it should. We should not only remember the past, but should also consider the forces which guide our future.

Semper Fi,
Edd

Looking for anyone in boot camp Plt 2122 San Deigo. look for Plt picture.

A response for post 194. I know of two Navy mechanics who repaired a helicopter that morning. Its the one mentioned in Guilmartins book. They hacksawed out a fuel or hydraulic line and replaced it with some hose. Not sure what else they did. I was up there earlier in the morning but the chopper we saw was shot full of holes but no maintenance required. One was a younger jet mech (E-3 I think). from the airframe shop of VA-95 (A-6s from the Coral Sea). I can't recall his name just yet. The other I did not personaly know but I believe he was a 2nd Class Petty Officer from VF-51's airframe shop the F-4 outfit onboard the Coral Sea. To long ago to remember clearly.

AO1 Weapons Dept. G-div USS Coral Frequent Wind and Koh Tang Island operations. Damn so long ago!!!

I usually pass over the Daily U.S. Casualties report when I’m reading my morning newspaper. There are too many bad memories of the body counts during the Vietnam War, in that the reports tried to simplify, quantify, and justify the loss of so many young men. But this morning something compelled me to look at the list, and this is what I saw:

“Marine Sgt. Frank R. Zaehringer III, 23, of Reno, Nev., died Monday, Oct. 11, 2010, in combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.”

I can’t ever remember seeing that unit designation in any kind of report or newspaper, and I was somewhat dumnstruck. After a few minutes I began to realize that Sgt. Zaehringer was a member of the very same, exact 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment to which so many of us were assigned in 1975, except for being part of the 2nd MarDiv instead of 3rd MarDiv. I thought about how sad his family and friends must feel, very much the same as those of our brothers lost on May 15, 1975. As I pondered more I thought how fortunate we are that these young men have stepped into our boots, and now carry the banner of 2/9 to a different clime and place. A different time, a different place, a different generation, yet the blood shed is the same, and he too is our brother.

Saepe Expertus, Semper Fidelis, Fratres Aeterni
Often Tested, Always Faithful, Brothers Forever