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Lee, our whole company of volunteers were made up of clerks. MPs, truck
drivers, Honor Guard members, and others who make up a headquarters outfit. I
enlisted for the armored cavalry in Germany, and they sent me to the
Quartermaster Corps in Japan. But I was a trained soldier. And I hope my
buddies thought I fought like one during that bitterly cold winter in
Korea.
Bob Dove
1st Raider Co. 1950
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Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 1:00
AM
Subject: Re: 1st MarDiv to Korea by back
channel
Gene, regarding the differing
attitudes of FMF, mudmarines, and Hollywood Marines toward each other. We had
a whole battalion of Los Angeles Reserves (Hollywood Marines) join the First
division at Camp Pendelton- the rest of us was from the East Coast (Camp
Lejeune). We gave them some needling, but they gave as good as they got. The
bottom line was that they were outstanding Marines. Every Marine is acutely
aware that all Marines (FMF,Guard Companies, Embassy Guards, Infantry, etc)
are Riflemen first and specialists last. No better example of this exists then
the First Marine Division Band at Hagaru, they were made into a machine gun
company, and distinguished themselves during the defense of Hagaru and the
march to the sea. Their Gunny Sgt. (McClueg) was killed while earning a Navy
Cross.
To answer Gene, I guess I could say that there is always friendly
needling between the variously assigned Marines-but it was all good natured.
Lee
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