The Gunny Shack
About Gunny
I enlisted at the age of 17 in Akron Ohio in 1955 and retired in 1975. Went through Parris Island bootcamp. Pulled a tour as a Drill Instructor MCRD San Diego My duty stations as best I remember:
1955- MCRD Parris Island, SC/1st Recruit Training Battalion
1955-1957, 0300, 2nd Marine Division/6th Marine Regiment
1957-1958, 0311, MARDET (Ashore)/MarDet Atsugi, Japan
1957-1958, MAG-11/MABS-11
1959-1960, Marine Corps Bases Atlantic/MCB Camp Lejeune, NC
1960-1961, ComCabs West/MCAS Iwakuni, Japan
1962-1963, 1st Marine Division/7th Engineer Bn (Rein)
1962-1963, ComCabs West/MCAS El Toro, CA
1965-1967, 8511, 1st Recruit Training Btn (MCRD San Diego)/Bravo Co
1965-1967, Formal Schools/Drill Instructors School, MCRD SD, CA
1967-1968, 0311, Fleet Marine Force Pacific/III MAF (Vietnam Era)
1967-1968, Force Logistics Command/1st Provisional Rifle Co
1968-1971, 8511, Marine Corps Bases Pacific/MCB Hawaii
1968-1971, Marine Air Group (MAG)/MAG-24
1971-1972, 1169, Marine Barracks/Marine Barracks Subic Bay, Philippines
1972-1973, 1169, Formal Schools/Engineer School, Camp Le Jejune
1974-1975, 1169, Marine Barracks/Marine Barracks Key West, FL
1957-1958, MAG-11/MABS-11
1959-1960, Marine Corps Bases Atlantic/MCB Camp Lejeune, NC
1960-1961, ComCabs West/MCAS Iwakuni, Japan
1962-1963, 1st Marine Division/7th Engineer Bn (Rein)
1962-1963, ComCabs West/MCAS El Toro, CA
1965-1967, 8511, 1st Recruit Training Btn (MCRD San Diego)/Bravo Co
1965-1967, Formal Schools/Drill Instructors School, MCRD SD, CA
1967-1968, 0311, Fleet Marine Force Pacific/III MAF (Vietnam Era)
1967-1968, Force Logistics Command/1st Provisional Rifle Co
1968-1971, 8511, Marine Corps Bases Pacific/MCB Hawaii
1968-1971, Marine Air Group (MAG)/MAG-24
1971-1972, 1169, Marine Barracks/Marine Barracks Subic Bay, Philippines
1972-1973, 1169, Formal Schools/Engineer School, Camp Le Jejune
1974-1975, 1169, Marine Barracks/Marine Barracks Key West, FL
Marine Barracks Key West Retirement parade 1975.
