I was born and raised in Jacksonille, FL. Entered the US Marine Corps on 3Mar43 and retired

31Dec71. My boot camp was Parris Island, SC. Some of my duty stations and units I served with

during my service are NAS, Jacksonville, FL; Station Brig, Cherry Point, NC; MP Co, 2ndMarDiv;

I&I Staff, 35th Special Infantry Co., Santa Rosa, CA: Charlie Co., 3rd Recon Bn.; BaseMatBn, MCB,

Camp Lejeune, NC; MarDet, USS F D Roosevelt (CVA 42); arAirResTrngDet, NAS, Glenview, IL;

Marine Aircraft Group 36 (Helo), Phu Bia, Vietnam; One Eight; Hq, 8th Marines; Hq. 2nd Marines and

2nd Combat Engineer Bn. After retiring I earned two AAS degrees from the local community

college. Then worked as a Security Officer until I retired fully. My interest are or has been

competition shooting of the service rifle and service pistol ( Have two Bronze Medals won in Marine

Corps competition with the service pistol and once set the range record with both at Camp Schwab

on Okinawa), Stockcar racing (Now a fan but raced several years at Honolulu), fishing, amateur

radio (Hold call KB4OGI. Son Ed is KA4JQZ and I became a ham to chat with him) and geneaology.

Now strongly interested in contacting my old shipmates. Of particular interest now is Stable Able

One Seven (Korea era or 1955-57 when I was again in Able, by that time called Alpha company)

and Charlie Third Recon. Would enjoy hearing from any I have served with.

Semper Fi ! Jim