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SALUTE
from a tin can sailor
Many of them had served in the "banana wars" and in China, etc. And many of them did duty in the Corps before I was born!
There are not that many writings left behind by these Old-Time Marines, especially where they focus in detail as Williams has done, on the daily life of the Marines themselves. This work is the exception.
-Dick G
So, I went ahead and submitted to B&N a short reviwew of my own; maybe others will do so also.
On the subject of finding old military buddies on the WWW, it has been my experience/observation that the best way to find old friends (and new ones for that matter), is to set up your own website, and they will, eventually, find you!
It doesn't have to be anything extravagant--just a short biography will do--so that others will recognize you as a Marine w/similar service dates, units, and experiences.
But, likely, after you once do that, you will, like myself, be bitten by the bug, and other ideas will come to you to expand your website. This I would like to see--I have constantly attempted to influence other old Marines, to get into this sort of thing--it is a most valuable thing for families, as well as to the Marine concerned
I receive e-mail on a daily basis, from relatives of deceased Marines, requesting information as to how to determine their Marine's dates of service, where he served, his experiences, etc.
In most cases, they say that the Marine never talked to them about his service.
Dick Gaines
My favorite.