LSD-30 USS Plymouth Rock This is the style of ship that I served on most of the time that I was on a Caribbean or Mediterranean Sea...

Tour of Duty - SYS01 1961 08/30/61 to 11/20/61 – Boot Camp – Parris Island, S.C. 11/25/61 to 01/24/62 – Infantry Training – Camp Geiger,...

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H & S Battalion - Communication Section - SYS003 This represents my first assingment to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina in the Communication...

When we were doing a landing operation in Marmaris, Turkey, I discovered these Turkish Baths. We learned from the local history that the...

While on Carribean Cruise, we were directed to go to the Panama Canal area due to an uprising on an old military base. We ended up...

Looking down from an APA troop ship at a Papa Boat. In a typical landing, a Marine would climb over the side of the ship and climb down a...

This is the Vatican in Rome, Italy. We ended up in Rome. Italy for three days and nights while on one cruise in the Med. Enjoy, Return...

A medal that I was extremely proud to get was this Rifle Expert Badge. My first time with firing a rifle was at Parris Island Boot Camp...

The story behind the damage is under the picture but you better believe that it might have been difficult to drive a jeep and cross water...

FMF (Fleet Marine Force) Insignia - SYS014 Return to: greendougherty's Links for So You Served Marty Dougherty Return to:...

Highlining on a Navy Ship - SYS019 I can't find the name of this ship but it is an APA designation but is RB (Rockbridge) is an...

Beached MIke Boat in Storm SYS024 On one of our beach landings, the surf was pretty heavy and the boat had to be latched to the beach...

APA 228 USS Rockbridge SYS025 Sorry for the reversal of this picture but I don't have that photo H/W to do a flip. This is the APA 228...

French Riviera SYS023 A picture from out Med Cruise Book from 1963 of the French Riviera. I was taking pictures with my camera on the...

Archway in Rome, Italy Archway in Rome, Italy and down the street from the Roman Coleseum. Sharing a few pictures from lIfe as a FMF...

Miltary Inspection SYS027 For those of you that never served in the US Marines, part of life is preparing for an inspection, or,...

Box Handlers Equipment SYS028 One of the pieces of equipment that was used by the boxhandlers section of Shore Party on beach landings....

This was a German bunker from World War II that was on Sardinia I believe. That is the top portion of bunker if memory serves me it was...

Water Perks at Camp Garcia, Puerto Rico SYS032 In the bay at Camp Garcia, Puerto Rico. That is our sleeping quarters at Camp Garcia. Life...