So You Served - French Marines SYS034 - October 31, 2018
French Commando Insignia SYS034 This is an French Commando insignia that i traded with a French Marine for my Lance Corporal insingia. I...
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Marty Dougherty
Oct 27, 20181 min read
So You Served - Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba SYS035 - October 27, 2018
Guantanamo Naval Base Sorry for the quality of the picture but this was taken on one of our visits to Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba. I'm...
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Marty Dougherty
Oct 26, 20181 min read
So You Served - LCM's Transport Tanks SYS038 - October 26, 2018
LCM's Transport Tanks SYS038 Delivering a Sherman Tank to the beach head via an LCM. Typically, two of the LCM's woudd fit into the well...
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Marty Dougherty
Oct 24, 20181 min read
So You Served - USS Thuban AKA19 SYS039 - October 24, 2018
USS Thuban AKA19 SYS039 This pictures was taken from the cruise book from our Med Cruise in 1963 with the 2nd Battalion - 8th Marines....
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Marty Dougherty
Oct 17, 20183 min read
So You Served - Is It A Flag in Turkey? SYS042 - October 17, 2018
A Flag in Turkey SYS042 Did we just step back in time in this country with all this flag stuff? A flash back to 1963, I hope that was the...
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Marty Dougherty
Oct 11, 20181 min read
So You Served - Colon, Panama, Central America SYS044 - October 11, 2018
Sea Urchin in Colon, Panama SYS044 Bob holding a Sea Urchin from the bay in the background. Here is my friend from New York called Bob...
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Marty Dougherty
Oct 9, 20181 min read
So You Served - Well of an LSD Ship SYS036 - October 9, 2018
Well of an LSD (Landing Ship Dock) - SYS036 Inside the well of an LSD (Landing Ship Dock). This is what the well looks like when it is...
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Marty Dougherty
Oct 1, 20183 min read
So You Served - Tent City at Camp Garcia, Viequez, P.R. SYS049 - October 1, 2018
Tent City at Camp Viequez, Puerto Rico SYS049 If you went on a Carribbean Sea Cruise, it was guaranteed that you would spend some time at...
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Marty Dougherty
Sep 27, 20181 min read
So You Served - Camp Garcai, Viequz, P.R. - 1963
At a landing on Camp Garcia, Puerto Rico, here is an LST that comes all the way to the shoreline because of its flat bottom. On the side...
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Marty Dougherty
Sep 22, 20182 min read
So You Served - Panama, Central America SYS048 - September 20, 2018
It's Only 5 Miles to the Camp Site SYS048 if we were not on a Med Cruise, the Carribbean Sea was always on our doorsteps in North...
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Marty Dougherty
Sep 21, 20181 min read
So You Served - German Pillbox in Marmaris, Turkey SYS047 - September 21, 2018
Top of German Pillbox at Marmaris, Turkey SYS048 Marmaris, Turkey is one of the location where the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines played war...
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Marty Dougherty
Aug 26, 20183 min read
So You Served - A Night in Boot Camp SYS045 - August 26, 2018
A Night At Parris Island STS046 One of the perks you get in boot camp, after you have been there for a few days, is to stand guard duty....
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