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Thursday, August 18, 2011

Firing the MK 19 Grenade Launcher

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During last drill Echo Company set up and ran the MK 19 range.  The weapon is a belt-fed, fully automatic grenade launcher, mounted on a tri...
Tuesday, August 16, 2011

The Viet Nam Vet from My High School Class

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From Murrie Hubbard, USMC I also belong to a FB group called "The Walking Dead", which is the nickname of my Marine Battalion fro...

Class of 71 Reunion--Going Home

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Last time I wrote was about going to my 40th high school reunion.  After driving all day Saturday from Lancaster PA I arrived in St...
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Sunday, August 7, 2011

Class of 1971 Stoneham High School, Stoneham, Massachusetts

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Here's the latest update from Murrie Hubbard on the service of my classmates.  Either or 11 or 12 of the 371 graduates in our class serv...
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Saturday, August 6, 2011

Who Fights Our Wars: Contractor on the Way to Afghanistan

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On the flight home from Kentucky yesterday, I was seated with a 27-year-old named Matt who was on his way to Afghanistan.  He will work in S...
Monday, August 1, 2011

40th High School Reunion in Two Weeks--2 Combat Vets in Class of 71

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In two weeks I will be driving to Stoneham, Massachusetts, for my 40th High School Reunion.  One of the organizers is Murrie Hubbard.  He, C...
Saturday, July 30, 2011

Who Fights Our Wars: Staff Sergeant Jeremy Houck

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At the good-bye dinner in late January 2009, the night before 2-104th board the planes to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, my family and I sat with...
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