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Welcome to our Whats New Webpage
Where you will find the latest postings
November 22, 2009
Doc Otis L. Phelps. CUPP Unit, Echo Co. 1970-1971 Posted Picture in Submitted Pictures Page.
Sgt John Sportsman Fox 2/1 who was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal.
Sgt Elbert L.(Butch)Gatlin. While a Lance Corporal Gatlin was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal.
Sgt Richard L. Strange, Golf 2/1 was Awarded the Silver Star Posthumously. He was KIA on June 25, 1966.
2009 Reunion Pictures - Washington D.C. - November 8 - 12
eMail Update Newsletter
2/1 eMail Update Newsletter - November 22, 2009
November 12, 2009
Doc Adams - Video - Homeless Veterans get a second chance at Wheaton shelter.
December 1, 2009
Added Doc John H. Swift - Echo 70-71 - to Our Honored Corpsmans Page
December 7, 2009
Added (Part 2) of 2009 DC Reunion Pictures - November 8th to November 12
December 28, 2009
Added New Book written by Joe Silinas - "Souls From the Past: Whispers of Silence"
January 18, 2010
Pictures Submitted by Doc Warren Taylor - Echo Company 1968 - 1969
February 4, 2010
Pictures Submitted by Chris Josheff - Echo Company 1968 - 1969
February 12, 2010
Updated Pictures by Doc Warren Taylor - Echo Company 1968 - 1969
February 26, 2010
Updated Presidents Message
January 2010 Newsletter Posted on Our 2/1 Website
February 27, 2010
Added: Daniel 'Doc' Bernardo - Hotel 68-69 - to our Honored Corpsmans Page
February 28, 2010
Steven M. Brothers - Hotel 69-70 - Awarded: Navy & Marine Corps Medal
Steven M. Brothers - Hotel 69-70 - Awarded: Navy Achievement Medal
April 28, 2010
Doc John H. Swift - Golf Company 70-71 - Awarded: Navy Commandation Medal
William E. Powers (Bill) - Echo Company 68-69 - Awarded: Navy Commandation Medal
James F. Jordan - Golf Company 68-69 - Awarded: Navy Commandation Medal
Patrick Carlisle Riordan (KIA) - Fox Company 1968 - Awarded: Navy Commandation Medal
Fox Company - Meritorious Unit Commendation 19 May 1968 - by Terry Molyneux
April 29, 2010
Added New Book written by Gary Christensen - "NO Safe Place" Echo Co. Nam 67-68
Updated our 2010 Reunion in San Antonio, Texas - November 6-12
June 19, 2010
Added: HM3 Doc Steven W. Lepley (Doc Short) Fox 1971 to our Honored Corpsmans Page
Added: Cpl Guadalupe Renteria to the Navy Achievement Awards Page
Added: Cpl Guadalupe Renteria to the Bronze Star Awards Page
July 10, 2010
July 2010 - NEWSLETTER - Posted
July 15, 2010
Membership List - Updated - July 2010 in Excel Format
September 20, 2010
Added: 1st Lt Lee Suydam - Adventures of 3rd Plt - Go Noi Island 1967
September 23, 2010
Added: James W. Murphy - Golf Company - November 1966 - February 1967
October 8, 2010
Dedication for: Clifton M. Walter - Golf Company - KIA August 23, 1966 - by Jeff Robinson
November 1, 2010
F. Eugene Bishop Jr. - Echo Company - 1966 Mortars - A Memorable Christmas
November 14, 2010
Added more pictures - James W. Murphy - Golf Company - November 1966 - February 1967
November 16, 2010
Pictures Posted - San Antonio, Texas - Reunion - November 7 to 12 2010
February 01, 2011
Presidants Message - New Hotel for 2011 Reunion -
February 01, 2011
2011 Reunion Information Page Updated
March 12, 2011
Updated our 2/1 PX and added new items
March 12, 2011
Posted - February 2011 - Newsletter
June 22, 2011
Added - Doc Dale Kehoe - Echo & CAC 66-67 to our Honored Corpsmans Page.
Added - Doc Toothpick Earl - Foxtrot 1968 was added to our Honored Corpsmans Page. He had a Bowie Knife always strapped to his leg. He may have been from Texas.
June 30, 2011
Alexander A. DiGiacomo - Citation - Navy Commendation Medal -
June 24, 2011
Posted our June 2011 Newsletter
President's June Message posted...
July 1, 2011
Since Dave Beakey's death on May 6th... His book "Booby Trap Boys" is sold by Amazon.com.
Dave Stromire - Echo Company 68-69 - Submitted some personal pictures which were posted on our Submitted-Pictures Webpage.
Bob Hissong - Foxtrot Company - Nui Loc Son - 1967 - Pictures posted on our Company Pictures Webpage.
Dick Palmquist - Echo Company 3rd Platoon - February to June 1967 - Pictures posted on our Company Pictures Webpage.
Sgt Chuck Thompson - Foxtrot Company 1968 - Had added two stories to our Vietnam Stories Webpage. 1. A Very Close Encounter Of The Worst Kind 2. Early Morning Breakfast With Charlie
July 5, 2011
Tom (Doc) Slaubaugh. Echo Co. (DaNang) 1969 - Posted on our Honored Corpsmans Page.
July 28, 2011
Herman (Doc) Perez - Fox 1967 - Posted Honored Corpsmans Page - He did not carry a weapon.
LCpl Emilio De La Garza Jr.- Medal of Honor - Posthumously - Posted to our Dedications Page.
July 31, 2011
LCpl Peter Richard Carroll - Silver Star - Posthumously - Posted to our Dedications Page.
August 10, 2011
PFC Alexander Vera Hernandez -Added to our Vietnam Wall of Honor. KIA September 7, 1966
Updated our November 2011 Mississippi Reunion Event Schedule.
September 16, 2011
Col. Stephen M. McCartney USMCR (Retired) - Navy & Marine Corps Medal - Posted
Mike McNeely & Bernard J. Fowler Reunite after 45 Years. Posted - Articles Maps & Graphics Page
Tom Rutherford - Added New Information to his Bio on our 2/1 Brothers... Then and Now Page
September 27, 2011
Sergeant Douglas H. Butler - H&S Co - Navy Achievement Medal - Posted
October 12, 2011
SSgt Ricardo (Richard) Jacques - 2/1 67-68 - Golf Company in Operation Medina - Posted
Sergeant Major Marion A. Viera Jr - H&S 1969-1970 - Silver Star Medal - Posted
October 19, 2011
October 27, 2011
Michael Dan Kellum, 1stLt./PFC, USMCR ECHO/FOX/HOTEL/S-1,2,3,CIT - BOOKS POSTED
BOOKS I & II, AMERICAN HEROES: GRUNTS, PILOTS & "DOCS"
HM2 William C. Prchlik - Golf Company - KIA 1970 - added to our Honored Corpsman Page
Doc Mike Shuck (James Michael Shuck) - Echo Co 70-71 - Posted on Submitted Pictures Page
November 5, 2011
November 7, 2011
HM3 Tommy J. Turner - 66-67 - Posted Pictures taken in 1967 while attached to Hotel Co.
Ken DeHaas - H&S 1970-1971 - Posted New Story - P I Memories...1969
Doc Paul Missett - Golf Company 69-70 - 256 pictures Posted to share with our membership
November 21, 2011
Doc Mike Shuck (James Michael Shuck) - Echo Co 70-71 - Bronze Star Posted on Awards Page
Added Doc Ron Brookshire - Golf Company 5-67 to 5-68 - to our Honored Corpsmans Page.
December 31, 2011
Added the - January 1990 2/1 Newsletter - to our Newsletter Page.
Added Doc James C. Dew Jr. - Fox Co 1970 - to our Honored Corpsmans Page.
Added Doc Steven Lepley - Fox Co 1970 - 1971 - to our Submitted Pictures Webpage.
Our Olive Branch / Memphis Reunion 1,164 Pictures have been posted on our Reunon Webpage.
January 4, 2012
November 2012 Reunion Information for San Diego Posted...
January 10, 2012
Added - Richard Babcock - H&S 67-68 - to our Submitted Pictures Page.
Added - Gary "Doc" Evins - CAC / CAP Delta 6 - 1966-1967 - to our Submitted Pictures Page.
February 27, 2012
Added - Roger "Doc" Sellon - Hotel Co,1st Platoon1968 - to our Honored Corpsman Page.
Added - Ruben "Doc Chico" Garcia - Hotel Co, 3rd Platoon 1968 to our Honored Corpsman Page.
Posted our 2/1 mail-out February 2012 Newsletter
Pictures Posted by Doc Jack V. Sturiano - H&S, BAS, Alpha 6, 106's - 8-1968 to 7-1969
March 29, 2012
Added - Robert "Sparky" Sparks (Fox Company 70-71) to our Navy Commendation Awards Page.
April 11, 2012
Tom Gillespie (Hotel Company 70-71) submitted 3 articles that were posted on our Stories Page.
April 21, 2012
Pictures from Mike Connolly - Hotel Company - 2nd Bn 1st Marines - 1970.
Pictures from Raymond Stacey - H&S Company - Camp Lauer - 1969-1979.
Pictures from Roger A. Sanchez Sr. - Golf Company at Marble Mountain 1971.
May 16, 2012
Grace Walsh sister of our KIA LCpl David J. Pugh 3-15-69 wrote the book "Divine Arrows".
June 1, 2012
Added: Cpl Terry Lee Adams - Echo CO - KIA July 14, 2012 to "Our Hero's" Webpage.
June 7, 2012
1st Lt. Lee Sudam - Echo Co 1967-1968 has updated his picture on our Company Pictures page.
Added Thomas M. Rutherford's Navy Achievement Medal to our Awards Webpage.
August 1, 2012
Posted our 2/1 mail out July 30th - Newsletter -
August 6, 2012
Presidents Message from July 30th 2012 Posted
Updated Home-Page with new 2/1 Logo and 2/1 Video doing 90 mile run on their Birthday.
Added to our Wall of Honor - HM3 Jeffery D. Bouton KIA 21 April 1967 Fox Co Panel 18E - Line 56
Added to our Honored Corpsman Page - HM3 Jeffery D. Bouton KIA 21 April 1967 Fox Company
Added "2nd Lt Lewis Burwell Puller, Jr." to our Silver Star Awards webpage.
August 29, 2012
Added: Corporal Billy Fowler Wade to our Silver Star Awards Webpage
1st Lt Lee Suydam updated his story: The adventures of 3rd Platoon, Echo Company, Second Battalion, 1st Marines, Go Noi Island, 1967
September 5, 2012
Richard Thomas Warner, PFC, KIA 4/6/1969 added to our 2/1 Wall of Honor
Added to our Wall of Honor - PFC James Edward Snock - 28-April-67 - Panel 18E Row 108
September 12, 2012
October 12, 2012
Added to our Wall of Honor - CPL John Edwin Straub - October 28, 1970 - Panel 6w Row 26
Added to our Honored Corpsmans Page - Perry Dennis (Gil) Gilliland - 2/1 B.A.S. & Hotel 66-67
November 1, 2012
Posted pictures from : John S. Allen, Hotel Company, 3rd Plt -3rd Sqd - September 70 - May 71
November 10, 2012
Added to our Honored Corpsmans Page - Doug Miller - 2/1 Echo Company 69-70
Added to our Honored Corpsmans Page - Bob Jenkins - 2/1 Echo Company 69-70
November 15, 2012
Added Thomas M. Rutherford's Navy Commandation Medal to our Awards Webpage
Peter Boeger submitted a dedication for LCpl Norman Joseph George Spenard - Golf 1965
Added How to Request Military Awards and Decorations to our Medals & Awards Webpage
December 1, 2012
2/1's Blog was added so you can find old friends and meet new ones...
Colonel Bob Fawcett, USMC (Ret.) 2/1 Vietnam Era Reunion Speech, 11 Nov 12 San Diego, CA
Updated Nanette Sagastume's Book "We Also Serve" on our Book Page
Posted - Gary Christensen (Echo 67-68) book "No Place To Hide" on our book webpage
December 10, 2012
Posted - 1st Lt John W. Lyon - Silver Star Medal on our Awards Page
Posted - 1st Lt Richard Hayden Black - Navy Commandation Medal on our Awards Page
Our 2012 San Diego, California - Reunion Posted -
December 27, 2012
Posted - CORPORAL GEORGE N. LEE, JR. - Silver Star Medal on our Awards Page
January 3, 2013
Posted - PFC Paul D. Allen - Silver Star Medal on our Awards Page
Posted pictures from : Cliff Heino - H&S Company 1967
Posted pictures from : Pat Cullen - Echo Company 1968
Posted pictures from : George Grey - Golf Company, 2nd Platoon, 68-69
February 12, 2013
Added LCpl Anthony B. Curci - H&S to our Wall of Honor - KIA 2 March 69 - Panel 30W - Line 11
February 20, 2013
Added Tom Isenburg's book "Letters Home - 2nd Platoon, Echo" to our members book page
February 24, 2013
February 2013 Mail-Out Newsletter Posted - Monument & Memorial Bricks Update
March 1, 2013
Updated Tom Rutherford's ( Echo Company 1968) Profile Webpage
March 11, 2013
Added LCpl Rufus T. Williams - Echo to our Wall of Honor - KIA 25 June 67 - Panel 22E - Line 67
Posted - Corpsman Donald E. Counce - Silver Star Medal on our Awards Page
Posted - Corpsman Allen E. Groshong - Silver Star Medal on our Awards Page
March 18, 2013
April 8, 2013
Added PFC Ronald Earl Samuelson - Golf - to our Wall of Honor - 8/ 06/70 - Panel 08W - Line 89
April 23, 2013
Terry Kennedy - Fox 1968 submitted his book "I Do Solomnly Swear" to our members book page
May 5, 2013
Added TAPS to honor "Our Members at Rest " to our Homepage.
