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	Crady, Charles Jerry ~ Sgt. (dec'd)  Date: Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 6:02 AM PSTime       Dear Sir,  For your information, My cousin, Sgt Charles Jerry CRADY, Troop 144, 1959, was born September 07, 1941 and died September 4, 2013. He entered service from Assumption, Illinois. He joined I believe in Decatur, Illinois. The obit is wrong in that our mother's maiden name was Haynes and not Haines and his 'brother' was a half brother from his father's first marriage. If you need any other info please let me know.  Sincerely, M Bernice Meredith  <--- [email protected]  Obituary  Charles Jerry CRADY, 71yrs, of West Frankfort, IL passed away at his residence Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013 at 11:12 a.m.Charles was born Sept. 7, 1941, in Louisville, Ky. to Guy and Willa (Haines) CRADY.Charles was a Sergeant in the U.S. Marines, having served in Vietnam. He was a member of St Paul's Lutheran Church in West Frankfort and a member of American Legion in Orient, VFW in West Frankfort. Charles was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Joyce Nickles. Charles is survived by four daughters:  #1. 1st Dau: Wendy (Crady) & Rusty Dillon of Albuquerque, N. M.,  #2. 2nd Dau: Gale (Crady) Broderick of Genoa City, Wisc,  #3. 3rd Dau: Debbie (Crady) Shepard of Janesville, Wisc., and  #4. 4th Dau: Gretchen CRADY of Rockford, Ill.; brother, Bishop CRADY of North Port, Fla.; and seven grandchildren. Funeral services will be Friday, Sept. 13, 2013, at 10 a.m. at Union Funeral Home with Pastor David Kern officiating.Visitation will be Friday, Sept. 13, 2013, at the funeral home from 8 to 10 a.m., prior to the service. Interment will be held at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Assumption. A walk through will take place at 9:45 a.m. by the American Legion Post 1961 of Orient, VFW Post 5764 of West Frankfort, Zeigler Post 177, and the Marion National Honor Guard. U.S. Marine Corps Honor Guard will be rendering military honors. Online condolences of sympathy may be made at <--- www.unionfh.com.  See more at: <--- www.lagacy.com  Charles J. GRADY, was in my MCRD Troop 144 from 01 Jul 1959 to 02 Sep 1959 and was in my "M" Company, 3rd Bat., 5th Marine Division I new him as a friend & buddy, he was a good Marine, I'm sorry he has past away, and his daughter's must be proud their father was a man of good character & served his Country. by Pauly R. Sarrett
	Collins, Jerry R.  1st E-Mail: Date Saturday, May 14, 2011, Ar: 7:36 PM PSTime       Hi fellows,  I was pleasantly surprised to run across information on 144. My name is Jerry R. Collins and I am in the group photo with you. Would love to hear from you all. I will return message when I hear from you and let you know what i have bewen doing in my life since I left The Marines.  Jerry R. Collins, E-Mail: [email protected]  2nd E-Mail: Date Monday, May 23, 2011 At: 6:37 PM PSTime  Great to hear from you Paul.  Hope more and more responds and that we get more emails. It sounds like you have had an eventful life since leaving the corps. I think there were a lot in 144 from the Kansas and Missouri area. I recall the final check up on Walnut Street in Kansas City before we flew straight to San Diego when all the "fun" began. Like I said , a large number in this group was from that area. Some of you may remember me boxing at the "smoker" and I played on the MCRD football team. One of the games I really got clobbered in and remember waking up in the Balboa Naval Hospital. After the Corps I got into pro wrestling at the urgeing of Sonny Myers who was quite a star around the St. Joseph, Missouri area. After making a fool out of myself in this racket, I got into something more stable for my future. I went to work at The Kansas State Penitentiary, Lansing, Kansas. About 3 years before my retirement from the prison I bought into an old fashioned under the big top circus . After retirement from the prison I went into the circus business full time and traveled througout the Midwest. I have slowed down a bit and now do the bookings and advance marketing for 3 different shows. I presently live in Leavenworth, Kansas. I have 2 daughters and 2 grandsons. Hope to get more email from the fellows. Who knows, one of you might live up the street from me. Jerry R. Collins, E-Mail: [email protected]
	Daigger, Roger W. ~ Captain  Date: Thursday, July 15, 2010 At: 2:05 PM PSTime       Hello Paul,  This is Captain Roger Daigger (USMC Ret). I ran across your blog once before and tried to contact you, but was not successfull. It now appears you have added much more to your site. Hope to hear from you and swap sea stories.  Regards, Rog  E-Mail: [email protected]  Rog,  I do remember, you at boot. Do you believe it's been 51 years since June 1959! So tell me how life is treating you. Did you make a carrer of the Corp.? Did you marry?, Children? Occupation? prsjr
	Ford, Calvert I.  Date: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 At: 4:49 PM PSTime       Paul, Ran across the page at ancestry.com. Have often wondered what happened to all those guys. Have not been in contact with any of them.  Calvert I. Ford  E-Mail: [email protected]  Cal,  I do remember, you at boot. Do you believe it's been 51 years since June 1959! So tell me how life is treating you. Did you make a carrer of the Corp.? Did you marry?, Children? Occupation? prsjr
	Herrell, Charles A.  Date: Tuesday, August 1, 2017 at: 1:09 AM Pacific Standard Time  From: Kayla (Herrell) Jett [email protected]  My name is Kayla Jett (nee Herrell)  I stumbled across the page for Platoon 144 while doing some research about my dad. It was great to see pictures of him.  I know very little about his time in the service. I regret to inform you that he passed away on July 3rd 2017 from Parkinson's disease.  He was married 3 times and has 3 children (Bryan, Kristopher and Kayla myself), 4 step daughters and many grandchildren.  He worked for the Portland Fire Department in Oregon for about 20 years before retiring early on medical disability. I would love to hear from anyone who may remember him as this time in his life is a mystery to me and my brother  Kayla,  Thank you for sending your E-Mail  I'm sorry to hear about your Father Charles A. HERRELL's pasing  We not only went threw "Boot Camp" together he also was with the "I" Company, 3rd Bal, 5th Marine Division  "Charlie" was in "3/5 Fleet Marine Force, (FMF) Infantry Battalion"  30 Jan 1960 - Left San Diego, Harbor, on USS General J.C. Breckinridge the T(AP) 176, traveled the Far East (Japan) for 18 months.  16 Feb 1960 - Arrived Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan the most Northerly U.S. military station on the Island. The 1/5 and 2/5 were already there.  15 Mar 1960 - Operation "BlueStar" on Formosa until 30th March.  19 Jun 1960 - President Eisenhower, visted Okinawa, was on "Honor & Bodyguard detail for the Commander-In-Chief",  00 Sep 1960 - Battalion Landing Team Afloat (BLTA) operation with the Navy 7th Fleet. with post at Hong Kong, Manila, Subic Bay, Philippine  00 Oct 1960 - At Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines: 16th Anniversary of the landing of the Army of Liberation in the Philippines of WWII.  01 Feb 1961 - Returned to San Diego, CA. from Okinawa, Japan  17 Apr 1961 - "Bay of Pigs" Anti-Castro Cubans land at Bay of Pigs.  15 Apr 1962 - Marine helicopter squadron "HMM-362" arrives in Mekong Delta of South Vet Nam.  20 Oct 1962 - "Cuban Missile Crisis" brings U.S. & Soviet Union to brink of Nuclear War.  Do you have a "later" Picture of "Charlie" that you can send to me>  What Cemetery is he buried in?
	Sarrett, Paul R. ~ Sgt. (E-4)  Date: 20 Jun 2001       After Boot Camp in Sep 1959, I was assigned to "Mike" Company, 3rd Bat., 5th Div. (3/5) We left San Diego, Calif. on Dec 01, 1959 to "The Monastery," Camp Schwab, Okinawa, we returned to the States on Feb 15, 1961, 14 months & 13 days. I went on leave back to Kansas City, Missouri where I married my High School sweathart (We met in 7th Grade) Roselle E. JAYNE, on March 25th, 1961. We packed her stuff, & rented a U-Haul and left on our honeymoon to San Clemente, Calif. I had changed my MOS is Sep 1960 as a "Cook" and was assigned to HQC Battalion, I was the Mess Sgt at San Onofre, Camp Pendleton, later when the new San Onofre NCO Club open up, I was one of the watch Sgt in the Food Club. I stayed their until I was Honorable Discharged on 11 April 1963.      Roselle & I had two daughters, by then and moved up to Garden Grove, Orange Co., where we had two more daughters. I went to work for U-Tote-Tum Convenience Store, later they became Stop-in-Go, In Mar 1965 I went to work for Speedee Mart, now 7-Eleven Food Stores and spent 33 years with them was the Construction Engineer which built over 2,747 stores in the 10 western states. I retired in 1998 & moved to a 7.5 acres farm just outside of Auburn, Placer Co., Calif.      Roselle & I celebrated our 50th Wedding Anniversary last March, we renewd our wedding vows last June, in Wiki, Hawaii. All four of our daughters, are College educated Professional Women, all married and we have 10 adorable Grandchildren.      Hobbies: Woodworking, Master Wood Turner & Carver; Family History; Genealogy; and our 10 Grandchildren.  "Pauly" Sarrett  E-Mail: [email protected]
	Hello From Old Plt. 144 and M3/5 MARINE.,  Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 At: 6:26 PM PSTime  Dear Paul:  While playing around with the internet I happened to get your site on Platoon 144 and saw the information about our old Platoon Sergeant Jim Bresnahan, a truly great MARINE. I am William S. Whorton (Bill). I remember you and thought I would say hello. I retired from the MARINE CORPS. I spent most of my career in Asia and retired in Bangkok, THAILAND. This year is year number 50 for me in Asia. I am 73 and still teaching at my university. I married a beautiful Chinese business woman 35 years ago. I got commissioned in 1964 under the "Meritorious NCO" Program and did two grunt tours in Vietnam as infantry platoon commander and senior advisor to a Vietnamese army infantry battalion. After that tour I resigned my regular commission and went to university to study Philosophy for 6 years then returned to the MARINE CORPS as a Staff Sergeant. I had really great assignments and a great life as a MARINE. Life after the MARINES has also been great and a lot of fun. I hope life has treated you well and it was great remembering the old days. Please take good care of yourself and thanks for the memories. If you have time I would always like to say hello to an old MARINE.  Bill Whorton. [email protected]  Thanks for the E-Mail Bill  Looks like you are a "Lifer" of the USMC. If you have any photos of the 3/5 during Dec 01, 1959 to Feb 15, 1961, 14 months & 13 days I would like to post them in our Photo Album on-line. Would like to have a currant photo of you. Paul R. Sarrett, Jr., USMC 1959-1964

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