Boot Camp at Parris Island in July of 1967
July 21st, 2008 | by MakingMarines |Bosphotoman asked:
Parris Island SC Usmc this is my graduation from Plt 173. My Senior DI was SSgt Dan Showalter. Also my last Day at Canp Geiger NC
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24 Responses to “Boot Camp at Parris Island in July of 1967”
By 7201968 on Jul 21, 2008 | Reply
Went thru boot camp Sept.1966, Plt.3324 in San Diego lived in quonset huts, 24 maggot’s to a hut, it was anything goes for the DI,”Full Metal Jacket” movie was pretty close to what it was like back in the day!! “Never forget it, never will regret it” Semper Fi!
By 0138380834 on Jul 22, 2008 | Reply
wow.
this vid makes me so sad. some1 msg me!! xD z
By 2396168 on Jul 23, 2008 | Reply
I started training Aug 25th 67. Plt. 2032 Semper Fi
By clint454 on Jul 23, 2008 | Reply
I’m proud to be an american solider! God bless the USA!!!
By b1randon12 on Jul 25, 2008 | Reply
He he…Gode Ole’ French Creek.
By baitcaster10 on Jul 27, 2008 | Reply
Cpl 1978 -1982 open squad bays on the rock
we had 3 man rooms at Lejuene (French Creek)
MWSG 27 MCAS Beaufort ,SC 78-79
9th Motors Okinawa Camp Butler 79-80
8th Motors Camp Jejuene 80-82
with a little float time in between
Semper Fi
By primeralives on Jul 27, 2008 | Reply
Is he still alive? I hope so. God bless him.
By primeralives on Jul 29, 2008 | Reply
Hey, that’s interesting. I remember those geckos when I was at Shwab in 79. I miss Okinawa. To me that was the best place to be a Marine. I was always in open squadbay my whole 8 yrs in the Corps. I got out in 86.
0311 always
By 325johnsonw on Aug 1, 2008 | Reply
In Kaneohe Bay the last open squad bays I remember were B 1/3 weapons Plt in 1988 to 1989. Receiving was an open squad bay in 1993 when I left the island. I liked the open squad bays in Okinawa at Camp Hansen. Woke up one night in “88″ with a big mama gecko staring at me from the ceiling beam. We were a tighter unit in the open squad bays. It reminded me of boot camp. We lost the Plt home and gained the unit hotel.Qauntsin huts are still in Camp Wilson, CA and PTA on the BIG Island of HI.
By Bosphotoman on Aug 1, 2008 | Reply
SSgt Showalter was a great man and a great leader. I will never forget him, always respect him. He made me a Marine.
By turnerburn07 on Aug 3, 2008 | Reply
Your SDI is my wife’s uncle!! He’s happy she married a Marine. Did you know he only had one working lung?
By PimpDaddy101393 on Aug 4, 2008 | Reply
Is that back when the DI’s could hit?
By BenJr01 on Aug 6, 2008 | Reply
1083 MCRD San Diego 1978 Semper Fi to one and all Marines, Past Present & Future.
By primeralives on Aug 8, 2008 | Reply
Yup I’m familiar with the Mama san “sew sew lady” as we had them up at Camp Schwab. I also had a buddy in the engineers at Hansen and am familiar with your squadbays. That was when i was there in 79′.
By lahoward1963 on Aug 9, 2008 | Reply
as of 1989 there were open squad bays on camp hansen (i was in one for a year on the back side of hansen in the engineer barracks) with mama san (did our laundry/ironing to those that didnt drink so much) & the whole 9 yards. also beer machines was in the barracks $1.00 then.
mega respect for u old school guys though. God Bless Semper Fi
By primeralives on Aug 10, 2008 | Reply
Simply excellent vid from your platoon back in 67. My older bro went in 1966 and was already in Nam when you were at PI. I joined in 78 and was a DI at PI in 84. Hey redo the vid with”Buffalo Springfield’s song “For what its worth” which I believe came out that year.
Semper fi
I hope all my Marine brothers shown in this vid came home from Vietnam. God Bless you all
By primeralives on Aug 12, 2008 | Reply
Semper Fi Mac! I hear the smoking lamp no longer exist in the Corps. There aren’t any open squadbays in the FMF either from what i’ve been told. The grunts live in hotels now on base. No more starched covers or spit-shines.
By collinr3 on Aug 15, 2008 | Reply
I went through PI in August 1997…My how things have changed!
By f4tweet on Aug 17, 2008 | Reply
Went through San Diego, July ’66, Plt. 1022. Semper Fi!
By CaniacTiLLIDie on Aug 20, 2008 | Reply
My dad was drafted into the Marine’s during nam. Semper Fi
By USMC05 on Aug 22, 2008 | Reply
SEMPER FIDELIS
By callmecarriec on Aug 25, 2008 | Reply
Thanks for posting, My father was there in 1968.
By halspals on Aug 26, 2008 | Reply
Hey Gunney Plummer if your out there,you were certenly right about life beyond the Marine Corp. Lesson for life according to you ….Kill or be killed…..and never trust anyone ……not even yourself
By halspals on Aug 28, 2008 | Reply
Great flick!! 1st Bal..plt160 C co….How many remember getting issued a carton of smokes? and how about the smoking lamp? Can you imange that? wow things have changed. Now I meet vets at the VA who can hardly breath who never smoked before that first smoke on the island. Oh well I guess them were just the times. Semper Fi bro’s