I-3-7 Ko Cf 50/53 Help
Marine Corps Messages posted to this BBS:
| Entry: 1709 |
I-3-7 KO CF 50/53 HELP |
RICHARD A. SUAREZ wrote on April 29, 2003
Comments:
GEE THANKS FOR THE SERIAL NUMBER, BUT WHAT STATE????? I'M A LIFE MEMBER OF THE IST MAR DIV ASSOC, CHECK OUT THE DIRECTORY, CHOSIN FEW, PURPLE HEART, CHINA MARINES, AMER. LEGION, VFW, MCL, HAVE YOU EVER TRYED TO LOCATE SOMEONE FROM 53 YEARS AGO? THIS IS NOT A SCAM, MY SERIAL NUMBER IS #652787 AND I ENLISTED SAN FRANCISCO, CA.,1947. BEST RICK SUAREZ I-3-7 KO CF 50/51
| Entry: 1708 |
I-3-7 KO CF 50/53 HELP |
BILL STEINACHER wrote on April 28, 2003
Comments:
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| Entry: 1704 |
I-3-7 KO CF 50/53 HELP |
RICHARD ANDERSON SUAREZ wrote on April 28, 2003
Comments:
AFTER FIFTEEN YEARS OF SEARCHING FOR MARINES FROM I-3-7 MY SOURCES HAVE STARTED TO DRY-UP. HAVE LOCATED OVER 3000 MARINES 981 FROM "FIGHT'EM WITH ITEM" I HAVE OBTAIN THE MUSTER ROLLS FROM THE MARINE CORPS LEATHERNECK FROM THE YEARS 1950 ONLY KIA AND MIA 1951/1952. IN JANUARY 1953 DOD STOPPED PUBLISHING ANY ACTION OR LISTING OF WIA, KIA,OR MIA NO INFORMATION WAS WRITTEN IN THE PRESS OTHER THAN OPERATION "LITTLE AND BIG SWITCH" THE LAST TWO ENTRY WAS 27JULY 1953 AND MARCH 1955 WHEN THE IST MARINE DIVISION RETURNED HOME. I SPENT EIGHT MONTHS DOING THAT RESEARCH AT THE SAN MATEO LIBRARY AND MY SOURCE WAS THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, SO IF YOU WANT TO SAY JANUARY 1953 WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE "FORGOTTON WAR" WHAT I NEED IS YOUR HELP. I NEED YOUR SERIAL NUMBER AND STATE THE YEAR YOU JOIN USMC "NOT YOUR NAME" THAT WAY I CAN LOCATE WHAT STATE THAT PERSON CAME FROM, THEN I USE MUSTER ROLL AND MY SELECT PHONE CD AND PUNCH IT IN. COMMON NAMES ARE HARD TO LOCATE SUCH AS SMITH, JONES, THOMPSON, WILLIAMS, I'VE HAD TO PASS ON THOSE. FOR THOSE THAT HAVE HELP ME OVER THE YEARS THANKS. WISH YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES THE BEST OF HEALTH. RICK SUAREZ I-3-7 KO CF 50/51
Dedicated To - Arthur Donald DeLacy - 1st Lieutenant - USMCR - MIA POW - 10/07/1951 - Heartbreak Ridge