FIFTEEN YEARS OF SEARCHING AND HAVE LOCATED 3000 MARINE 981 FROM MY UNIT ITEM CO 3RD BN 7TH MAR IST MAR DIV COVERING FROM THE PERIOD FROM JULY 1950 TO JULY 1953. WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP? DO YOU WANT HERO'S? OR OLD MARINES THAT CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THEY WERE DOING IN KOREA. I JOIN THE IST MSR DIV AT HAGARU-RI IN DEC 4, 1950 AND WALKED OUT, WAS ASSIGNED TO ITEM CO 3RD BN 7TH MAR (FIGHT'EM WITH) IN THE THRID PLT 2ND SQ TILL SEP 10, 1951. I WAS AWARDED TWO BRONZE STARS W/V AND ONE PURPLE HEART. I KNOW YOU WANT VETERANS FROM YOU AREA OF WASHINGTON WOULD AND PHONE NUMBERS HELP? I'M A ONE FINGER NERS BEEN ON THIS CRUSADE FOR THE LAST SIXTEEN YEARS TRYING TO LOCATE THOSE MARINES THAT SERVED WITH OR MARINES FROM MY COMPANY. LET ME KNOW I LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO, CA. COULD GIVE PHONE NUMBERS OR FAX E-MAIL ADDRESSES OF MARINES FROM THE BRIGADE, INCHON, OR CHOSIN. ONE OF THE SAD MOMENTS IS AFTER JANUARY 1953 WHEN DOD STOPPED ALL INFORMATION COMMING OUT FROM KOREA OTHER OPERTION "LITTLE AND BIG SWITCH" A LOT OF MARINES HAVE STORIES TO TELL ABOUT THOSE LAST DAYS OF THE KOREAN WAR THAT WERE NEVER TOLD. LET ME KNOW I'M A ONE FINGER NERD AND I LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO,CA. BEST RICK SUAREZ I-3-7 KO CF 50/51
