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1st Bn 2nd Bn 3rd Bn Anti-Tank Co Communications Platoon H&S Co 4.2 Mortar Co Motor Transport Det History of Marine Phib Recon/Force Reunions G/3/1 2000 All Marine Reunions will be posted shortly

G/3/1 Reunions 2000

On Sat, 13 Nov 1999 
Milton L KeizerEmail address wrote:

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G-3-1 Korea Association 1950-55 is going "back to Boot Camp" in 
the year 2000. 

Host Committee Dan and Irene Frydrychowski and Wilbur "Red" Jones
are arranging support from MCRD, San Diego for September 6-9, 2000. 

The reunion hotel will be the Town & Country.  MGen. Carl W. Hofffman 
(a former CO of 3/1) has agreed to be the banquet speaker.  

Wed/Thur - registration; 
Fri - MCRD colors, parade, PX time, and Memorial Service;
Sat -  Banquet.

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Motor Transport

On Sat, 03 Oct 1998
Herman Queener Email addresswrote:

I was at Koto-ri in Dec 50. I was a Mechanic in the Regt. MT. I observed
the site of a mass grave just below our tent area. We were set up just
where the road turned west after leaving the Mountain range we went
over.

We were hit one night and over run temporary. I only counted about 20
men the best I can remember. I am trying to get map of that area in a
scale that I can pinpoint the site. I know there was a creek just below
the site. 

We received an air drop directly over the site earlier. I believe I
mentioned this in a letter I wrote later. Seems like one of the names
was something like Mathinson or something like that and a machine gunner
that was killed when we were overrun. I can still see a couple of the
faces and the position they were froze in. There was an old knocked out
armored tank like vehicle near the site. I always wondered if they were
found or documented. 

Regards,
former Sgt. Regt. Motor Transport 1st Marine Regt. 50-51 
Herman R. Queener

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History of Marine Phib Recon/Force

On Sun, 21 Dec 1997 
Updated 23 Jun 2000
RONALD D. MCKINNEY Email address wrote:

Incomplete Manuscript History of Marine Phib Recon/Force Recon by
Chaplain Ray Stubbe, PADDLES AND PARACHUTES, available from Marine Corps
Historical Center on Inter-library loan.(1939 TO 1956).

Also FMFM 2-2 and my files bring it up to 1962. Vol.1 History of 
Marine Corps Operations in Vietnam from 1954 to 1964 now available also.

Leatherneck P.O. Box 1775, Quantico, VA has archived issues (They
had a corespondent in the field in Korea for the duration).

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