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George Chrisman writes:  Have you ever  heard of a blue book that was perhaps a collection of maybe newspaper stories (Stars and Stripes?) about Marines in WWII? I have a doctor friend whose father was on Choiseul Island with Brute Krulack . Supposedly there are accounts of the fighting there. Would any of our older members have knowledge of or perhaps have written the stories included in it?  The father, John Erotas , thinks it was a book distributed to Marines around that

Executive Director Note:   Many of us now getting a bit long in the tooth first met a young pink-cheeked, red-headed, raw-boned Texas reporter/photographer with UPI named Galloway in mid-1965.  He was fresh from the Ie Drang Valley battle with the Army’s 7th Cavalry Division where he was “blooded” and later, decorated.  He was the first civilian reporter to win the Bronze Star with Combat V.  We lost track over the years as we plowed our pursuits in the corporate world and J

Webmaster's Note: Tom Bartlett and I worked together at Leatherneck magazine from 1990-94. Among the many, many stories he told, this was one of my favorites. Every year I would go into his office and make him read this to me. I can still hear his deep, smoke-roughened voice.... The Night They Gunned Down Santa Claus by Chet Lynn There's  strange things done 'neath the Vietnamese sun but the thing that locked my jaws was the  night 'neath the moon, the third platoon gunned

CCHQ received a call Thursday evening from the grandson of Col. Donald L. Dickson wanting to know more about his grandfather.  We immediately “sick’d” him on to former Leatherneck Art Director Chuck Beveridge and to current Leatherneck Publisher/Editor Walt Ford .  It occurs that many of you knew Don Dickson and could provide your own stories to his grandson.  Please email direct to:  daverudolph@hotmail.com  and john_rudolph30@hotmail.com Webmaster's note: Please send stor

Combat Combo Marine: Vietnam War News Articles and Photographs by a Marine "Pacific Stars & Stripes" Staff Correspondent/Photographer by John K Baird; Cover Design or Artwork by John E. Shimko; Photographs by John K "Jack" Baird Vietnam war news articles and photographs by a former pacific stars and stripes staff correspondent, who is a retired U.S, Marine Master Sergeant who served both in Korea (1950) and Vietnam (1965-66 and 1970-71). About the Book M/Sgt John (Jack) K. B

Capt. Shane Pollard, a student in the Maneuver Captains Career Course, chats with authors Joe Galloway , center, and retired Lt. Gen. Hal Moore about Vietnam.  Galloway and Moore signed 200 copies of their new book, " We are Soldiers Still ", at Infantry Hall, Fort Benning, Ga.