Awesome. I'm a retired Marine. I can't tell you how many times I drove by Camp Geiger near Camp Lejeune in North Carolina and never thought to ask who it was named after. Obviously, as a Marine, I know the history of the Marines in the Pacific during WWII, but maybe not in the detail I should. Guess when I was on active duty I was too busy for history lessons. I'm doing that work now and it's further appreciation for the unit I served for 25 years.KevinS wrote: ↑February 23rd, 2021, 1:54 pmPL OK!aeb2468 wrote: ↑February 21st, 2021, 9:56 am https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/marinesvictoryonokinawa_03_josephalexander_128kb.mp3 (12:05:37)
Nice to hear General Geiger profiled. My father and the General's son were friends. (They served together in Viet Nam.)
[Complete] The Final Campaign: Marines in the Victory on Okinawa by Joseph H. Alexander - lt
Another close friend of my father's joined the Marines. He went to enlist before being drafted into the Korean Conflict. My father was with him and they checked in with the Navy and Army but the lines were too long. Jimmy said to my father, "Let's check out the Marines." They found the recruiting station nearly empty! Jimmy enlisted. (My father said, "I'll wait til I'm drafted.") Jimmy did his time and then stayed in the Marine Corps Reserves for his twenty (?) years. My father was eventually drafted into the Army and stayed on for twenty-two years or so, first as an enlisted man and then he was sent to OCS.aeb2468 wrote: ↑February 24th, 2021, 6:50 pmAwesome. I'm a retired Marine. I can't tell you how many times I drove by Camp Geiger near Camp Lejeune in North Carolina and never thought to ask who it was named after. Obviously, as a Marine, I know the history of the Marines in the Pacific during WWII, but maybe not in the detail I should. Guess when I was on active duty I was too busy for history lessons. I'm doing that work now and it's further appreciation for the unit I served for 25 years.KevinS wrote: ↑February 23rd, 2021, 1:54 pmPL OK!aeb2468 wrote: ↑February 21st, 2021, 9:56 am https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/marinesvictoryonokinawa_03_josephalexander_128kb.mp3 (12:05:37)
Nice to hear General Geiger profiled. My father and the General's son were friends. (They served together in Viet Nam.)
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Thank you for your service.aeb2468 wrote: ↑February 24th, 2021, 6:50 pm Awesome. I'm a retired Marine. I can't tell you how many times I drove by Camp Geiger near Camp Lejeune in North Carolina and never thought to ask who it was named after. Obviously, as a Marine, I know the history of the Marines in the Pacific during WWII, but maybe not in the detail I should. Guess when I was on active duty I was too busy for history lessons. I'm doing that work now and it's further appreciation for the unit I served for 25 years.
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I just realized that you haven't been putting in the times (length) for each section into the Magic Window. (I should have pointed that out at the beginning.) I've gone ahead and put them in for your completed sections.
Great reading!
Great reading!
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Sorry about that. Thanks for the catch
PL OK!aeb2468 wrote: ↑March 5th, 2021, 8:27 am https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/marinesvictoryonokinawa_06_josephalexander_128kb.mp3 (10:37)
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PL OK!aeb2468 wrote: ↑March 13th, 2021, 12:58 pm https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/marinesvictoryonokinawa_07_josephalexander_128kb.mp3 (34:15)
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