Don Bumgarner
dbumc13usmc@verizon.net
Marine Buddy
Strafford MO 65757 USA
48 Years ago today-Mother's Day again!
Jim, another year has passed. 48 years ago today, today I was in Church, thinking about you again. Today is Mother's Day again, like it was 48 years ago. Back then your Mom said she woke up from her sleep, and she heard your voice calling out to her. She said, you were calling out, 'MOM, MOM, MOM!' She has now passed also, and is with you now. Tell her I said 'Hello'. I have moved to Missouri now, and Peggy just bought a house here. She will be moving here as soon as she can. She is selling her place in Florida. Again, JIM, YOU are not forgotten and never will be. No May 10th will pass without thinking about you. At the Reunion this year, those that knew you, will talk again about you and the others lost on Operation Beaver Cage. You and many other Great Marines were lost that Day in the Que San Valley. Rest in Peace MY BROTHER, We all Love Ya too. Semper Fidelis Marine-Don B C/1/3 67-68.
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JOHN O'DONNELL
MARINE VET
HONORING A YOUNG BRAVE MARINE HERO
THIS MAN HAS GIVEN OF HIMSELF EVERTHING HE COULD, SO THAT HIS BROTHER MARINES AND THE PEOPLE BACK HOME COULD LIVE A MORE PEACEFUL LIFE. THIS GIFT OF HIS LIFE SHOWS THE GREATNESS OF THIS HERO. HERO'S DON'T WEAR A CAPE OR MASK NO! THEY WEAR MARINE GREEN.HERO'S COME IN DIFFERENT SHAPE'S AND SIZE'S. AS EACH DAY PASSES,WE MUST TAKE THE TIME TO REMEMBER WHAT THIS HERO GAVE UP! SO THAT WE COULD LIVE IN A FREE SOCIETY. THANK YOU ! SEMPER FI! HERO YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN DOSEN'T MATTER IF YOU ARE A 2YR, 3YR, 4YR, ENLISTMENT OR A DRAFTEE OR RESERVIST,OFFICER OR ENLISTED YOU HAVE EARNED THE TITTLE OF U.S. MARINE! A NATION CRIES OUT FOR THE LOSS OF ITS SON.
May 10, 2014 |
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Kenneth Burkitt
kbc13usmc@hotmail.com
buddy
218 E 6hr Mt. Carmel IL 62863 USA
Hello Jim. It's has been 47 years yesterday. I have lived with the thought for 47 years that if I had been there you might still be here. I wrote you a letter several months ago telling you my feelings. Yesterday you answered me and I am at peace. RIP brother. Semper Fi.96
May 10, 2014 |
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Don Bumgarner
dbumc13usmc@verizon.net
Marine Buddy
Stuart FL 34996
JIM you are Not Forgotten- Been 47 Years ago Today
Hello JIM, been another year, 47 now. I'm down in Florida, with Peggy now. This day each year, I THINK of You, and want to tell you, You are still MISSED! Many of us from C/1/3 will never forget you. YOU are with us in spirit each year at the Reunions. Take Care, continue to Rest in Peace, and will be visiting you again soon. Your BROTHER, Don B C/1/3 67-68.
May 10, 2014 |
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Don Bumgarner
dbumc13usmc@verizon.net
Marine Brother/ Buddy
Whittier CA 90603 USA
Hello JIM!
Hello Jim, TODAY Ken and I visited your grave in Oak Hill Cemetery, again. It has been 45 1/2 years since we last visited your grave, with your Mom and family. Ken met Peggy and me, in Lawrence, and we wanted to visit YOUR Grave one more time! WE still miss you, and think of you each year many times. Ken and I will never FORGET you! WE were my Mom's THREE MARINES!
Semper Fidelas, My Friend and Brother!
Your Buddy, Don
Oct 13, 2013 |
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Don Bumgarner
dbumc13usmc@verizon.net
Marine Buddy
Whittier CA 90603 USA
Hello JIM, Another Memorial Day has arrived. You again are in my thoughts. With the REUNION, in Washington,DC this year, Burkitt, Bacon, Taylor, Huffman, and others will be talking about you. Hope John H. might show up too. WE all Miss You Brother, and will be at the 'WALL', touching Your Name again. RIP, Your Friend Don B C/1/3 67-68.
May 26, 2013 |
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Don Bumgarner
dbumc13usmc@verizon.net
Marine Buddy
Whittier CA 90603 USA
46 Years Ago Today
Jim, another year has passed, now 46 years since that fateful day May 10th, 1967 on Operation Beaver Cage. WOW, how this world has changed, but WE ALL from C/1/3 will NEVER FORGET YOU. Tell your Mom, that her friend Peggy, and I are seeing each other again, as we are both widowed. Think you remember Peggy too. Continue to RIP, and Guard those Gate of Heaven. One Day, WE will meet again my Brother. Semper Fidelis Marine, Your Friend Don.
May 10, 2013 |
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Don Bumgarner
dbumc13usmc@verizon.net
Marine Buddy
Whittier CA 90603
Memorial Day 2012
JIM, with Memorial Day this year, ALWAYS Think and Remember YOU! WOW! Been 45 plus years now! Continue to RIP, tell your Mom I said Hello, Your Buddy/Friend Don B C/1/3 67-68.
(I am the Web master at www.onethreemarines.com , and we have information there about Our Battalion with some History of Vietnam there. Also, there is a list of the MEN who served in Charlie Company incase you might know or looking for a Marine from C/1/3. Know WE in C/1/3, DO REMEMBER Our Brothers on this WALL! Semper Fidelis and RIP My Brother!)
May 27, 2012 |
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Don Bumgarner
dbumc13usmc@verizon.net
Marine Buddy
Whittier CA 90603 USA
45 YEARS ago today May 10th, 1967 RIP Jim
JIM, 45 Years ago today, I saw you walking forward in the morning, that was the last time I saw you, then the Company got Hit. After hearing you were Hit, I don't remember much about the day, but did help carry you that night to the LZ. I said MY Good Bye, and told you to RIP. Hope you have RIP all these years, and now that your Mom has been in Heaven with you for 3 years, maybe it is easier on you both. Burkitt, Bacon, Bill Taylor, and I just finished a 14 Day trip back to Vietnam between April 24th and May 8th. We were in the Area of Operation Beaver Cage, and talked about you. May 10th, 1967 was a TUFF Day for the Battalion, and CHARLIE Company, as we lost 22-KIA and 88-WIA that day with 3 Posthumously Awarded NAVY CROSSES. Your Gun Team Squad Leader Cpl Sanders, was Awarded one. Know ALL Your Marine Buddies are THINKING about you today, as we always do! RIP MY BROTHER, see ya one of these day. Tell your Mom, I said hello!
May 10, 2012 |
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Robert Lopez
ppddispatchdl@ci.petersburg.ak.us
Fellow Marine & Vietnam Veteran
Petersburg Alaska
Saepe Expertus, Semper Fidelis, Fratres Aeterni...
Often Tested, Always Faithful, Brothers Forever...
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