All Original Written
Material copyright 1999, Dan Marsh; all original artwork copyright
1999 by Louie Marsh. Please use with permission only.
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Since 2-18-98
UPDATE: The
tentative dates for the Raider Reunion this year will be Wednesday,
September 1st - Sunday, September 5th. Details to follow!
Here's an amazing video of former
USMC Commandant Peter Pace giving a very moving speech about our
brave men & women fighting overseas. Be sure to watch it!
UPDATE:
Click
Here for complete Memorial Information on our Immediate Past
President of the USMC Raider Association, Ken O'Donnell, upon his
recent passing. Thanks to Joe Shusko for the information.
NEW - 10-6-2009 -
Thanks to Jim Johannes for sending me the link
to this - the correct pronunciation for Marine legend
Gen. Lejeune's name!
NEW - 9-1-2009 -
Click the Dan Dispatches link for our new page
devoted to telling a little bit about Dad's story. I've just begun,
and will be adding more as time goes on.
NEW- 8-25-2009 -
The 2009 Raider Reunion is over -
click here for pictures
and links!
NEW! 7-3-2009:
The Raider trip to China is over, and here's a video
from the trip. One of our guides, Ye Zi, explains about the section
of the Great Wall that we visited!
NEW 4-25-2009!!
Thanks to Jim Gleason, Raider Corpsman, for sending me
the links, we now Raider related videos right here on the site!
You can see one below - and click here
for the rest!
Click Here
to see some great new pictures sent in a long time ago (sorry!) by
Suzanne (Veldhuis)
Henley and Cindi Sweet
Hoveland.
Looking
for information on Raider family members? Well now
thanks to
Rudy Rosenquist,George MacRae, and Robert
Whichard; all of whom work with the Raider Museum - you can! Click
Here to find out how.
I have used Gung-Ho to welcome you to my
personal Web site because it characterizes what these pages are all about. The United
States Marine Raiders. The word from the Chinese means literally "Work
together," but has been corrupted to mean some thing less.
The Raiders understood the meaning
of the word and lived out "work together" in training and combat. However, they
would define it another way, "lookout for the man on your right and the man on your
left." They realized nothing was of more importance in any life situation and it
remains deeply ingrained in their character today.
Author in
the Corps & Korea!
MY PURPOSE
There exist
today official histories of Marine Raider operations as well fictional and
nonfictional accounts of their activities. I am not qualified, neither is it my intention to
supplement such histories and records. These pages are personal, based entirely on my
reaction and evaluation of events in my experience as I witnessed them, understood them
and remember them. Supplemental information is provided from various sources in the public
domain.
I AM SOLELY
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT OF THIS SITE.
DISCLAIMER: This site has not been authorized,
endorsed or reviewed by the office of the Commandant of the United States Marine Corps or
any other branch of The Department of Defense.
Also it has not been reviewed or approved by
The United States Marine Raider Association of which I am a member.
