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Welcome to Marines, Vietnam veterans, and curious history buffs. This site is constantly under construction and probably will never be completed. Enjoy and please sign the guestbook, links to which may be found above and below. We are always looking for former members of the 3rd Battalion, 27th Marine Regiment, Vietnam. If you have or want any information on 3/27 or its members contact one of the Battalion historians.
LITERATURE BY 3/27 MARINES
Click on the below site to view some of the books, poems, short stories, etc that has been written by members of the Three 27 Family.
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK. Reunion MAY 31 - JUNE 5, 2009
PLEASE VISIT THE REUNION PAGE ON THIS SITE FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.
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The next reunion for 3/27 will be in Texas! Roy Parr, Doug Grady, and Mike Stoppa will be our hosts, and it will take place in either Austin (home of the University of Texas) or in Fort Worth, next door neighbor to Dallas. More info to follow as it becomes available. I'd like to thank Roy, Doug, Mike and their spouses Dee, Libby and Bonnie for stepping up to the plate and accepting the duty. God Bless Y'All.
Reunion Updates: The "Reunion" link above will take you to the latest updates on the 2009 Three -Twenty Seven Reunion in Oklahoma City, and photos of past reunions. We are seeking more of such photos for inclusion in this site. Please contact the Webmaster at .trigney098@comcast.net for info on how to submit photographs.
The 3/27 Guest Book is also a dynamic document, relaying current data, fond remembrances of history, and a "Whatever happened to" or "Does anybody remember when...?" fact finder. Please feel free to post on it and use it as a link to your past and perhaps a bridge to the future. Scan the archival pages for entries of great interest and import to all of us, including comments by some of our brothers who now serve on Heaven's scene...
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A new Veterans' Monument in Placerville, CA, was dedicated 11 Nov. 2006.... Our 3/27 brother Richard Buchanan (NC) is the monument's founder and needless to say, the men of 3/27 figure prominently in its theme. Please visit the website listed here for more information. Semper Fi, and "Thanks, Rich!" The dedication plaque is shown below.
Order# is S3351;ISBN# is 0788433512. Paper, 5 1/2" X 8 1/2", 494 pages. This book takes the reader from the emergency formation of a Marine battalion at Camp Pendleton, California, to the battlefields of Vietnam where they slowly honed their war skills before joining the battle on Go Noi Island. Individual Marines describe the events and their feelings in their own words." (Heritage Books review, 2005.)
"Graphic, intense, extremely personal testimony by and about Marines at war...'Every Marine' provides the chronological history, with exacting realism, of one Marine infantry battalion, created as an emergency measure, then thrust unmercifully into the hell that was Southeast Asia in 1968...this accounting of the 'melting pot battalion'...inspires, influences, warms the heart and chills the soul." (Leatherneck Magazine review, Oct. 2005).
THE BOOK MAY ALSO BE PURCHASED THRU www.amazon.com.
Primary Contact Personnel
trigney098@comcast.net 3/27 Webmaster 3/27 Battalion Chaplain 3/27 Photo & Archive Records
3/27 Address & e-mail Records (Janet Rigney)
UkieMarine@cs.com 3/27 Reunion Historian 3/27 Biographies
Military Organization Coordinator
Reunion Master of Ceremonies
Veterans Benefits Assistance : For info about Agent Orange, PTSD, education, VA hospital care, or any other Veteran benefit or concern, contact one of our own 3/27 brothers at the below e-mail address...
fred.steube@va.gov Fred Steube is a Vets' Service Officer and a former H&S Co. (Mortars) 3/27 Marine in Vietnam. For the latest info on benefits, click on the link below. life insurance and burial assistance.
www.va.gov/opa/feature/index.asp or may be ordered from GPO at $5 a copy using stock #051-000-00236-9.
This is a very valuable book for all veterans and their families and is updated with the newest (2008) r pertaining to veterans’ benefits.
The latest edition of the VA’s “Federal Benefits for Veterans, dependents and Survivors” is now available on line. The 164 page handbook provides the latest information on important changes in eligibility for VA medical care and benefits, including education, disability compensation, pension, home loan guaranty, vocational rehabilitation, life insurance and burial assistance.
or may be ordered from GPO at $5 a copy using stock #051-000-00236-9.