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Sgt. Maj. Mike “Iron Mike” Mervosh shows Marines at the Staff Noncommisioned Officer Academy. a photo of him an the Marines he fought with at Iwo Jima during The Greatest Generation Foundation tour at the Staff Noncommissioned Officer Academy Dec. 6, 2013. He enlisted in September 1942, and was awarded personal decorations through World War II and the Korean and Vietnam Wars. He earned 11 personal combat awards with 13 battle stars, 10 unit citations and numerous other campaign and service awards. Now, retired after 35 years of service in the Marine Corps and 19 and a half years as a sergeant major, he continues to tour around to tell people his story.(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nathan Knapke) - Sgt. Maj. Mike “Iron Mike” Mervosh shows Marines at the Staff Noncommisioned Officer Academy. a photo of him an the Marines he fought with at Iwo Jima during The Greatest Generation Foundation tour at the Staff Noncommissioned Officer Academy Dec. 6, 2013. He enlisted in September 1942, and was awarded personal decorations through World War II and the Korean and Vietnam Wars. He earned 11 personal combat awards with 13 battle stars, 10 unit citations and numerous other campaign and service awards. Now, retired after 35 years of service in the Marine Corps and 19 and a half years as a sergeant major, he continues to tour around to tell people his story.(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nathan Knapke)

Nearly half a century has passed since the Marines of 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment fought through hell in Vietnam. The strains of combat have long imprisoned the vigor of their youth. Bodies have changed and reflexes slowed. Fresh, young faces of earlier days are ripe with weathered character. The men have lived a lifetime beyond war, but their memories remain vivid. On Aug. 22, 2012, approximately 30 Vietnam-era 2/3 Marines and their families visited Marine Corps Base Hawaii to reminisce on their service and render honor to a brother lost in combat, Sgt. Maj. Wayne Hayes. Pictured from left are: retired Gunnery Sgt. Ken Arnold, a platoon sergeant with Golf Company, 2/3, and Cuthbert, Ga., native; former Cpl. John Davila, a team leader with Fox Co., 2/3, and Ridgewood, N.J., native; former Staff Sgt. Don Watts, a platoon sergeant with Fox Co., 2/3, and Cloverdale, Calif., native; and Sgt. Bill Vizzerra, a rifleman with Golf Co., 2/3, and Palmer, Ak., native. Both Davila and Vizzerra were wounded in action. - Nearly half a century has passed since the Marines of 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment fought through hell in Vietnam. The strains of combat have long imprisoned the vigor of their youth. Bodies have changed and reflexes slowed. Fresh, young faces of earlier days are ripe with weathered character. The men have lived a lifetime beyond war, but their memories remain vivid. On Aug. 22, 2012, approximately 30 Vietnam-era 2/3 Marines and their families visited Marine Corps Base Hawaii to reminisce on their service and render honor to a brother lost in combat, Sgt. Maj. Wayne Hayes. Pictured from left are: retired Gunnery Sgt. Ken Arnold, a platoon sergeant with Golf Company, 2/3, and Cuthbert, Ga., native; former Cpl. John Davila, a team leader with Fox Co., 2/3, and Ridgewood, N.J., native; former Staff Sgt. Don Watts, a platoon sergeant with Fox Co., 2/3, and Cloverdale, Calif., native; and Sgt. Bill Vizzerra, a rifleman with Golf Co., 2/3, and Palmer, Ak., native. Both Davila and Vizzerra were wounded in action.

The spotless engine of a 1969 Camaro SS 396 sits on display during a Wounded Warrior Benefit Car Show outside the Navy Exchange near Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Feb. 25, 2011. The car show, organized by Marines from Aircraft Rescue Firefighting, Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, was held to honor and raise money for wounded Marines and sailors with Wounded Warrior Battalion West — Detachment Hawaii, on Marine Corps Base Hawaii. After the last vehicle left the parking lot, the ARFF Marines counted a total of $6,349 dollars raised for their wounded brothers-in-arms. - The spotless engine of a 1969 Camaro SS 396 sits on display during a Wounded Warrior Benefit Car Show outside the Navy Exchange near Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Feb. 25, 2011. The car show, organized by Marines from Aircraft Rescue Firefighting, Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, was held to honor and raise money for wounded Marines and sailors with Wounded Warrior Battalion West — Detachment Hawaii, on Marine Corps Base Hawaii. After the last vehicle left the parking lot, the ARFF Marines counted a total of $6,349 dollars raised for their wounded brothers-in-arms.

Actor and producer Gary Sinise, best known for his roles as Army 2nd Lt. Dan Taylor in the 1994 Academy Award-winning movie “Forrest Gump,” and Detective Mac Taylor in the TV show “Crime Scene Investigation: New York,” pumps up the crowd during a United Service Organizations-sponsored Lt. Dan Band concert at Hangar 103 on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Feb. 11, 2011. While the band’s mission to entertain remained unchanged from past performances at MCB Hawaii, this visit focused on advocating the Marine Corps’ new DSTRESS Line — “a place to call for those with the courage to answer our nation’s call.” - Actor and producer Gary Sinise, best known for his roles as Army 2nd Lt. Dan Taylor in the 1994 Academy Award-winning movie “Forrest Gump,” and Detective Mac Taylor in the TV show “Crime Scene Investigation: New York,” pumps up the crowd during a United Service Organizations-sponsored Lt. Dan Band concert at Hangar 103 on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Feb. 11, 2011. While the band’s mission to entertain remained unchanged from past performances at MCB Hawaii, this visit focused on advocating the Marine Corps’ new DSTRESS Line — “a place to call for those with the courage to answer our nation’s call.”

Cpl. James Owens, a radio operator with Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, paints new lines in the parking lot while volunteering at the Waianae Civic Center in Waianae, Hawaii, Dec. 17, 2010. Only hours before departing on winter holiday leave, 20 Headquarters Co. Marines volunteered their time to clean up the grounds of the center, which houses homeless veterans and their families. Opened in 2007 by Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle, the center is operated by the United States Veterans Initiative, the nation’s largest non-profit provider of services to veterans facing challenges in their transition to civilian life. It provides housing and transitional programs for approximately 275 people. - Cpl. James Owens, a radio operator with Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, paints new lines in the parking lot while volunteering at the Waianae Civic Center in Waianae, Hawaii, Dec. 17, 2010. Only hours before departing on winter holiday leave, 20 Headquarters Co. Marines volunteered their time to clean up the grounds of the center, which houses homeless veterans and their families. Opened in 2007 by Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle, the center is operated by the United States Veterans Initiative, the nation’s largest non-profit provider of services to veterans facing challenges in their transition to civilian life. It provides housing and transitional programs for approximately 275 people.

Marines with 3rd Marine Regiment honor the regiment’s fallen Marines and sailors while taking a knee at the Pacific War Memorial during a Fallen Heroes Run on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Dec. 15, 2010. Since 2004, 116 Marines and sailors from 3rd Marine Regiment have been killed during operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. On Dec. 14 and 15, teams of at least two Marines or sailors in combat boots and camouflage trousers ran a 2-mile evolution 116 times — one for each fallen hero. The route took them from the 3rd Marine Regiment headquarters building to the Pacific War Memorial here and back. - Marines with 3rd Marine Regiment honor the regiment’s fallen Marines and sailors while taking a knee at the Pacific War Memorial during a Fallen Heroes Run on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Dec. 15, 2010. Since 2004, 116 Marines and sailors from 3rd Marine Regiment have been killed during operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. On Dec. 14 and 15, teams of at least two Marines or sailors in combat boots and camouflage trousers ran a 2-mile evolution 116 times — one for each fallen hero. The route took them from the 3rd Marine Regiment headquarters building to the Pacific War Memorial here and back.

Lt. Gen. Duane Thiessen, commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, poses with U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye after cutting the ribbon at the new Supporting Arms Virtual Trainer building on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Nov. 5, 2010. According to the Marine Corps Systems Command, the SAVT is a device used to train joint terminal attack controllers, forward air controllers, and forward observers in the placement of tactical ordnance for close air support, naval surface fires and surface fires. The trainer will be used to support initial schoolhouse requirements and annual currency requirements. During his visit, Inouye, a former captain with the U.S. Army’s decorated 442nd Regimental Combat Team, also shared his experiences with officers at the Officer’s Club here. - Lt. Gen. Duane Thiessen, commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, poses with U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye after cutting the ribbon at the new Supporting Arms Virtual Trainer building on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Nov. 5, 2010. According to the Marine Corps Systems Command, the SAVT is a device used to train joint terminal attack controllers, forward air controllers, and forward observers in the placement of tactical ordnance for close air support, naval surface fires and surface fires. The trainer will be used to support initial schoolhouse requirements and annual currency requirements. During his visit, Inouye, a former captain with the U.S. Army’s decorated 442nd Regimental Combat Team, also shared his experiences with officers at the Officer’s Club here.

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U.S. Marines, veterans and families pose in front an AV-8B Harrier during a dedication ceremony at the open air museum on Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., Aug. 19, 2021. Marines from 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing and across the Marine Corps participated in a ceremony unveiling and dedicating an AV-8B Harrier at the museum to the late Lt. Col. Christopher “Otis” Raible and Sgt. Bradley Atwell, whom gave their lives defending the aircraft as well as surrounding Marines during an attack on Camp Bastion, Afghanistan in 2012. - U.S. Marines, veterans and families pose in front an AV-8B Harrier during a dedication ceremony at the open air museum on Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., Aug. 19, 2021. Marines from 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing and across the Marine Corps participated in a ceremony unveiling and dedicating an AV-8B Harrier at the museum to the late Lt. Col. Christopher “Otis” Raible and Sgt. Bradley Atwell, whom gave their lives defending the aircraft as well as surrounding Marines during an attack on Camp Bastion, Afghanistan in 2012.

Sergeant Mike Stachowski greets Archibald Mosley, May 27, at the Colp Area Veterans Celebration, Dedication and Remembrance Ceremony, in Colp, Illinois. The ceremony honored fallen service members, Mosley and three other African American Marines from Colp, who were among the first black Americans to join Marine Corps during World War II. They became known as the Montford Point Marines. Nearly 20,000 African-Americans joined the Marine Corps in 1942, after President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued a “presidential directive giving African Americans an opportunity to be recruited in the Marine Corps,” according to the Montford Point Marines Association website. They didn’t receive recruit training at San Diego or Parris Island, however, but Camp Montford Point, N.C., a segregated training site for African American Marine recruits. For the next seven years, the camp remained opened until it became desegregated. The four Marines are Sol Griffin, Jr.; James L. Kirby, Early Taylor, Jr. and Archibald Mosley. These Marines, among many other Montford Point Marines across the country, were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest award that can be given to a civilian by Congress, in 2012. - Sergeant Mike Stachowski greets Archibald Mosley, May 27, at the Colp Area Veterans Celebration, Dedication and Remembrance Ceremony, in Colp, Illinois. The ceremony honored fallen service members, Mosley and three other African American Marines from Colp, who were among the first black Americans to join Marine Corps during World War II. They became known as the Montford Point Marines. Nearly 20,000 African-Americans joined the Marine Corps in 1942, after President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued a “presidential directive giving African Americans an opportunity to be recruited in the Marine Corps,” according to the Montford Point Marines Association website. They didn’t receive recruit training at San Diego or Parris Island, however, but Camp Montford Point, N.C., a segregated training site for African American Marine recruits. For the next seven years, the camp remained opened until it became desegregated. The four Marines are Sol Griffin, Jr.; James L. Kirby, Early Taylor, Jr. and Archibald Mosley. These Marines, among many other Montford Point Marines across the country, were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest award that can be given to a civilian by Congress, in 2012.

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