SUBMITTED BY:
Name: Ellen May
From: Kwajalein
E-mail: Contact

COMMENTS:
I was on Kwajalein from 1970-79 and 81-91... grew up there.. have a facebook page called KWAJ PODGE.. many friends and old timers on there. I came across your site and was blown away.. all the memories I have of the islands all born from your presence on our island.. PLEASE come to facebook and tell us stories of our island. We are most grateful for your sacrifices and for the freedom you all gave us.. but only us kwajamites understand Kwajalein and its island life.. we would LOVE to swap stories of what was and what is. Thank you sooo much for your site .. the photos blew me away..

Added: November 21, 2010

SUBMITTED BY:
Name: Cyndi Pavia
From: Currently on Kwajalein (2007 -
E-mail: Contact

COMMENTS:
Wow! What a wonderful organization ya'll are! I enjoy reading your recollections and seeing your photos. Thank for sharing and God Bless!

Added: November 20, 2010

SUBMITTED BY:
Name: don swindle
From: indiana
E-mail: Contact

COMMENTS:
my 23rd reg 4th marine division took Roi the island was just a big jap air base.
semper fi

Added: October 29, 2010

SUBMITTED BY:
Name: Hal Parker
From: Kwajalein, R.M.I.
E-mail: Contact

COMMENTS:
You guys have done a great job with this web site. Still hoping to identify one or more of the airplanes at Roi-Namur on my next rip.

Added: October 5, 2010

SUBMITTED BY:
Name: Anthony Mihelich
From: South Elgin, Illinois
E-mail: Contact

COMMENTS:
I have a photograph album.It is without a doubt my most prized posession. The images it contains were seared into my memory since the first time I opened it,and it is opened next to me as I sit here now. My fathers' short captions below them are just as interesting as the pictures themselves,'T.Mihelich,M.Prock,& R.Shock,"Screwy Three".'[M-1s,fixed bayonets,outside a tar-papered structure while stationed at Newport,Ark.'T.Mihelich and Marty-telling someone to blow it out'.'Just a little bayonet practice',etc. Every picture seemed to tell a story.And since my sister discovered this website and told me about it,the story has become more fascinating than I could have imagined.Thanks,Dad. And thanks to all the guys in these old black & white photos for being in them, and literaly dropping a slice of WW-2 into my hands.Thank you for this truly awesome website on VMB613. Without it I would never have known.

Added: August 22, 2010

SUBMITTED BY:
Name: Cosmo Moccia
From: Monticello, UT
E-mail: Contact

COMMENTS:
I was a very good friend of Staff Sgt. Wiliam Semple. We grew up together in Greenwich Village, NY, NY and joined the Marine Corps at the same time. I would like to get ahold of his son Bill to speak about his father.

Added: August 3, 2010

SUBMITTED BY:
Name: Fontaine Boutwell
From: Cherry Point, NC
E-mail: Contact

COMMENTS:
I was born and raised at Cherry Point, NC and currently reside in Jacksonville, FL, my father is retired Marine pilot LtCol Ted Boutwell. He is currently turning age 91 and will not be here much longer. He was very closed mouth about his work so I do not have much of his personal history. In the summer of 1989 he took me to a squardron reunion at Morehead City, NC. I was totally overwhelmed. He said he flew PBJ's during WWII and it was a reuion of a special flight. If any of you guys were involved please contact me at 904 626-1526 cell phone or a097461@allstate.com. The Marine children of Cherry Point have reuions there every 3 years but none of use really knew what our father's did for a living. There is one coming of the 1st weekend in October 2010, please come tell your stories!!!

Added: July 19, 2010

SUBMITTED BY:
Name: Roy M Savary
From: Comfort Texas
E-mail: Contact

COMMENTS:
My Uncle Leroy A Savary served with VMB-614 MAG 62 in the Spring of 1944 at MCAS Cherry Point NC. His was a top turret gunner on a B-25H called "Zipper Strippin Mama". The aircraft was lost during a training exercise, with loss of all the crew. I have a letter (envelope) mailed May 22 of 44. He was killed soon after, before the group deployed. I would really like to find someone that knows where I might find more info. I'm retired Air Force myself, and I was named after this Marine. We are losing Veterans of the Greatest generation way too fast. God Bless these Veterans...Roy M Savary rmsavary@hotmail.com

Added: July 17, 2010

SUBMITTED BY:
Name: Andrea (Rongstad) Grabrick
From: Welch, MN
E-mail: Contact

COMMENTS:
My dad, Charles (Chuck) Rongstad, was part of this squadron. Once a Marine, always a Marine!! God Bless you all.

Added: June 25, 2010

SUBMITTED BY:
Name: booster windham
From: hartsville sc
E-mail: Contact

COMMENTS:
thanks for this history.as a young man ,LESTER ROBINSON-RADIO/RADAR/GUNNER,WOULD TELL ME STORIES ABOUT VMB613.I LATER BECAME AN AIRFORCE PILOT.I RETIRED FROM DELTA AIRLINES AND LIVE IN HARTSVILLE,S.C.LESTER LIVES IN HARTSVILLE AND I TALK TO HIM AT POST OFFICE LAST WEEK.I AM BUILDING A MODEL OF 613S PBJ. THANKS TO ALL OF YOU . BOOSTER WINDHAM

Added: June 15, 2010