I remember sometimes we would race to the barracks when we heard the first note. If you didn't make it, you better STOP turn to the music and salute. Semper Fi
@USMC Veteran I recall the same. In the last remaining years on Active Duty, that evolved to making sure that I was outside for morning colors. Semper Fi, Jarhead! Best to all.
@@GySgt_USMC_Ret. miss those days. I was stationed at Camp LeJeune two times Jan-Jul74, then on to Camp Foster and back to Camp LeJeune Sep75-Oct77. I wished I'd stayed in. They offered me Ssgt if I'd go to Admin Chief School. I almost reenlisted but at the last minute I changed my mind. Got out and let my hair grow down to my collar. That lasted about 4-5 years and back to a high & tight since 1982. Semper Fi Devil Dog and long live the Legend of Chesty Puller..... OUT
@USMC Veteran I was there second time Jan -Sept 74, back from Iwakuni. Got an early-out for college, then returned. The Corps is like the bad girlfriend you keep going back to. I'm a dual-retread, Vietnam-Era, Cold War-Era, Gulf War-Era Vet. I hope to reincarnate somewhere in the multiverse as a Space Force Marine. Semper Fidelis, Jarhead.
@@GySgt_USMC_Ret. so we were at Camp LeJeune the same time Jan-Jul74. I was with Truck Co, H&S Bn, 2nr Force Service Regiment. What unit was you with Jan-Jul74? Semper Fi Devil Dog.
German shipbuilder Blohm & Voss designated their ship contracts consecutively. Horst Wessel was Schiff (ship) 508. Hitler was definitely at her christening ceremony and sailed aboard briefly. She was taken as a war prize by the U.S. and is currently in service as Coast Guard Cutter Eagle. Immediately previous on the "assembly line," Schiff 507 was an ocean liner called "Windhuk." That ship was "hidden" in Brazil to avoid capture in the early days of WWII. It was sabotaged by the crew to keep it from being useful to Germany's enemies, but the U.S. bought it from Brazil and refitted it with diesel engines (it was originally a leading-edge turbine powered ship but German crew poured concrete into the turbines to ruin them)...anyway, the ship served as U.S. Troop transport "USS Lejeune." The ship survived the war but was broken up for scrap in Portland, OR in 1966 but the bell was saved, and it rings at morning colors each day at USMC Camp Lejeune. Schiff 509's keel was laid down right after Horst Wessel's. It was launched on St. Valentine's day, 1939 but wasn't commissioned 'til August of 1940. Short-lived and successfully scuttled by her crew after sustaining debilitating damage in May of 1941, it was named "Bismarck."
yes. had color detail for a month when at Lejeune. thanks for posting..great memories!!
Memories of Camp LeJeune. Jan-Jul 1974 and Sep75-Oct77. Semper Fi from an old Marine Sgt...OUT
I had multiple tours there. Good memories.
Fair winds and following seas to all.
I remember sometimes we would race to the barracks when we heard the first note. If you didn't make it, you better STOP turn to the music and salute. Semper Fi
@USMC Veteran I recall the same. In the last remaining years on Active Duty, that evolved to making sure that I was outside for morning colors. Semper Fi, Jarhead!
Best to all.
@@GySgt_USMC_Ret. miss those days. I was stationed at Camp LeJeune two times Jan-Jul74, then on to Camp Foster and back to Camp LeJeune Sep75-Oct77. I wished I'd stayed in. They offered me Ssgt if I'd go to Admin Chief School. I almost reenlisted but at the last minute I changed my mind. Got out and let my hair grow down to my collar. That lasted about 4-5 years and back to a high & tight since 1982.
Semper Fi Devil Dog and long live the Legend of Chesty Puller..... OUT
@USMC Veteran I was there second time Jan -Sept 74, back from Iwakuni. Got an early-out for college, then returned. The Corps is like the bad girlfriend you keep going back to. I'm a dual-retread, Vietnam-Era, Cold War-Era, Gulf War-Era Vet. I hope to reincarnate somewhere in the multiverse as a Space Force Marine. Semper Fidelis, Jarhead.
@@GySgt_USMC_Ret. so we were at Camp LeJeune the same time Jan-Jul74. I was with Truck Co, H&S Bn, 2nr Force Service Regiment. What unit was you with Jan-Jul74?
Semper Fi Devil Dog.
Love it Semper fi
Ooooorrrraaaaahhhh!!!
Did you forget about the friday colors? They have a different call on fridays
This never get old
I hear ya. Memories of Camp LeJeune Jan-Jul74 and Sep75-Oct77. Semper Fi Leatherneck, long live the Legend of Chesty Puller.
German shipbuilder Blohm & Voss designated their ship contracts consecutively. Horst Wessel was Schiff (ship) 508. Hitler was definitely at her christening ceremony and sailed aboard briefly. She was taken as a war prize by the U.S. and is currently in service as Coast Guard Cutter Eagle.
Immediately previous on the "assembly line," Schiff 507 was an ocean liner called "Windhuk." That ship was "hidden" in Brazil to avoid capture in the early days of WWII. It was sabotaged by the crew to keep it from being useful to Germany's enemies, but the U.S. bought it from Brazil and refitted it with diesel engines (it was originally a leading-edge turbine powered ship but German crew poured concrete into the turbines to ruin them)...anyway, the ship served as U.S. Troop transport "USS Lejeune." The ship survived the war but was broken up for scrap in Portland, OR in 1966 but the bell was saved, and it rings at morning colors each day at USMC Camp Lejeune.
Schiff 509's keel was laid down right after Horst Wessel's. It was launched on St. Valentine's day, 1939 but wasn't commissioned 'til August of 1940. Short-lived and successfully scuttled by her crew after sustaining debilitating damage in May of 1941, it was named "Bismarck."
I remember the bell, I didn't realize it was from the USS LeJeune. Semper Fidelis from an old Marine Sergeant