National Museum of the Marine Corps

Unless otherwise noted, all photos on this page provided by Rick MARTS – South Park Photography.com

On March 2, 2007 survivors of the battle of 02 MAR 67 traveled to the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Virginia to commemorate the 40^th anniversary of that action with our leader Col. John W. Ripley, USMC (Ret), who acted as tour guide for around 60 of his “Raiders”

Group Photo outside the entrance of the museum

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Chuck GOGGIN, John RIPLEY, Rick MARTS

Steve MARLIN and his wife

Pam McBride, Anne Solbach, John SOLBACH, Steve MARLIN

George FRENCH with his wife and son

Jerry GLOVER, Robert MACGREGOR

Chuck PERCHERKE, Jerry GLOVER, Robert MACGREGOR

Kevin MACDONALD, Dave BRACE

Kevin MACDONALD

Kevin MACDONALD in a CH 47 headed to Khe Sanh

Al NIECE, AJ DOS SANTOS, Lee ASHBURN

Steve MARLIN at “Tunn Tavern”

John RIPLEY

?, George WOOD, Tom BAILEY, Steve MARLIN

A.J. DOS SANTOS, Mike ORLOSKI, Mike O Jr., Robert MCGREGOR

Skipper and Skippy

Tiger Dave SCHWERIAN

Steve MARLIN, George FRENCH, Chuck GOGGIN, John RIPLEY, Mike OCONNOR

Chuck GOGGIN, John RIPLEY, Jesse TORRES

Captain John RIPLEY ’s gear on display at the museum

John Ripley, Bud Wang, Al Niece

Photo by Rus Jewett

Kevin MCDONALD, Richard BANKS, Rus JEWETT, Rick MARTS, Chuck GOGGIN

Richard BANKS, John RIPLEY, Rus JEWETT

Photo by Rus JEWETT

Photo by Rus JEWETT

Leaving the Museum

Photo by Rus JEWETT

Warren MIXER boarding the bus for the trip back to the hotel

Photo by Rus JEWETT

Richard BANKS, John RIPLEY, Greg GREEN, Jerry GLOVER

Photo by Rus JEWETT