"HE was not just one man!  He was ALL the men... like you

Who stood their ground, and racked a round,

That's why we're called

THE FEW !"

Mike Swagerty, Company M 3/27

7 April 2009

VC flag captured during Operation Brook by 3/27 in May 1968. Please help us to identify the men in this photo.  So far we have:

Nick Cravens, Don Moye, Danny Banks, Jerry Styck, Paul Gibbs, Terry Beasley (?), (?) Miller, (?) Powell, Cpl. Pond (?),

SSgt. Croy, McMillen or McDuffy (?).  Names provided by Jerry Styck.  Photo was taken by Fred Steube (81mm Mortars).

                                   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.

Please sign our Guest Book!

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                                                 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.

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   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 the vicinity of Austin, Texas!  The date is set for 30May - 2Jun2011.  Roy Parr, Doug Grady, and Mike Stoppa will be our hosts, and it will take place near Austin (home of the University of Texas).  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.                           

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 (Navy Cross) 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 plaques are 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. 

It has been learned that Amazon.com is now offering "Every Marine" at a 15% discount, plus free shipping.  Act now to take advantage of this offer, before the book is sold out again! (Posting dated 14Jan2010).

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.