30th Fall of Saigon Marines Association Reunion

Fall of Saigon Marines Association

30th Anniversary

Vietnam Wall with Fall of Saigon cover near Cpl McMahon and LCpl Judge's names

Colonel Steve Hasty (Staff Noncommissioned Officer in Charge of  Can Tho Detachment ) presents Cpl Otis Holmes a long pass due Purple Heart.   Cpl Otis Holmes was wounded at the same time that Cpl McMahon and LCpl Judge was killed-in-action.

Front Row (L-R): Gary Mellinger, J.D. Sneed, Lamar Holmes, John Ghilain, Doug Potratz,  R.C. Smith, Terry Bennington, Duane Gevers, Ken Crouse.  Second Row = Ted Murray, Kevin Maloney, Steve Moore,  Larry Killens, John Kirchner, Bill Newell,  Colin Broussard, Mike Sweeny, John Valdez, Steve Stratton, Dean Kinzie, John Moya and Chris Woods.

Can Tho Detachment
Front Row:  Colonel Steve Hasty
Second Row (Left to Right) Lee Johnson and Steve Moore
Third Row (Left to Right) Larry Killens and John Kirchner

From left to right:   Near the Vietnam Wall:   Sgt Bill Spruce, CWO Doug Potratz, ( Captain Quang X. Pham USMC) was evacuated by the Marines during the Fall of Saigon.  He later joined the Marines and became a chopper pilot for the Corps),  Sgt Geagley, Cpl Ghilain and MSgt Broussard

Lance Corporal Ken Crouse USMC, Sgt Ted Murray USMC and MGySgt John Valdez Retired near the
Lincoln Memorial

SSgt Steve Stratton and  Lance Corporal Ken Crouse - Crossroads Inn, Quantico, Virginia

Rich Paddock and Hai look over a scrapbook depicting her evacuation from the country after the fall of Saigon in '75..
TED BENSON/THE BEE
 

Fall of Saigon Marines Associations Officers receive
Certificate Commendations

30th Fall of Saigon Anniversary Interviews and Media links

	Fall of Saigon Individual Marine Interviews
	Vets look back at U.S. pullout from Saigon 30 years ago
	We're All Going To Die Here -Former Marine Recalls
	The last to leave another on a frantic mission
	Young Marine guarded chaotic rooftop
	30th Anniversary Media News
	CBS Vietnam marks the Fall of Saigon - Includes videos and more...
	One man left Saigon on the final helicopter. The other spent April 30, 1975, on a frantic mission with the U.S. Ambassador.
	Vietnam Marks Fall Of Saigon - CBS
	We just walked away
	Vietnam News about the Fall of Saigon
	Final hours and fallen comrades haunt survivors
	Facts about the Fall of Saigon
	Fall of Saigon links
	Vietnam Orphan expresses her pride of the U.S. Military on the 30th April 1975
	USA Today Interactive story of the Fall of Saigon
	Memories Of The Fall Of Saigon - CBS

Officers Selection

	President	MGySgt Valdez- Reelected
	Vice President/PAO	Cpl John Ghilain - New Officer
	Secretary	Sgt Ken Crouse - Reelected
	Attorney	CWO Doug Potratz - Reelected
	Treasurer	Sgt Bill Newell - Reelected
	Historian	Col Steve Hasty - Reelected
	WebMaster	MSgt Colin Broussard - Reelected