PLATOON 307
JANUARY-APRIL 1964
MCRD SAN DIEGO
Platoon 307 was part of L Company, 3rd Bn, Recruit Traning regiment
Our platoon Commander was SSGT JJ Fitzgerald. And our Junior Drill Instructors were CPL Rizzi and CPL Deubner.
A special place of honor goes to Thomas Patrick Rowland of Cowiche, Washington. He was KIA 28 October 1965 near Da Nang.
CLICK ON THE PICTURE TO LINK TO AN ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE
THOMAS PATRICK ROWLAND
11-2-1942
10-28-1965
RIP BROTHER
I have not been able to track down many of the Marines I was with in 307. But here are three of us.
Patrick R. Conner
Larry L. Larsen
George L. (Larry) Rupp
@llarsen
Larry Rupp and Larry Larsen,
Grantsville, Utah, july 2008
Pat Conner and Larry Rupp 2006 in Oregon
Larry Larsen and Pat Conner 2001 also in Oregon
There were 57 of us that graduated with Platoon 307 in April of 1964. We scattered to many different Marine Corps units. I can only remember running into Tim McCrory and Rafael Nishihira after I finished communications and electronics school in San Diego in 1965. Tim and I were stationed at Camp LeJuene and I was with Rafeal Nishihira at MCAS Beaufort.
Here are a few pictures scanned from the platoon graduation book.
bravenet.com