Sgt Truman D Fields

Sgt Truman D Fields

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  • Pvt Apr 64
  • PFC Jun 64
  • LCpl Jun 65
  • Cpl Sep 65
  • Sgt Dec 66

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Road musician, keyboards with Lonnie Mack prior to USMC 04/64. M14 expert, EM School at San Diego, 2nd in class, E3-MOS-2821. Brother, MOS-0331, in Nam with 2/3/3 thus Okinawa 08/65, 3rd FSR, Radio repair, E4-MOS-2841. Stateside 10/66, Pendleton, Los Pulgas, 5th MarDiv-13th Marines Repair Chief, E5-MOS-2861. IBM 1967, retired 30yrs. Married 52yrs, 3 kids, 6 grand, 3 great, been a great life.

Military Experiences

Sep 1966 - Apr 1967
Repair Chief MOS-2861
The 5th-MARDIV was being reformed and 13th was a new unit situated at LosPulgas. As such, I was responsible for writing the SOP covering repair technicians for radio/radar. It was adopted and I received meritorious promotion to E5, 12/01/1966.

Deployments

(5 years, 7 months)
Apr 1967 - Mar 1970
Cincinnati Ohio, USMC Reserves
In-Active Reserve unit.
Oct 1966 - Apr 1967
Camp Pendleton
Repair Chief, Responsible for 13th Marines ground and air radio repair and the technicians that perform said repair. New unit thus I wrote the Repair SOP which was adopted and I received meritorious promotion to Sgt E-5, MOS-2861. Remained in that position until discharge April 1967.
Sep 1965 - Sep 1966
Japan
Japan
FMF Pac, 3rd FSR, 3rd MarDiv, Repair Tech on ground to air-air to ground equipment, ARC-55-27, MOS-2821. Cleared 87 radios that had been put on AP (awaiting parts) for months which allowed several combat units to be deployed to Vietnam. I received meritorious promotion to E-4, MOS-2841.
Sep 1964 - Jul 1965
SanDiego
Electronics Maintenance School, Ground Radio. Ranked #2 in class with promotion to E3 and choice of duty station.

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