Personal Information:
| Member Status: | Profile | | First MI Last Name: | R. J. Zike | | Nickname: | R. J. | | Email: | rzike_AT_cox_DOT_net | | City: | | | State: | | | ZIP: | | | Country: | United States | | Gender: | Male | | Homepage: | | | Occupation: | Retired HS & University Mathematics Teacher & HS Golf, Tennis, and Football Coach | | Company: | | | Company Web Site: | | | USMC: | | Years in-out: | April 1966 - May 1969 | | Vietnam in-out: | March 1968 - May 1969 | | MOS-Language: | 2571 / 2576 / 2579 / 2531 | | Last Rank: | SSgt |
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| Now | Then |  |  |
| Conflicts I was awarded medals | | | Vietnam |
| War zone locations - year | US Naval Ships - year |
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| Vietnam: Con Thien | 1969 | | Vietnam: Danang | 1968 | | Vietnam: Dong Ha | 1968 | | Vietnam: Vandegrift / LZ Stud | 1968 |
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| USS Hancock | locateUSSHancock |
| USS Ticonderoga | locateUSSTiconderoga |
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| US CT locations - year |
Other CT locations - year |
| Camp Pendelton, CA | 1966 |
| Kaneohe Bay, HI | 1967 |
| Pensacola, FL | 1966 |
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USMC Travels: MCRD San Diego Boot Camp and Camp Pendleton ITR .....
Radio School, CT/R/T, Correy Field, Pensacola, Fla .....
Company K, 1st Radio Bn, Kaneohe Bay MCAS, Oahu .....
TAD: Security Detail, Barber's Point NAS, Oahu .....
TAD: PACOM ELINT Center, Fuchu Air Station, Japan .....
TAD: 7th Fleet, Gulf of Tonkin, operating ECM aboard the destroyers USS Blue, USS Ozbourn, USS Mansfield, USS Collett, USS Chandler, and the Australian HMAS Hobart .....
RVN: Camp Horn, LZ Stud, Con Thien, & FB "Charlie One" w/ Radio Bn
RVN: Radioman w/ 3/26 at FB "C-1" for last 47 days
Promoted to SSgt on 1 April 1969
Separated on 15 May 1969 Personal Quote: All glory is fleeting,
To thine ownself be true,
Semper Fidelis Hobbies: Shooting at my local range, and travelling to Kauai, Maui, The Big Island, Napa, San Diego, and our Radio Bn Reunions annually. News: |
USMC, SIGINT/EW Marines
