3rd Battalion 26th Marines Kilo Company storms Monroe County

Here we have the grand annual reunion of 3/26 Marines. Every year they meet up somewhere in the United States. This year they met up at the home and farm of fellow Marine, Joe Schaitel. Schaitel showed off his hometown and home county, taking the Marines of 3/26 Kilo Company to enjoyable and highly talked about meals, at the Family Restaurant, in Sparta. The group also visited former Governor, Tommy Thompson, at his home, and visited the Deke Slayton History Museum. Around the table, from the left, we have John Whitfield, Don Provonsha (the “Old Man”), Patrick Pond, Jesse Sanchez, Bob “Lieutenant” Dobies, Linda Goddard (daughter of First Sergeant Goddard), Cal Wheeler, Jim Wallin, Joe Schaitel, and Alice Schaitel. The inlaid photo has Joe Schaitel sitting in the middle, in from og the 3/26 Kilo Company sign.

On August 1st, 2024, a group of Marines that had served together in Vietnam, with 3rd Battalion 26th Marines (3/26), Kilo Company (K Co.). met up at the home and farm of Joe Schaitel, just off …

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