Invitation and Program for US Marine Corps Birthday Ball US Embassy Saigon 1972 plus letter of appreciation to Lance Corporal

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Cover of invitation to US Marine Corps Birthday Ball put on by Company E of the Marine Security Guard for 1972. Company E of the Marine Security Guard Battalion was the USMC organization responsible for security at the American Embassy in Saigon.

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Inside of invitation. Invitation is to Lance Corporal James L. Gant, who was a USMC Security Guard Watchstander of Company E at the US Embassy in Saigon, South Vietnam, 1972-1973. Gant's name is handwritten in the invitation. The Ball was held at the Majestic Hotel at the very beginning of Tu Do Street, right by the Saigon River.

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Cover of the program for the Birthday Ball.

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Inside of the program. (You may have to click on the image to see the full scan.)

 

Note the after hours party was scheduled to go all night long, from 9pm Friday night until 6am Saturday morning, at No. 2 Chien Si circle (Soldier circle) in Saigon.

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Cover of one of the Company E cards being used as a letter of appreciation.

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Inside of letter of appreciation card. The letter of appreciation was to Lance Corporal Gant for his work with the Birthday Ball. It is hand signed by the Commanding Officer of Company E of the Marine Security Guard, Major Gerald L. Diffee, who commanded Company E 1972-1973. In the letter Lance Corporal Gant is also authorized a three day in-country R&R by Major Diffee to Vung Tau, a resort city on the southern coast of South Vietnam.