We the men you served with are looking for those Few Good Men, those Marines who served with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division Vietnam 1966 – 1971. We invite you to rejoin your brothers your fellow Marines of that bygone era. We have located many it is our hope rekindle and perpetuate the common bond of brotherhood we created so long ago.
The Lima 3/5 Reunion Group began in 1985 with a handful of men who decided to get together for a weekend of remembrance. Since then we have grown to over 500 located Marines, and we are searching for more as you now know. We have had Reunions in Washington, DC, Daytona Beach, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Nashville, Savannah, Cincinnati, Ashville, New Orleans, Myrtle Beach, San Diego, San Antonio, and Las Vegas.
We are a non-profit military fraternal organization. We have no dues or membership fees. We rely solely upon donations/contributions, raffles, and silent auctions, t-shirt and hat sales, etc. All funds raised go directly back into the fund accounts of Lima 3/5 to finance our annual Reunions and assist fellow Lima 3/5 Brothers wishing to attend who have limited resources.
We publish a quarterly newsletter updating everyone with news of note, newly found Lima 3/5 Marines, articles, opinions, facts, figures and a dash of humor and bullshit. Each newsletter is different–just like us.
“So what’s the Reunion?”, Well, on the third weekend of June a bunch of Marines, their families, friends, and guests meet, big time! Our Hospitality Room offers the 10 volume Lima 3/5 Archives: a collection of Vietnam Memorabilia, articles, unit awards, documents, writings, the unit diaries, Stars ‘n’ Stripes, Sea Tigers, Leathernecks, rosters of veterans to locate, photo albums from Vietnam, past and recent Reunions, videotapes and audio cassettes donated by our Brothers for Reunion posterity.
We have a variety of reunion activities: a golf tournament, raffle, silent auction, lottery, and a huge Reunion banquet. We target the family. Spouses, children, and guests are encouraged to attend. This is a family Reunion . . . surrounded by Lima 3/5 Marines.
We maintain a roster of the Lima 3/5 Marines located to date and some information about their current status and Vietnam history. The roster also includes ‘Our Wall’ for the Marines who gave all.
If you have any questions, please contact us. See Below
Lima Company Profile
Lima Company 3rd Battalion 5th Marine Regiment 1st Marine Division entered Vietnam on May 1966 and left in February 1971.
Our Reunion Group is all about us. We publish a newsletter four to five times a year. The whole purpose of the group is to meet on an annual basis in various cities throughout the United States. This provides us with the ability to move from city to city and relax the burden on our brothers to travel long distances. There are no dues and the structure is very loose.
Our reunions are family affairs. Each year we are amazed at the love and healing that occurs both with and among our brothers and their families. There is one official meeting each reunion which is used to select the reunion site for the following year.
Daniel Nordmann is our Newsletter Editor and Organization Secretary
Contact Lima 3/5 Headquarters For Information
You may contact us at the following numbers/emails:
Reunion; 2024 St. Louis, MO
Host: Dan Nordmann
Standby for full details this fall/winter
Treasurer: Dennis Freed – Email dennisfreed@cox.net
Newsletter coordinator: David Acton – Email dacton@twcny.rr.com
Webmaster: Dan Cantrell – Email dancantrell1@yahoo.com
Headquarters 360-739-6104