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“I’m no hero, but I spent several hours around many of them that night. I relive that night over and over, as most of us who survived the battle do. I saw many of our brothers fall. Now, every year on 30 March, I hold a private vigil for them all by myself with candles and quietness. Then I lift a few beers for the ones who are gone now, and a few more for the rest of us.”
L/Cpl. Jim Etheridge, 2nd. Platoon

Welcome to
GETLIN'S CORNER

Founded in recognition of an epic battle that took place during the Vietnam War, and of all the men who fought and died in it.

Our Mission

The mission of Getlin’s Corner Foundation is to award undergraduate scholarships exclusively to the children of enlisted Marines and Navy Corpsmen who served with Marine units.

For the Marines of India Company, 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines, dawn in Vietnam on the morning of 30 March 1967 broke more like a typical mid-summer’s day.

The heat and humidity would be stifling. Water would be scarce. Heat stroke was a distinct possibility. If for no other reason, they were facing some long and difficult hours—but the weather would be the least of the Marines’ challenges on that day… Continue Reading  

Captain Mike Getlin commanded India Company at the battle that bears his name. He was my older brother, and the pain and devastation of losing him is no less acute today than it was when I first learned that he was gone.

For the past 20 years I have felt a great need to contribute something meaningful to the world in the name of my brother and the Marines who fought with him. This Foundation is the result of that desire… Continue Reading  

WHERE “THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE”
WALKS THE TALK