About Getlin’s Corner
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, the company was facing some long and difficult hours—but the weather would be the least of the Marines’ challenges on that day.
In the history of the Vietnam war, only one other Marine Corps battle equaled The Battle of Getlin’s Corner in the number of the nation’s three highest decorations for valor: one Medal of Honor, four Navy Crosses, and five Silver Stars.
For the past 20 years I have felt a great need to contribute something meaningful to the world in the name of my brother, the Marines who fought with him, and the fourteen Marines who died by his side at Getlin’s Corner. This Foundation is the result of that desire.”
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All the operation expenses of Getlin’s Corner Foundation are paid in full by the Getlin family.