Richard Carey formed leadership skills in Grove City and Columbus that would frame a distinguished 38-year military career ...

To learn more about the Marines who served during the final days of the war in Vietnam, visit the Fall of Saigon Marines Association page and read “Last Men Out” by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin.

He later transferred to the Marine Corps, rising from sergeant ... and completing 204 combat sorties in Vietnam. An apex of his service was commanding the 9th Marine Amphibious Brigade during ...