I never had the chance to meet Matt, this Saturday I will be climbing 110 floors in his honor in San Diego at the 9/11 memorial stair climb. I will hold my head High in honor of this great man !! Much love to the friends and family !!
GySgt Garvey and I served together at 6th Comm, Alpha Company, Amityville, NY. I was the I-I Corpsman and Gunny would accompany me when we had our Marines hospitalized for various reasons. He always took care of his Marines.
My city of Bonita Springs Florida had a memorial today and there where over 300 flags for the 300 firefighters that lost there lives due to 9/11. I happens to pull out Matthew Garvey so I Looked him up and I found this and I think he was Really cool. RIP
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The word gunny, meaning coarse fabric, is of Indo-Aryan[1] origin. Reusable gunny sacks, typically holding about 50 kilograms (110 lb), were traditionally used, and continue to be to some extent, for transporting grain, potatoes and other agricultural products. In Australia, these sacks, made of Indian jute, were known traditionally as "hessian sacks", "hessian bags" or "sugar bags."[2]
Gunny sacks are sometimes used as sandbags for erosion control, especially in emergencies. Up until the latter part of the twentieth century, when they became less common, the sacks were one of the primary tools for fighting grass fires in rural areas, used while soaked with water when available. Gunny sacks are also popular in the traditional children's game of sack racing.
A gunny sack holds approximately 50 kg (110 lb) of potatoes, and measures 45 inches (110 cm) by 34 inches (86 cm).[3] Although gunny sacks are no longer used to carry them, the common measurement unit of potatoes is still the "sack" among farmers in Idaho.[4]
Canley, who told one of his Marines that at 6-foot-2 he was too tall to duck, walked into the middle of the gunfire like he did in many battles. The soft-spoken gunnery sergeant tucked wounded soldiers under each arm and carried them to an area behind a concrete wall where he had told Mike Kerr to wait.
Patricia Sargent, Canley's youngest child, will tell the crew Gunny's legacy is about more than bravery, strength and individual heroism. It's about being part of a team, being part of Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment.
Canley became the company commander after a battle outside of Hue when the captain was shot and fell into concertina wire. He was evacuated. Gunny took the company into Hue City, leading attacks and repeatedly heading out in enemy fire to bring back injured Marines.
There were many heroes. Sgt. Alfredo Gonzalez, Canley's friend who volunteered to return to Vietnam after finishing a tour, led a hand grenade charge that took out a machine gun site. Like Gunny, he risked to his life to rescue injured Marines.
Gonzalez died in Hue City and received the Medal of Honor posthumously with Canley leading the drive for recognition. The Gunny was given the Navy Cross for his heroism. His Marines knew he deserved the higher award.
The drive for the award started in 2005 and hit snags that included bureaucracy and missing paperwork. Ligato and others kept pushing. U.S. Rep. Julia Brownley, D-Westlake Village, led the drive in Congress, authoring a bill waiving the five-year deadline for the award.
In 2020, the cancer emerged aggressively, spreading throughout his body. He moved to Bend to live with Sargent. He was in hospice. She knew time was running out and talked to him constantly about his life and what he had learned in the Marines.
He told her the key to success is making the right choices, even when they lead to risk and vulnerability. He said good things happen when each member of a team sacrifices individual interests and sets ego aside.
She wants the crew of the USS John L. Canley to understand the message. The $561 million ship will serve as an expeditionary mobile base. It will function like a pier at sea, carrying supplies, equipment and troops that can be deployed in everything ranging from special operation missions to efforts to detecting explosive sea mines.
She believes that if the message hits home, it means her father is still the Gunny, his legacy helping to lead the ship and its crew. In that role, she knows he'll still want actions to speak instead of words. He'll still walk tall in impossible situations.
Next, President Matt Gallagher and Vice President Nate Maronski presented the Ladies Auxiliary President Kim Schemeley and Vice President Kathy Bennett with a plaque expressing gratitude for all of their fundraising efforts throughout the past year from their amazing hoagie sales to the bingo events.
Recognizing the need to acknowledge those members who are no longer with us but made a positive impact on the organization that we know today, with family members on hand, Captain Frank Jackson 4th and Captain Joe Kite were posthumously recognized for 60 and 65 years respectively. They are greatly missed by the membership.
The evening closed with EMS Cpt. Bob Krupinski and FF/EMT Dan Palmadessa receiving awards for the successful delivery of a healthy baby girl while on duty this past year and. The Ladies Auxiliary then presented an award to the fire company from all of their fundraising efforts in 2019.
The 1986 film depicts the efforts of Medal of Honor recipient and thoroughly crusty Gunnery Sgt. Tom Highway (Clint Eastwood) as he whips a group of undisciplined Marines into combat shape just in time for the 1983 invasion of Grenada. While Heartbreak Ridge is known for its over-the-top depictions, the scene where Gunny Highway finds himself in a jail cell for bar fighting and urinating on a police cruiser might be the most accurate depiction of a battle-hardened Marine staff NCO in history.
President Ronald Reagan sent an initial force of 2,000 troops to rescue the nearly 1,000 Americans in Grenada at the time and settle the turmoil there, but the Pentagon ultimately had to send in roughly 4,000 additional military members to complete the operation. Short notice, bad planning and intel, and poor interservice communication plagued the operation.
We may never know what really went down, but the legend of the phone call for fire inspired screenwriter and Vietnam veteran James Carabatsos to incorporate the impromptu call in his script for Heartbreak Ridge.
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