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		<title>Mescall: Life Member passed away</title>
		<link>http://www.usmccca.org/archives/4106</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:55:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life Member Richard F. Mescall, Jr., 67,  passed away suddenly at his home in Fallbrook, Calif., July 11, 2010. He was born in Long Beach, but was raised in Indianapolis, Indiana. Dick joined the Marine Corps one month after high school graduation in 1960. He served for 21 years, retiring as a Master Gunnery Sgt. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hampton: Rosenthal member John Hampton, dies at 103</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Hampton, the retired Marine lieutenant colonel who in the late 1940s used his communications savvy to help launch the Marines' famous "Toys for Tots" program that is still going strong, died Sunday at Deer Hill Care Home. He was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merillat: Early PA officer dies at 94</title>
		<link>http://www.usmccca.org/archives/3816</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 19:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Herb Merillat wrote two books about the Battle of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Schultze: life member and supporter passes</title>
		<link>http://www.usmccca.org/archives/3612</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:11:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ed Schultze, 88, of LaMesa, CA. was a Life Member of the Association and one of its strongest supporters.  A veteran of World War II, Korea and Vietnam, was one of the few members of our field to rise to and hold the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.  He retired after 29 years of distinguished service. He was preceded in death by his wife Ellie who he proposed to in Grand Central Station, New [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clemmons and Sharpe have passed on</title>
		<link>http://www.usmccca.org/archives/3594</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[David X. Sharpe
CCHQ has been informed of the death of HLM Woody Clemmons, Goldfield, NV and of David X. Sharpe, Buffalo, NY.  Sharpe was a Stars and Stripes reporter in Korea during the Chosin Reservor breakout and later.  Association records do not show him as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fields: Col Tom Fields passes after a long illness</title>
		<link>http://www.usmccca.org/archives/3280</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:33:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Upon graduation in 1942, Fields entered the Marine Corps officer training school and was soon in actual combat in a parachute battalion. He was in the last stages of combat on Guadalcanal before seeing combat at Vella Lavella and Bouganville. After Bouganville his parachute battalion was split up and Fields became a rifle company [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DiBernardo: Past president Jim DiBernardo dies</title>
		<link>http://www.usmccca.org/archives/3238</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[James entered the US Marine Corps, proudly serving for 30 years. He began his career in the Marines as enlisted personal, but was able to obtain the officer's rank of Major through hard work, dedication and sacrifice. His achievements include the Bronze Star Medal, Three Purple Hearts, Two Navy Commendations, and the Vietnamese Medal of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harrell Jr: CC and retired Major passes away</title>
		<link>http://www.usmccca.org/archives/3081</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Harrell’s Marine Corps career included serving as combat correspondent of the 4th Marine Division, in the Pacific Theater, during World War II, until he was wounded in the battle of Saipan. He received two Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star with a “V” for valor in combat. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Col. John Miller, 2009 Denig winner dies suddenly</title>
		<link>http://www.usmccca.org/archives/2676</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:31:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Col. John Grider Miller (USMC Ret.)
Retired Marine Colonel John Grider Miller, selected as this year’s recipient of the Brig. Gen. Robert L. Denig Memorial Distinguished Performance Award, died suddenly at his home in Annapolis, MD on Monday, August 31.
Miller was to have received our prestigious award on September 17 at our annual Merit Awards Banquet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Services held for John Funk</title>
		<link>http://www.usmccca.org/archives/2294</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:32:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gloria Funk receives John’s Colors from the unidentified NCOiC of the Funeral Detail at ceremonies on June 25 at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk, VA (Photo by Jack [...]]]></description>
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