To surround the Denig Memorial we need bricks pledged.
As of
May 17, 2012

Bricks pledged: 46
Minimum Bricks needed: 50
Bricks Goal: 76

Thank you to contributors:
Maria O'Leary
Kate Stark
Frank Walker
Walt Ford
Florida Chapter
Mike Pitts
Dale Baird
Robin Stavisky
Paul and Nancy Pappas
Kathy (Morrisey) Cueva
and Michelle Morrisey
IMO Bob Morrisey
Judith S. Stavisky and Alan D. Schiff Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation
Bob McEwen
Fred Peck
Tom Kerr
Red Carpenter
Jack Paxton
Crane Davis IMO CC parents: Bob and DJ Davis
Sally Pritchett
Jennifer Brofer
Bill Hauptfleisch
Gene Smith
Don O'Neal
Bob Caulkins
Mrs. Bernice Stavisky
Victoria Turney
Cochise Cash
Fred Lash
Pat Coulter
Manny Pacheco
Fred Tucker
Agostino von Hassel
Dale Dye
Caleb Eames
The Florida Chapter
The Lucas Chapter
Theo Servetas
Chuck Beveridge
Pat Brent
Dr. Linda Keaton-Lima
James Keyser
Keith Oliver
Dick Hrebik
Bob Caulkins
Gary Grey
Charlie Ross
Ralph Austin
George Chrisman
Jenny Holbert
Joe Skymba
John Popham
John Barwell
Sue Sousa
CWO Eileen Scanlon
The Leatherneck Staff
El Toro PA Office 1983-87

Thank you to "Project Mo" contributors:
Gene Smith
Kate Stark
Manny Pacheco
Richard Arab
Jennifer Brofer
Bob Springer
Keith Oliver
Jack Paxton
Don O'Neal
Sally Pritchett
Bob McEwen
Joe Skymba

Contact Us

Jack Paxton
Executive Director, USMCCCA
110 Fox Court,
Wildwood, FL 34785
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Boosters


Platinum
$5,000 up

Gold
$1,000-$4,999
Florida Chapter
Sally Pritchett
Gene Smith

Silver
$100--$999
Don O'Neal
Jack Paxton
Frank Wiley
Dale Baird
John Dodd
Mike Arnold
Tom Kerr
Bob McEwen
Ralph Austin
Bob Johnson

Bronze
$50-$99

George Chrisman
Norm Hatch
Victoria Turney


Dedicated Members

The 2012-13 Dedicated Member Campaign has begun. Your name will appear here and your name and dedication will appear in the Annual Conference Journal:

Cochise Cash
Bob McEwen
Jon Abel
Gen. Al Gray,br>BGen. Thomas Draude
Robert F. Anderson
Richard Stites
Col. Herb Hart
Sally Pritchett
Bob Johnson
Joe McMahon
Annita Best
Don Parzanese
William Clark
Greg Berry
MajGen. Andrew Davis
Boris Yaro
Susan Malone
Michelle Kurland
John Dodd
Dale Baird
Tom Kraak
Robert Krauch
Joe Skymba
Al Eskalis
Pauline Tallent
Malcom Barr Sr


Johnson Jr.: PR executive and Korean War vet dies

Frank S. Johnson Jr., a public relations and communications executive who worked under three U.S. presidents and for corporate, financial and not-for-profit organizations, died Jan. 12 at his home in Falls Church after a heart attack. He was 80. [...]

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Final taps for Cyril John O’Brien

Marine saluting O'Brien's son after presenting flag. (Photos by Don Knight)
Cyril John O'Brien, 2011 (image courtesy of the Newseum)
Marine Combat Correspondent Cyril John O’Brien was  laid to rest on Friday, Feb. 4, 2011, five days following his 92nd birthday.
Many were assembled on  a spacious, snow-covered burial ground appropriately named “Gates to Heaven” in Montgomery County, [...]

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O’Brien: Oldest living CC passes

Marine Cyril J. O’Brien cheered when he watched the American flag being raised over Japanese soil in 1945. He wasn’t atop Mt. Suribachi but he was close, watching from the invasion beach and coming ashore on Iwo Jima as a combat correspondent with the 3rd Marine [...]

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Marrufo: CC GySgt. Benny Marrufo Passes

Retired GySgt. Benny Marrufo, 75, of Aurora, CO died January 1 of medical complications. Benny enlisted in 1953 and served as a combat correspondent in Vietnam in 1965-66 at the Danang Press Center and again in 1969-70 as a member of the Department of Defense MoPic [...]

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Famed press officer in Vietnam war, dies at 90

CC Steve Stibbens reports: “It is with great sadness I have learned that our friend [Col. Barry Zorthian, USMCR (Ret)] died in Washington Thursday December 30th in Sibley Memorial Hospital. Greg Zorthian, Barry’s son, an editor at the Financial Times in New York said this morning that both he and brother Steve, also of New [...]

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Fabbri: Combat Cameraman dies in Combat Operation

Lance Cpl. Ralph J. Fabbri,of Gallitzin, Pennsylvania died at age 20 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan according to the Department of Defense. He was assigned to the Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. He is a 2008 graduate of Penn Cambria High School where he was an art honors student. He was outgoing, artistic as well as an avid hunter and [...]

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Mescall: Life Member passed away

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. [...]

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Hampton: Rosenthal member John Hampton, dies at 103

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 [...]

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Merillat: Early PA officer dies at 94

Herb Merillat wrote two books about the Battle of [...]

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Schultze: life member and supporter passes

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 [...]

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Clemmons and Sharpe have passed on

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 [...]

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Fields: Col Tom Fields passes after a long illness

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 [...]

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DiBernardo: Past president Jim DiBernardo dies

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 [...]

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Harrell Jr: CC and retired Major passes away

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. [...]

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Col. John Miller, 2009 Denig winner dies suddenly

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 [...]

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