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By admin | July 23rd, 2010
Anyone with any knowledge of a SeaBee-developed “golf course” in the Pacific theatre during World War II or a story written on the course by former CC Sgt. Ralph Peck is requested to contact Mrs. Marty Kaderli, Membership and Memorials, Admiral Nimitz Foundation, 328 E. Main St., Fredericksburg, TX 78624. Tel. (830) 997-8600, Ext. 204 [...]
By admin | July 17th, 2010
Cy O’Brien at last year's conference
He gave a spirited Independence Day speech during a large outdoor celebration on July 5. Seven days later he underwent an arduous, triple bypass surgery at a Montgomery County, Md., hospital. Four days later he was discharged from the hospital to begin several weeks of rehabilitation.
Cy O’Brien, a 91-year-old former [...]
By admin | July 9th, 2010
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 [...]
By admin | July 6th, 2010
Former Marine CC Cy O'Brien is surrounded by his daughters Bridget Turow, Patricia Cahill, and Johnine Meehan following his July
“It’s a daring aspect of this war in Afghanistan ,” said the speaker. “It’s conducted by very small, squad-sized groups of Marines and soldiers and it is called counter insurgency.”
The man at the flag-decked podium, shaded [...]
By admin | June 23rd, 2010
From Jack Paxton: Bob Said has asked if we could put out an inquiry about an underground airplane hangar in Wonsan, Korea.
He needs a photo of the underground hangar at Wonsan in which Bob Hope and his troop entertained 1st MAW people in late Oct 1950 while the First Division waited offshore to “invade” [...]
By admin | May 28th, 2010
Lt. Chew-Een Lee, 1950
Riccoh Player reports he had the honor and pleasure of meeting 85 year old, Major Kurt Chew-Een Lee, and 1st Lt Joe Owen, author of Colder than Hell: A Marine Rifle Company at Chosin Reservoir, (in the background of the photo) at a screening of the documentary, Uncommon Courage: Breakout at Chosin, [...]
By admin | May 20th, 2010
The oldest living Combat Correspondent, Lt.Col John Hampton, Ret. a member of the USMCCCA Joe Rosenthal Chapter, celebrates his 103rd birthday at his assisted care facility in Lafayette, Ca., with fellow Rosenthal Chapter CC’s From left to right , Rick Suarez, Earl Holt, Bill Wasson, LT.Col Hampton, Dale Cook, Norb Malecki and Tom Graves. Also in attendance [...]
By admin | April 12th, 2010
CC member Frank Walker and his wife, Karen, reside in Costa Rica. Periodically he sends updates on their lifestyle to friends. He and Karen have been on several of the CC cruises. In this, he relates the experiences of his Marine dad in World War I.
Frank Walker's father, Anan Walker
My dad, Anan Orville Walker, as a [...]
By admin | April 1st, 2010
(Note: We don’t normally run non-CC related items but this info from Red Carpenter… was too good to pass up.)
DD FORM 214 — SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFIT: Please share this with anyone who had active duty service between January 1957 to December 31, 2001 and planning for retirement. In a nutshell it boils down to this:
You qualify for a [...]
By admin | March 25th, 2010
UPDATE: Norm also appeared as the “Person of the Week” on ABC World News with Diane Sawyer.
During Word War II, Norman Hatch was a combat cameraman who witnessed — and filmed — some of the most bitter fighting in the Pacific theater. His efforts ended with, of all things, an Academy Award — for footage [...]
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