Thanks to come-back member Crane Davis we get a look at how young some of us were at one time in our lives. This photo was taken in the summer of 1969: lstMarDiv Informational Services Office, Danang, Vietnam: Left to right: Cpl. Tom Kidman, Sgt. Gary Clark, Sgt. Dave Allen, LCpl. Dave Allen, LCpl. Jim [...]

Dorothy Jeanne Crane
(Ed. Note:  We learned two things recently:  One, old timers do come back to us and, when they do, it can be gangbusters!  The second thing we learned was there were Woman Marine combat correspondents in World War II, at least one we now know of.  In an email, former CC Crane Davis [...]

Denig's Demons Go To War: Four of the first Marine combat correspondents are shown in the war zone. From left: Sgt. Al Monteverde, SSgt. Sam Stavisky, SSgt. Jerry O'Leary, and Sgt. Bob Brenner. These men carried both rifle and typewriter. Sgt. Monteverde, a photographer was killed in action. The remaining three would survive the war [...]

Headquarters Flooded With Applications
Even before the initial release hit the streets, recruiting stations in New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Chicago were bombarded with applications. The New York Daily News sent Gene Ward and Marty Kivel; from the Mirror came Norm Miller. Weldon James of PM came in as a public relations officer and Penn Kimball [...]

Future "Demons" arrive at Parris Island. (USMC photo courtesy of History Division)
The “Demons” Go to Recruit Training.
Sixty-nine years later one has to wonder why BrigGen. Denig would approve a plan to write orders mentioning the promotions to sergeant upon completion of recruit training. If they were going to be returning to HQMC why not wait [...]

BrigGen. Denig gives MSgt. Walt Shipman his marching orders: Recruit newsmen! (USMC photo courtesy of History Division)
Many of today’s Marines – and some of yesterday’s as well – might not know much of anything about our “founder” and why we now want to honor him with a memorial at the National Museum of the Marine [...]

Theresa McConnell Orashen is wondering if  anyone can tell her the name of this Sergeant…”I’m trying to identify some personal photos I [...]

For those traveling to the National Museum of the Marine Corps at Quantico there are several new additions to the World War I section honoring the first combat correspondent “embedded” with the Marines.  These photos were taken by CC Bob [...]

CCHQ has an inquiry about the name of a combat correspondent who worked with the 1stBn., 5th Marines in Korea during early to mid-1951.  The CC was known for his red bandanna that he always wore.  Email Jack Paxton if you know who he was and if he is still [...]

Webmaster Kate Stark and Tom Bartlett on assignment covering the Haitian refugees for Leatherneck Magazine in March 1992.
The family of former longtime Leatherneck magazine managing editor and combat correspondent Tom Bartlett visited the magazine’s offices March 22 at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., to reconnect and hear stories about their dad and granddad.
After a tour of [...]

Joe Rosenthal Chapter President Dale Cook in red jacket, with fellow Iwo Jima veteran Roy Earle (left) and Marines Memorial Club President, retired USMC MajGen Michael Myatt (right), at the Club’s 23 February event honoring Iwo Jima veterans. Cook and Earl both served in the 4th Division during [...]

Color footage from the battle of Iwo Jima. The Battle for Iwo Jima was one of the most famous and fiercest battles fought in the Pacific during World War Two and will forever hold a special place in the history of the United States Marine Corps
Norm Hatch says: Just to be sure all understand. Josephey’s [...]