We're proud to support USMCCCA Lifetime Member Amy Forsythe as she just published her book "Heroes Live Here"! Click this link and grab your copy today! If you'd like to purchase a signed hardcover, order here . 'Heroes Live Here: A Tribute to Camp Pendleton Marines Since 9/11' is filled with more than 150 full-color photos of memorials and markers placed aboard Camp Pendleton with a detailed map showing the location of several important monuments. It is written by Amy For

REVIEW: My Brother's Letters Amazon Paperback:  $$11.59, Kindle:  $5.95 One of the interesting things about this Association is the historical data that turns up from unexpected sources.  Take "My Brother's Letters," a self-published paperback (and ebook) written by James Watson and chronicling the action of his Marine cinematographer brother during World War II. Somewhat like Linda Keaton-Lima's "War Is Not Just For Heroes," the dispatches recorded by her dad, CC Red Can

Joe Rosenthal Chapter member, Tom Graves talks about his interviews of Nisei Veterans, their battles against wartime suspicion and racism, and overcoming them with their courage and patriotism. Tuesday  •  June 11, 2013  •  6:00 pm Marines’ Memorial Club & Hotel, 609 Sutter Street, San Francisco Registration at 5:30 pm | Program at 6:00 pm TWICE HEROES: America’s Nisei Veterans of WWII and Korea , tells the story of true American heroes, up to now, a piece of history know

Remember last years' speaker, our own CC Rod Deutschmann and his wife, Robin ? They have finished a wonderful new eBook about using your digital camera on manual: The IFLC's Complete Guide to the art of Going Manual. Forty Lessons and more than 60 in-the-field exercises to keep your practice sessions In Focus. Grab your copy at this reduced rate of $20, before it's too late and .... please send a link to your friends or family, this discount is good for anyone. Let's sprea

P.T. Brent authored a new book, 29: an Anthology of Outrageous Stories. Description on Amazon.com: U.S. Marines by their very culture are strong, bold, disciplined . . . and ultimately victorious. The Irish know how to make something from nothing . . . and still find cheeky humor in a “hard knock” life. Catholics care deeply about their God, their country and their fellow man. Marine Irish-Catholic P.T. Brent has lived an extraordinary life and his “finish line” is still

Honorary Life Member and 1982 Denig Award winner Marvin J. Wolf has a new book out--and one of his earlier works, considered a classic of its genre, is back in print. The Tattooed Rabbi is a mystery thriller set in Southern California. The protagonist is a rabbi working as a private investigator.  This is character is based, in part, on a remarkable chaplain that the author met while on active duty. Fallen Angels, Chronicles of L.A. Crime & Mystery is a historical antholo

If you have not yet read "War Is Not Just For Heroes," the World War II dispatches and letters of the late CC Red Canup , this is your chance to purchase it at the low post-conference rate of $20, which includes postage. The book, edited by Red's daughter, Dr. Linda Keaton-Lima , contains some of the best reporting of Marines conducting air ops to come out of World War II. CCHQ has a limited number of these books available. Contact CCHQ at usmccca@cfl.rr.com or call 352 7

World War II Dispatches and Letters of U.S. Marine Corps Combat Correspondent Claude R. “Red” Canup Review by Capt Jack T. Paxton, USMC (Ret) Reprinted courtesy of Leatherneck Magazine At the outbreak of World War II, Brigadier General Robert L. Denig Sr ., then heading the Marine Corps’ Department of Public Relations and tasked with finding experienced reporters, photographers and broadcasters to cover the Pacific campaigns, put out the word to civilian newsmen: Make it thr

Tracy Crow is a member of the Florida Chapter and is an assistant professor at Eckerd College . She has a book that's been reviewed in the Tampa Bay Tribune called “Eyes Right, Confessions From a Woman Marine” . It's her second book published.  The first book is penned under the name Carver Greene called "An Unlawful Order."