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Virginia "Ginny" Kyser of Springfield, VA, passed away gently on January 30, 2017 at INOVA Fairfax Hospital after a short but courageous battle with cancer. She was born Virginia Lee Detweiler in 1936 in Reading and spent her formative years in Easton. A devoted "Red Rover" and member of the Eastern Star, she graduated from Easton High School in 1954 and worked at the very first Crayola factory.She met the love of her life on a blind date in 1955 and shortly found herself en

He was born on October 2, 1940 to Joseph and Joan O'Neal in Chicago, Illinois. He was a highly decorated United States Marine, of 26 years which included the Purple Heart. Retiring at the rank of Master Gunnery Sergeant, after honorably serving his country, he went on to become an executive at two Aerospace companies (Rockwell & Hughes).

It is with great sadness we report that Don O'Neal passed away March 6 at his home. An obit will be added soon. Services will be held: March 17, 0930 at Castle Ridge Mortuary , 8008 Military Rd. W, San Antonio, TX 78227. Telephone: 210 645-6000. Yvette requests no flowers at the funeral. Bequests should be made to the Leukemia Society of America and/or the USMCCCA Foundation . Her daughters are working on an obituary which will be posted here when available. Note: M

CC Paul Younghaus passed away on January 6, 2016, after a lengthy illness.

Life Member Major General Donald E.P. "Dep" Miller, USMC Retired, passed away November 14, 2012, at the age of 77.

As a civilian magazine journalist, photo-journalist and editor, Roger worked on several gun, knife and hunting magazines including Gun World, Bow and Arrow Hunting and Horse and Horseman. Roger wrote or co-authored multiple books including Archer's Digest, Gun Digest Book of Knifemaking and Crossbows to name a few.

He is a veteran of the Korean War, served two tours of duty in Vietnam, and served multiple deployments to the Philippines, Okinawa and Thailand. With a career spanning twenty two years, Jack served in Japan, Taiwan and several stateside assignments with his family accompanying him. During his Vietnam tours he was a Combat Correspondent with the Pacific Stars & Stripes Newspaper and also had a number of his war pictures featured in Life Magazine.

Robert Daniel “Bob” Torres , the long-time Public Affairs Officer for NAS Corpus Christi, passed away Wednesday evening after a long illness. Bob had gone out on extended medical leave in February and, as his condition worsened, left Federal civilian service in June. Bob served in the US Marine Corps from 1972 to 1993, spending most of his career in public affairs and retiring with the rank of Gunnery Sergeant. He was editor of the Naval Air Station Corpus Christi “Wingspa

Beloved Life member and Lucas Chapter Treasurer, Jim Kyser passed away yesterday.

Vicente T. “Ben” Blaz, who survived a Japanese prison camp during World War II and later became a Marine Corps brigadier general and Guam’s representative in Congress, died Jan. 8. For more go to the Washington Post Website .

MGySgt.(R) Joe Hensley died December 13 in San Diego. Burial will be at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery on January 7. Joe was 95.

Jonathan Ferdinand Abel died at the age of 81 on December 15, 2013. Jonathan was born in New York, New York on June 6, 1932. He attended Riverdale Country School and graduated in 1950. He attended Connecticut Wesleyan and received a Bachelor of Arts in 1954. Jonathan Abel was a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Marine Corps for twenty seven years.

Ramona Robertson, served 17 Generals at MarForPac. Ramona loved my daughter and nephew and and coached yours truly on all the style and form he lacked. She proofed many of my third rate attempts to be a writer. Tom Prentice placed a brick in Ramona's honor at the Pacific War Memorial - the Iwo Jima sculpture at the entrance to MCBH at Kaneohe. We loved her. Leathernecks loved her. MarForPac Marines treasured her. She was the corporate memory bank whose knowledge, wit an

CCHQ was advised November 6 of the death of longtime CC and Florida Chapter member Charles "Charlie" Ross, a resident of Winter Park, FL. Charlie, a retired gunnery sergeant, was in the photographic field his entire career. He served with a motion picture team in Vietnam in 1966-67.

With great sadness, CCHQ learned that Dr. Michael McClung , father of Major Megan McClung , a combat correspondent who was killed in Iraq, passed away on Tuesday, July 2, 2013. He was a great supporter of the USMCCCA and will be sorely missed. His wife, Dr. Re McClung has told us that she will continue to sponsor the "The Megan McClung Sports Photography Award."

Born in Portsmouth, Va., to Mylo Jay (deceased) and Dolores VanOrman, Suzi spent her childhood in Cadillac, Mich. She was an accomplished downhill skier, excelled in school academics, played the flute and twirled the baton for school band marches.

John was the co-author of the Virginia 1968 Freedom of Information Act and received the George Mason Award from the Richmond Sigma Delta Chi. He was the only editor on duty at The Richmond News Leader the day JFK was assassinated and had the duty of yelling "stop the presses" and helped crank out an updated edition hours later. Through the years, he interviewed politicians, sports legends, celebrities, and military heroes.

Life Member A. J. "Tony" Scaran, 82, died April 8 at his home in Orange, CA of complications attributed to Agent Orange. A long-time supporter of this Association, his A. J.'s Publishing Company ad was a mainstay in our annual Conference Journal.

Trudy Ehlbeck, 75, of Port Orange, Florida passed away on May 23, 2013 after a battle with leukemia. Trudy was also a breast cancer survivor. She was a special wife, mother, homemaker, grandmother and great grandmother and will be missed. Trudy met her husband, Hank while working at Life Magazine and they had been married since 1959. When she wasn't running a family, Trudy was an avid gardener, having won awards at local garden shows.

Bill Lansford , 90, a Latino Marine and Army veteran who sought to bring honor to the contributions of other Latinos who served in the nation’s wars, died May 22 at his Playa del Rey home. The cause was complications of prostate cancer , his wife Ruth said. For a full story see the Los Angeles Times .