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New member Mike Harmon ( gmharmon@gmail ) seeking info on former combat correspondent Staff Sergeant (or Sgt.) Sternberg who was last known to be in Vietnam  probably with 1st Marine Division at Chu Lai in mid-1966.

There is one way to get seats at the weekly Sunset Parade at Arlington's US Marine Corps War Memorial: Be a Marine Combat Correspondent, have your World War II dog tag and be ready to quote the rifle number you toted across the Pacific.  Life Member Don Knight relates his recent visit.

I need your assistance in locating a Marine Corps combat correspondent, and  an article in the old SEA TIGER.  Hopefully, the correspondent is still  alive. During January 1969, in Vietnam, he was known as Sgt R. E. STAFF .  His  service number is 2311049.  He was attached to HqBn, 1st Mar Div (Rein)  FMF. I also need your help regarding an issue of the infamous SEA TIGER .   Sgt STAFF wrote an article about me after I discovered a sophisticated mine and  booby-trap factory i

Sometime ago I posted a copy of a watercolor to the James Wykle internet funeral memorial page. The watercolor is titled: "Sgt. Wykle from Minden, West Virginia resting on hills of Saipan, Circa July 4, 1944" It is a watercolor painted by my Uncle, Sgt. Theo Hios , now in the permanent art collection at The National Museum of the Marine Corps. Subsequently, her daughter found my facebook presence and thanked me to remembering her father. I replied in kind by providing her w

At MCAS Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, I had just lit the barbecue grill when my phone rang. "Gunny, meet me at the office" ordered Maj. Bob Morrisey . Ten minutes later he and I were huddling with an op plan calling for the 4th Marines to immediately standby for immediate deployment to Key West, FL for possible involvement in the Cuban Missile Crisis. We immediately alerted SSgt. Al Steele, Sgt. Jim DiBernardo and SSgt. Phil Phillips to report by midnight ready to launch with phot

By Paul Farhi, February 21, 2013 The Washington Post The battle had raged for four days, and would continue for 31 more, a marathon of sand and heat and unrelenting death. But at that moment there was an order from the brass: Get a bigger flag up there. The small American flag fluttering atop Mount Suribachi, the volcanic peak on the island, was too small to be seen by the troops fighting below. From his makeshift command post near a captured Japanese airstrip, a 24-year-ol

Major John Marley , USMC (retired) would like to know if any of our members remember a Marine named Ray O’Hara Peterson (11th Marines 1946) saw the 2013 Reunion Announcement in the American Legion magazine and called to ask if anyone knows the whereabouts of Margaret “Margie” Moore who served at 8th & I from 1950 to 1954 in the Public Relations Department. Margie was involved in setting up the presentation of the first UN Korean Medal to a Marine named Timmy Killeen who ha

Here is an OpEd page by former CC Daniel P. Cortez printed in the Richmond Times Dispatch , on page A11, Jan.12, 2013 explaining why Joe Rosenthal deserves Marines' recognition. To read the article click on the photo to the right.

Anyone remember CC Lee J. Tibbetts ? He was the " Reece Lodder " of the '90's, winning most of the what is now "Merit Award" categories. He has since retired from active duty and is a member of a blues band called "The Closers" playing harmonica and vocals, mostly around the Denver area. Check out the bands' website for a calender of venues. Or purchase a CD for $12...it's good listening!

Front: Last to know first to go Back: Unimpeachable Sources And Responsible Journalism Ignored Office Does anyone know anything else about the above photo? I found this amongst the memorbalia of my deceased Father in Law, Colonel Robert L. Ely, Jr. He was a 25 year old battalion commander in Patton's Third Army, got out after the war, and subsequently returned to Active Duty in 1948. Served overseas in ETO (1944-45), Eniwetok Atoll (1951), Brazil (1957) and Japan (1961-64).

This photoblog from the Denver Post features Joe Rosenthal and his famous photo of Marines raising the flag at Iwo Jima. If you've got the time... keep scrolling there are many of Rosenthal's other war photos and a bit about the Marines in the photo above.

A very nice article about combat correspondent Frank Lee by Marc Yablonka on the Milspeak.org website...

The Third Marine Division  Association will hold its 58th Annual Family Reunion at the Town & Country Resort & Convention Center in San Diego, CA, during Aug. 21-26, 2012.  Anyone who served in, was attached to or served in direct support of the 3rd Marine Division at any time is invited to attend.  Contact:  Association Manager Don H. Gee, P. O. Box 254, Chalfont, PA 18914-0254; E-mail: GYGEE@aol.com ; Ph: 215-822-9094; website: www.caltrap.com .   The Chosin Few will hold

(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 notified us he was making a contribution to the Denig Memorial Fund and wanted to know if we could list it in memory of his Mom and Dad, both CCs during that war.  While space is limited on the le

"Where in Hell Do We Put Them?" Line infantrymen were completely puzzled with these particular Marines. "Where the hell do we put them?" "What can they do for us?" or "Doesn't HQMC realize we're fighting a war?" "Hell, they'll only get in the way!" Fortunately, this attitude didn’t last long and soon one heard: "Where are our combat correspondents?" "What's the delay? Get them here!" General Denig and staff got much satisfaction from this change in attitudes. Back at the

Theresa McConnell Orashen is wondering if  anyone can tell her the name of this Sergeant..."I'm trying to identify some personal photos I have...."

For those traveling to the

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 alive.