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By GySgt Norbert J. Malecki, USMC (ret) John L. Hampton, the oldest member of the Joe Rosenthal (San Francisco Bay Area) Chapter of the USMCCCA will celebrate his 102nd birthday on May 24th, 2009. He is still going strong, though a bit slower than the pace he set while on active duty as a Marine public affairs officer during and after World War II. Hampton is a founder of the USMC Toys for Tots program . In 1947 as a public affairs officer in Los Angeles, a fellow Marine off

By Don Knight He’s 90 years old now and remains the feisty, congenial one-time Marine combat correspondent who everyone calls “Obie.” Cyril  O’Brien hangs his hat in Leisure World , a sprawling retirement community in Montgomery County , Md.   But it’s just a place to recuperate between his frequent trips abroad, mostly to World War II Pacific battlegrounds. Obie has  just returned from his fourth visit to Iwo Jima . He first went ashore there in  1945 as a combat correspon

CC Apache Joe  is seeking any knowledge about the following former PAO personnel. If you know their whereabouts or anything about them, please email Apache Joe or CCHQ .  GARY L. CANTERBURY PFC JOE COLLINS CAPT DANIEL P. CORTEZ SSGT DANIEL BROWN LT. COL BOB BURCHFIELD CPL DONALD G. DREITZLER GYSGT RUTH A. DAWSON SGT JOHN R. FARRELL GYSGT (?) JOHN FINLAYSON GYSGT CAROLYN F. FLOWERS GYSGT H.GAZAWAY CAPT. TIM GOTTFRIED CPL BILL GRAHAM GYSGT KEN GRINDER CPL (?) J.G.HARMON SGT GRA

Tom Kerr says some CCs may want to see some pictures taken in Korea 1950-1953 by a Combat Reporter .

To read about his impressions, go here: http://www.forbes.com/media/2008/08/20/marines-media-iraq-biz-media-cx_jb_0821brady.html

Tom Kerr writes: This was prepared by dependents of Vietnam Vets, using pictures sent to them, and from other sources. It is well worth watching and can only scratch the surface of the emotions many felt while serving there.