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Stavisky: Bernice, wife of Sam passes
BERNICE RUTH STAVISKY (Age 95). On April 10, 2017. Beloved wife of the late Samuel E. Stavisky; devoted mother of Robin D. Stavisky of Palo Alto CA and Judy S. Stavisky (husband Alan Schiff) of Wyncote PA, and grandson Evan (wife Marina Oliveira) of London, beloved friend and ardent Francophile and teacher passed quietly away. Funeral services and interment at Arlington National Cemetery will be privately held.
In lieu of flowers or gifts, the family is asking that donations
Apr 22, 20171 min read
Quilt handmade by "Doc" Galloway up for raffle
Here is your chance to win a handmade quilt by Joe Galloway 's wife, "Doc" Gracie . We are raffling off this one of a kind item for $10 a ticket. Quilt is 62"x72" and is accompanied by a 22" square matching pillow. Drawing will be held in the command post after the awards banquet August 24, 2017 and winner will be notified. You do not need to be present to win. All proceeds will go to the USMCCCA Foundation. You can send a check, money order to Jack Paxton, Executive Dire
Apr 15, 20171 min read
“My Life and Lens” - The story of a Marine Corps Combat Correspondent has been published
(Ed. Note: There are no reviews as yet on what promises to be a fine accounting of a combat correspondent who had several tours in Vietnam. What we do have are quotes from those who will be featured on the dust cover. Watch for this one!) I predict this is a great book by Bob Bowen who is writing about his own life during the Vietnam War. Bob is an expert photographer and was a war correspondent and a fine writer. This job was dangerous. This book could really take off a
Mar 22, 20172 min read
March 24th deadline for new DoD awards program
There have been several changes to the DOD awards programs. This past year, Defense Media Agency was directed to consolidated the three awards programs into one. A joint working group was formed to determine new categories and program criteria. This attachment is the final outcome of those efforts. This year the Marine Corps awards will be conducted in accordance with the DOD Media Awards Program guidance attached. All categories in the Marine Corps Program will mirror thos
Mar 8, 20171 min read
Fla Golf Tourney set for April 28
The 2017 golf tournament of the USMCCCA Foundation (Florida Chapter) will be held Friday, April 28 with a 12:30 p.m. shotgun start at the Sherman Hills Golf Club , near Brooksville, Fla. The Tournament, now in its 13th year, enables the USMCCCA Foundation to provide grants for the Injured Marines Semper Fi Fund , Oceanside, CA which assists our wounded Marines, their widows, and their families. The tournament also enables the Foundation to offer scholarships to active duty
Mar 6, 20171 min read
The Snuffies Return to The World – The Wrap
By Dale Dye It’s time to sober up and evaluate this thing. Back here in The World there’s a little elbow room, a little space that’s not filled with specters of an old and controversial war. There’s been a day or two to fight through the roiling brain mists that engulfed most of us on the return engagement to Vietnam, so there’s no balm in shirking. What we need now are insights and inspirations, florid vocabulary that will instantly and accurately convey the nature and dep
Mar 4, 20174 min read
Day Four: Snuffys’ Return to Vietnam
by Dale Dye Day Four of The Great Ghost Chase gives me a case of the staggering willies even before the bus rolls out of Danang headed north on Vietnamese Highway 1. Our course runs through the once-infamous Hai Van Pass that meanders as it climbs toward the far north. Then – somewhere up around 1500 feet – it twists into a series of radical switchbacks. And it’s up there where the road contorts like Lawrence Welk’s old accordion (okay…google it…he used to be a popular polka
Feb 22, 20174 min read
CCs head back to Vietnam
(Ed. Note: Dale Dye and other CC “Snuffys” returned to Vietnam this week. This is Dale’s first installment): An emergency room physician circulated among the survivors. His diagnosis was quick and easy: Terminal culture shock. If the moment had been some jangled parsec in the psychedelic sixties he’d have called it a bad acid trip, but the Doc knew where and when he was even if the shocked Veterans kept claiming if couldn’t be Vietnam, the war-ravaged turbulent country th
Feb 19, 20173 min read
Paxton on AllMarineRadio
If you read the January Leatherneck (and you should have) there was a piece on AllMarineRadio which was fascinating. You watch/listen on your computer/iPad/i/phone/tablet, et al. I contacted Mike McNamara thinking he would be an interesting addition to our San Diego conference as he lives in the area. He will join us if he can. Meantime, he set up an interview with me. We did the first of two parts Feb. 7 and will do another segment next Tuesday, Feb. 14. If you are in
Feb 9, 20171 min read
McEwen Hospitalized in Bangkok; Flown Home
Thanks to CC Cid Atwood we learned that globetrotting Bob McEwen was hospitalized in Bangkok and had to be flown home in an aerial ambulance. We checked in with Bob’s daughter Megan Britt, and received the following info: In a follow-on email Megan indicated that Bob had taken out trip insurance and that paid for the aerial ambulance, a Cessna Citation jet.
Feb 8, 20171 min read
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