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Looking for more personal info on the late Major Barbara "Bobbie" Weinberger who will have military honors rendered February 6. No problem with the honors or funeral but G-3 would like more personal info than they have on her career. She was at El Toro. If you have any personal anecdotes, please immediately contact Jack T. Paxton , Executive Director, USMCCCA, 110 Fox Court, Wildwood, FL 34785, Tel: 352.748.4698. Email: usmccca@cfl.rr.com

Into The Fray: How NBC's Washington Documentary Unit Reinvented the News By Tom Mascaro ISBN #978-1-59797-557-5, $29.95 Into The Fray vividly recounts the characters and experiences that helped create a unique, colorful documentary film crew based at the Washington bureau of NBC News. From the Kennedy era through the Reagan years, the journalists covered wars, rebellions, the Central Intelligence Agency, covert actions, the Pentagon, military preparedness, and world and Am

Born in Delight, AR, Mr. Nolen was a graduate of Texarkana Texas High School. He retired from the United States Marine Corps after 34 years of service. Mr. Nolen was a member of Battle Hill Masonic Lodge, United States Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association, Torrey Oaks Golf Club, Douglasville Hunting Club and the American Legion.

NEW YORK— Bonhams is honored to announce its upcoming 22 February sale, World War II: the Pacific Theater , the first-ever auction to focus entirely on the war’s historic events in the Pacific Ocean and western Pacific Rim. The chronologically structured sale begins in December 1941 with the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and concludes with signing of the peace treaty in Tokyo bay on the USS Missouri in September, 1945. From iconic monuments to ships models, this sale offers power

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.

If your name appears below, please contact Jack Paxton , Executive Director, USMCCCA, 110 Fox Court, Wildwood, FL 34785 or at +1 352-748-4698 or EMAIL: usmccca@cfl.rr.com ASAP and use the code word: OOPS. Gwen Adams John Arsenault Eleanor Bertrand Thomas N Bland Jr. V. T. "Ben" Blaz John Caldwell Joanna Cappeto Andrew Chrostman Alice T. Clark James Cohn Roger J Combs Jose Esparra Jr. Demetrio Espinosa Clinton Firstbrook Jason S Fischer James M. Goodwin Nathan Hanks Jr. Matt

Donald (Don) Kirchoffner, APR, Fellow PRSA, a past member of the Public Relations Society of America’s Board of Directors, died on Jan. 10 in Boulder Colo., after a three-year battle with cancer. He was 68. Kirchoffner was an accomplished executive known for creating and implementing strategic communications that proactively addressed a broad array of challenges with innovation, foresight and action. He was a driving force behind a number of high-profile media campaigns, cri

Atlanta — DVIDS (Defense Video and Imagery Distribution System) , a state-of-the-art, 24/7 operation that provides a timely, accurate and reliable connection between the media and the United States military, is now offering a daily e-mail with breaking news stories, imagery, audio and video direct from U.S. Military Public Affairs Detachments covering operations around the world. Feel free to use any of these products in your publication or website as you see fit at no cost.