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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).

If you are a member and did not get a Conference Journal recently maybe you need to update your address with CCHQ. We recently absorbed about $20 in returned postage fees for members who have moved but did not advise CCHQ. We are currently trying to find addresses for the following: John Deering Jessica O'Haver John F. Sullivan David Dupkis Keith A. McConnell Allen Mainard John K. Baird Ron Harwood Katie Densmore Bart J. Devito

The official dedication of the Brig. Gen. Robert L. Denig Memorial will be held at the National Museum of the Marine Corps at Quantico at 10 a.m. Saturday, November 17. Ceremonies will begin in the Semper Fidelis Chapel at 10 a.m., then move to the nearby Denig Memorial site. Attendees are also invited to a no-host luncheon at the Globe and Laurel Restaurant immediately following the ceremonies. In order to complete the luncheon arrangements we are asking those planning

Few of today's Marines will remember that former New York Times publisher Arthur Ochs "Punch" Sulzberger , who died Saturday at age 86, served in the Corps as an informational services officer in Korea, rising to the rank of captain before taking his discharge. When we arrived in the winter of 1951, Sulzberger was a first lieutenant and, if memory serves, relieved 1stLt. Jerry O'Leary as Division ISO. Staffers at the time included 2ndLt. Frank Goss and MSgt. Spencer Gartz. St

For the members and old timers attending the 2012 Annual Conference at San Diego’s Crowne Plaza Hotel it was like a visit back in time before Marine active duty involvement. While the fact the Marines had to execute a pull-out due to budgetary considerations is now history, suffice it to say, we adapted and overcame! Thanks to the schedule put together by our superior web-mistress, Kate Stark , all attendees seemingly enjoyed themselves; a few even learning something about c

The late Maj. Robert B. "Mo" Morrisey , USMCCCA's first Executive Director and later its President, will be inducted into the Mount Soledad Veterans Memorial on Saturday, September 15 at 10 a.m. Attendees at the 2012 USMCCCA Conference at the Crowne Plaza Hotel will be transported by bus from the hotel at 9 a.m. on Saturday. The ceremonies will feature the ceremonial induction unit from Mount Soledad and will last approximately one hour. Those attending from the San Diego

Members planning on flying into San Diego are reminded that a discount rate is available for the Cloud 9/Super Shuttle that makes the rounds of the hotels. The regular price between the airport and the Crowne Plaza Hotel is $12 each way. By clicking on the link below you can make an advance reservation that will save you $3 one-way ($9) or round trip for $18. You can make telephone reservations by calling 1-800 974-8885 and give the group code 7J379. www.supershuttle.com