Cy O'Brien invited to cut the cake at the CMC Birthday Ball

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Oct 5, 2009
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Captain Cyril O'Brien, USMC (Ret), has been invited byGeneral James T. Conway, Commandant of the Marine Corps, to attend his Washington, D.C. Birthday Ball on Nov. 14, 2009 as a special guest.

The Commandant wrote, "As the oldest Marine present, you are also invited to take part in the traditional cake-cutting ceremony. It would truly be our honor and pleasure to host you, a distinguished member of our Nation's "greatest generation," as we celebrate our Corps' 234th Birthday." -- Walt Ford, Editor, Leatherneck Magazine

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