The Brigadier General Robert L. Denig Sr. Memorial Distinguished Service Award (DSA) is presented annually to a person or persons who, in the judgment of the USMCCCA board of directors has or have made an especially significant contribution to the perpetuation of the ideals, traditions, stature and achievements of the […]
Lucian Read, the civilian combat photographer who captured the iconic Iraqi War image “Hell House” of then-First Sgt. Brad Kasal being helped out of battle-scarred building by two of his men, is scheduled to receive the Robert L. Denig, Sr. Memorial Distinguished Service Award in Atlanta at the USMCCCA Annual […]
Alan Covey, an Eastern North Carolina newsman who covered Camp Lejeune, Cherry Point and New River for 35 years, is this year’s Brigadier General Robert L. Denig Sr. Memorial Distinguished Service Award (DSA) recipient, presented annually to a “civilian practitioner of mass communications … who has made significant contributions to […]
The USMCCCA Board of Directors has announced that Maximilian Uriarte, AKA Terminal Lance, is the 2017 Brig. Gen. Robert L. Denig Sr. Memorial Distinguished Service Award winner. If the name does not immediately come to you, we would bet a year’s membership he is known by thousands of Marines who […]
The USMC Combat Correspondents Association Board of Directors have unanimously voted to posthumously present the 2015 Brig. Gen. Robert L. Denig Sr. Distinguished Service Award to the late Georgette Louise “Dickey” Chapelle on this, the 50th anniversary year of her death, near Chu Lai, Republic of Vietnam November 4. 1965 […]
In the original concept of the memorial to our founder, Brig. Gen. Robert L. Denig Sr. at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, the plot we purchased allowed for 78 surrounding bricks which could be engraved. We recently discovered that two bricks were used as “fill” and are blank. […]
Theo Servetas writes: It was on my return the other day from the 4th Division reunion at Charleston, SC, when I was finally able to stop at the Denig Memorial. It was a busy week getting my Son settled in at UNC Chapel Hill on the way down, and capped […]
Distinguished author and combat reporter Francis J. “Bing” West is winner of the 2013 Brig. General Robert L. Denig Sr. Memorial Distinguished Performance Award. A former Marine Corps combat officer in Vietnam, Bing West is author of six non-fiction books and one novel of Marines at war; from Vietnam through […]
Maria O’Leary, left, Chaplain William “Dan” Stallard, BrigGen. Paul J. Kennedy, Director of Public Affairs, Bernice Stavisky and USMCCCA President, Bill Haupfleisch unveil the monument of Brigadier General Robert L. Denig near the Chapel at the National Marine Corps Museum in Quantico, Va., on Nov. 17th, 2012. The memorial was […]
National Museum of the Marine Corps, 18900 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Triangle, VA 22172 1.877.635.1775 info@usmcmuseum.org The National Museum of the Marine Corps is located in the town of Triangle, VA just off I-95, 36 miles south of Washington, D.C., and 76 miles north of Richmond, VA. From I-95 heading south, […]