Marine Combat Correspondent Cyril John O’Brien was laid to rest on Friday, Feb. 4, 2011, five days following his 92nd birthday. Many were assembled on a spacious, snow-covered burial ground appropriately named “Gates to Heaven” in Montgomery County, MD, a dozen miles north of Washington, D.C. Two Marines removed an Read more…
Polsinelli Shughart PC’s Phoenix office welcomes attorney John Barwell to the firm as associate to practice business litigation. Barwell, a former Marine Corps journalist, served a combat tour in Somalia, and brings strong leadership skills to the firm. He earned his law degree from the University of Arizona James E. Read more…
I wanted to let you know I am hiring 2 new Public Relations Managers in the University Communications office in Washington DC — one to support the Kogod School of Business and the School of Communication, and the other to support the School of Public Affairs and the School of Read more…
Capturing war: In this 1944 photo, Cyril ‘Cy’ O’Brien, a former Marine combat correspondent, uses a typewriter on Guam. (Photo courtesy Pacific War Museum) Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo issued the following statement on the passing of Cyril “Cy” O’Brien, a former United States Marine combat correspondent who served during the Read more…
Marine Cyril J. O’Brien cheered when he watched the American flag being raised over Japanese soil in 1945. He wasn’t atop Mt. Suribachi but he was close, watching from the invasion beach and coming ashore on Iwo Jima as a combat correspondent with the 3rd Marine Division.
The following was received today from Cy O’Brien’s daughter, Patsy: We are having his wake at Collins Funeral Home Thursday Feb.3rd with viewings at 2-4 p.m and 7-9 p.m. His funeral mass will be at St. Bernadette’s Friday the 4th at 10:30 a.m.. All addresses and other information are listed Read more…