Anyone with any knowledge of a SeaBee-developed “golf course” in the Pacific theatre during World War II or a story written on the course by former CC Sgt. Ralph Peck is requested to contact Mrs. Marty Kaderli, Membership and Memorials, Admiral Nimitz Foundation, 328 E. Main St., Fredericksburg, TX 78624. Read more…
During the annual business meeting at a CC conference some 25 years ago, the chair brought up the issue of why more CCs hadn’t taken advantage of Life Memberships. So at the end of the session, a small group of us made a beeline to the treasurer to sign up. Read more…
The 2010 Annual Dedicated Member campaign has ended with a bang! Nearly $5,000 has been donated to the Foundation by 51 VERY dedicated members and we appreciate it. These CCs will find their names in the 2010 Annual Conference Journal now being readied for print. Foundation President Don O’Neal and Read more…
When not working on the website, I am a page designer for the New York Times International Weekly and the Large Print Weekly… so imagine my interest when during a budget meeting last week, an article on Combat Artists came up. Featured prominently in the story was our own, First Place Combat Read more…
Don Gee, Distinguished Citizen Gold Award winner for the Marine Corps League
Don Gee was awarded the Distinguished Citizens Medal Gold by the Marine Corps League’s National Commandant, James Laskey on April 23. Below is his citation:
“… Marine Don H. Gee has been involved in many League activities along with many outside organizations and activities. Marine Gee has held every Detachment office and in the past has held offices at the Department and National levels. He is currently the Detachment Adjutant/Paymaster, Public Relations Officer and Newsletter Editor. He is a member and has been active in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Division Associations. He is also a life member of the American Legion, VFW and the Marine Corps Association. He is a Legion of Honor Member of the Chapel of Four Chaplains. He is a member of the Combat Correspondents Association and is the first person to hold the offices ofChainnan ofthe Board of Directors and President concurrently.
NASHVILLE — U.S. Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association member Robert Wynkoop is pinned by his grandfather John H. Wynkoop in a ceremony at Vanderbilt University, May 14. Wynkoop received his commission as a 2nd Lieutenant through the Meritorious Enlisted Commissioning Education Program (MECEP). Wynkoop is a past merit award winner Read more…
He gave a spirited Independence Day speech during a large outdoor celebration on July 5. Seven days later he underwent an arduous, triple bypass surgery at a Montgomery County, Md., hospital. Four days later he was discharged from the hospital to begin several weeks of rehabilitation. Cy O’Brien, a 91-year-old Read more…
Was your name dropped? Did you stop paying your dues? You an find out who’s in and who’s out, by downloading the 13 pages of membership directory now. Remember, you have to have a special password to access the directory. If you don’t remember what it is, email Jack Paxton, Read more…
John Hampton, the retired Marine lieutenant colonel who in the late 1940s used his communications savvy to help launch the Marines’ famous “Toys for Tots” program that is still going strong, died Sunday at Deer Hill Care Home. He was 103.
Former Marine CC Cy O'Brien is surrounded by his daughters Bridget Turow, Patricia Cahill, and Johnine Meehan following his July
“It’s a daring aspect of this war in Afghanistan ,” said the speaker. “It’s conducted by very small, squad-sized groups of Marines and soldiers and it is called counter insurgency.”
The man at the flag-decked podium, shaded slightly from the near 100-degree heat, was 91-year-old former Marine combat correspondent Cyril O’Brien, the guest speaker at the July 5th, Independence Day celebration at Leisure World (pop. 5,500) in Silver Spring, Md. There was a long parade including a former governor, the county executive and hundreds more. A band played martial tunes, a community vocal group sang the Marines Hymn.