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.
Henry “Hank” McCann, 82, Massapequa, NY died November 14 following a lengthy illness. Prior to his death Hank was the long-time President of the New York Chapter and was very active in the Association for many years. He was interred in the National Cemetery in Calverton, NY
It is with great sadness that we have learned of the passing of CC Life member Rudy Marth on January 9 in Woodbridge, VA. Marth, both a motion picture and still photographer in the Marine Corps, was a retired Gunnery Sergeant who later became a film editor and worked for Capitol Films.
LtGen. Victor Krulak, who headed all Marine forces in the Pacific during part of the Vietnam War, has died. He was 95.
Robert Poos, who covered the Vietnam War as a reporter for the Associated Press and later served as managing editor for the outspokenly pro-military magazine Soldier of Fortune, has died at age 78.Poos died on Monday at a hospice in Arlington, Va., where he had been under care for nearly two years for respiratory ailments, his wife, Bobbie Poos, said. He recently had suffered a broken hip and a broken elbow in falls.
Photos by Alan Schiff As funerals go it probably would rate 4 on a scale of 5. A bitter cold day at Arlington. There were the immediate family, one notable very close friend and three fairly recent friends from his very favorite Marine association. Sam Stavisky made his way to Read more…