Robert Wynkoop is the recipient of the 2009 USMCCCA Foundation Scholarship. He is in his final year at Vanderbilt University where is majoring in communications under the Marine Enlisted Commissioning Education Program (MECEP). After graduating Robert will report to the Basic School at Quantico. The recipient of the 2009 Read more…
The front page of the Daily Press, Sept. 18, 2009.
by Don Knight, Awards Chairman
Cy “Obie” O’Brien wrote hundreds of stories about his fellow Marines during combat on Pacific islands during World War II.
That was more than 60 years ago. Today, it’s a different story. It’s all about this 90-year-old warrior, the former sergeant and newspaperman who carried a typewriter and rifle to the beaches of Guam and Iwo Jima in 1944 and 1945.
O’Brien is not looking for the spotlight but when his hometown newspaper heard about his wartime exploits a reporter and a photographer came to his apartment seeking an interview and a photo. They got both. The story and large headline (“Former Combat Correspondent Looks Back on World War II”), and the color photo dominated the front page of the Silver Spring , Md. Gazette on Sept. 9.
Joe Rosenthal CC’s had the pleasure of meeting another active duty Marine at their September 16th meeting at the Oakland Yacht Club. Cpl. Ryan Andrews, 23, Supply NCO for the I&I Staff, 4th Force Recon Co., in Alameda. Andrews from St Louis Mo., related that he has been a Marine Read more…
The War on Terror is high on most Americans’ list of concerns. It promises to be with us for at least another generation to come. We are relatively safe within our borders – now. But experts agree that it’s not if, but when we may be attacked in the future. Read more…
WWII Marine CC Frank McCulloch, who was Time Mag.’s bureau chief in Vietnam, is in a retirement home (as opposed to a nursing home) in Santa Rosa, CA. Frank is totally blind now. (Contact CCHQ if you would like to contact Frank) — Steve Stibbons Frank McCulloch enlisted in the Read more…
The Marine Corps encourages all those who lived or worked at Camp Lejeune before 1987 to register to receive notifications regarding Camp Lejeune Historic Drinking Water. Please encourage family or friends who were at Camp Lejeune during this period to also join the Notification Registry. The Department of the Navy Read more…
Left to right: Maj Megan M. McClung, Capt Paul D. Duncan, 1st Lt (now Capt) Jill A. Leyden, Maj (now LtCol) Riccoh T. Player, LtCol (now Col) Bryan F. Salas, GySgt (now civilian) Tim A. Streaty, MGySgt John A. Cordero, LCpl (now Sgt) Sean P. McGinty, Cpl (now Sgt) Lynn Read more…
Jack Paxton, executive director of the USMCCCA and wife, Pat, will be travelling in Europe on a well-deserved vacation for the next few weeks. He will check his email periodically, as WiFi will permit, but may not reply until his return on Oct. 18th. If you would like something posted to Read more…
(NOTE: The video above has been hosted on YouTube. If you see just a black box then you are blocked from YouTube. You can download the movie by right-clicking on this link and using Save target as … 2009 USMCCCA Conference First Place Shootout 35.7MB) During the USMCCCA conference, professional Read more…
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