CCs honored at memorial park

Members of the Central Florida Chapter of the 1st Marine Division Association in front of the memorial.

The Central Florida Chapter of the 1st Marine Division Association dedicated a plaque at the Ocala-Marion County Veterans Memorial Park on November 9, 2009,  honoring the Division and its many achievements.

Chapter members purchased 58 bricks to make the memorial possible.  Above Jack Paxton, executive director of the USMCCCA and a chapter member, is shown with four of the bricks he purchased honoring his friend and mentor, Bob Morrisey; his golfing buddy, John Funk; his company gunnery sergeant from his days as a CC with the 1st Marine division in Korea, Stan Wawrsyniak, as well has his own personal brick.

Dedicated bricks.