George Esper, the tenacious Associated Press correspondent who refused to leave his post in the last days of the Vietnam War, remaining behind to cover the fall of Saigon, has died. He was 79. Esper died in his sleep on Thursday night, his son, Thomas, told the AP on Friday. Esper Read more…
Although not an active CC, Gary Daugherty a retired public affairs master sergeant. was seriously injured while trying to stop a couple of fleeing drug dealers in Johnson City, TN. He retired out of Cherry Point in 2004 after 20 yrs as a CC. He was one of those golden Read more…
Col. Bryan F. Salas, former Director of Information at HQMC, will formally retire from the Corps on January 19 during ceremonies at the Pentagon’s Hall of Heroes. Col. Salas became Director of Information in 2009, shortly after his promotion to colonel. During his three years in that position he became Read more…
The National Association of Professional Pet Sitters (NAPPS) is a national non-profit trade association that provides value, credibility, networking and education to help foster the success of its members and is dedicated to promoting the welfare of animals. The Association aims to help the pet parent public, those interested in Read more…
FORT MEADE, Md. (Jan. 12, 2012) – Capt. Clark Carpenter relinquished command of Marine Detachment Fort Meade, Md., to Maj. Beatriz Yarrish during a change-of-command ceremony at the detachment here Jan. 12. Carpenter, who has commanded the detachment since July 2010, will continue his assignment here as a full-time instructor Read more…
John Dodd, Treasurer since the USMCCCA Foundation was revitalized several years ago, will resign that position at the end of the First Quarter, 2012. As most know, he is a master instructor at the Defense Information School (DINFOS) and the time constraints of that job preclude him serving any longer. Read more…
(Ed. Note: The following letter from the Semper Fi Fund was received at CCHQ January 6 addressed to our Foundation Treasurer John Dodd). We re-print it in part to show that your Foundation funds are reaching desired recipients.) Dear USMCCCA Foundation and Mr. Dodd: During this Holiday Season and on Read more…
Dorothy Jeanne Crane
(Ed. Note: We learned two things recently: One, old timers do come back to us and, when they do, it can be gangbusters! The second thing we learned was there were Woman Marine combat correspondents in World War II, at least one we now know of. In an email, former CC Crane Davis notified us he was making a contribution to the Denig Memorial Fund and wanted to know if we could list it in memory of his Mom and Dad, both CCs during that war. While space is limited on the left side of our web page we assured Crane we would do our best if he could enlarge upon his parents’ service. Here’s Crane’s reply with a great photo of his mom with the World War II CC tools of the trade: typewriter, steel pot, and the-then traditional cigarette. P.S. He also sent in his membership application.)
In early September 1941, my dad, Bob Davis, was a junior at University of Maine and a reporter at the Bangor Daily News, with a beat that included recruiters. The Marine Corps announced a program to recruit radio and print reporters, then train them as publicity men for local recruiters and return them to their hometown. Bob ended up working in Portland, then set up a new office in New Hampshire. My guess is that he put in for combat correspondent in the winter of 1942-43 and he said that he was almost immediately sent to Londonderry for almost a year. In early 1944, he went to Camp Pendleton, where the 5th Division was just forming.
If you are following the contribution totals to the Denig Memorial on the left side of this page you can see that we are now at $8,232. Initially, we had set an interim goal of $10,000 as a “go-no-go” point, meaning if we did not reach it by May 1, Read more…