The family of former longtime Leatherneck magazine managing editor and combat correspondent Tom Bartlett visited the magazine’s offices March 22 at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., to reconnect and hear stories about their dad and granddad. After a tour of the offices, Leatherneck staff and Bartlett family members enjoyed lunch, good Read more…
Joe Rosenthal Chapter President Dale Cook in red jacket, with fellow Iwo Jima veteran Roy Earle (left) and Marines Memorial Club President, retired USMC MajGen Michael Myatt (right), at the Club’s 23 February event honoring Iwo Jima veterans. Cook and Earl both served in the 4th Division during WWII.
Color footage from the battle of Iwo Jima. The Battle for Iwo Jima was one of the most famous and fiercest battles fought in the Pacific during World War Two and will forever hold a special place in the history of the United States Marine Corps Norm Hatch says: Just Read more…
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…
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…
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.
From Jack Paxton: Bob Said has asked if we could put out an inquiry about an underground airplane hangar in Wonsan, Korea. He needs a photo of the underground hangar at Wonsan in which Bob Hope and his troop entertained 1st MAW people in late Oct 1950 while the First Read more…
The oldest living Combat Correspondent, Lt.Col John Hampton, Ret. a member of the USMCCCA Joe Rosenthal Chapter, celebrates his 103rd birthday at his assisted care facility in Lafayette, Ca., with fellow Rosenthal Chapter CC’s From left to right , Rick Suarez, Earl Holt, Bill Wasson, LT.Col Hampton, Dale Cook, Norb Malecki and Read more…
UPDATE: Norm also appeared as the “Person of the Week” on ABC World News with Diane Sawyer. During Word War II, Norman Hatch was a combat cameraman who witnessed — and filmed — some of the most bitter fighting in the Pacific theater. His efforts ended with, of all things, Read more…
Norm Hatch, one our members, has been profiled on a website created by Ade Pitman called “The World at War.” It is dedicated to preserving the memories of veterans of World War II. It also aims to help guide visitors around Normandy and other WWII battlefields, and to show how Read more…