CCHQ has been informed of the death of HLM Woody Clemmons, Goldfield, NV and of David X. Sharpe, Buffalo, NY. Sharpe was a Stars and Stripes reporter in Korea during the Chosin Reservor breakout and later. Association records do not show him as a member.
By Sgt. Juan D. Alfonso
HILO, Hawaii – There are few times in our lives that we meet someone who truly inspires us to be better. They’re the different ones. Men and women who live their lives on their own terms; brash and stubborn, but wise and interesting. On June 11, I walked through the house of such a man. I met his wife, met his friends, saw how he lived. I felt changed and inspired to be better, not just as a Marine but on a much deeper and rarer level, as a man. My only regret was…. It was too late to meet him.
Millard Kaufman, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of “Bad Day at Black Rock” and the co-creator of Mr. Magoo who waited until he was 90 to become a first-time novelist, has died. He was 92. He was a life Honorary member of USMCCCA and one of the founders of the Los Angeles Chapter.
The CCs and all Americans lost a good one June 13, 2009 when Tim Russert of
“Meet the Press” fame died of a heart attack.
When I learned of the recent death of legendary Marine Col. John Ripley, I cried. I will always wish I could have been in his presence just one more time.