Front: Last to know first to go Back: Unimpeachable Sources And Responsible Journalism Ignored Office Does anyone know anything else about the above photo? I found this amongst the memorbalia of my deceased Father in Law, Colonel Robert L. Ely, Jr. He was a 25 year old battalion commander in Read more…
This photoblog from the Denver Post features Joe Rosenthal and his famous photo of Marines raising the flag at Iwo Jima. If you’ve got the time… keep scrolling there are many of Rosenthal’s other war photos and a bit about the Marines in the photo above.
A very nice article about combat correspondent Frank Lee by Marc Yablonka on the Milspeak.org website…
The Third Marine Division Association will hold its 58th Annual Family Reunion at the Town & Country Resort & Convention Center in San Diego, CA, during Aug. 21-26, 2012. Anyone who served in, was attached to or served in direct support of the 3rd Marine Division at any time is 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.
“Where in Hell Do We Put Them?” Line infantrymen were completely puzzled with these particular Marines. “Where the hell do we put them?” “What can they do for us?” or “Doesn’t HQMC realize we’re fighting a war?” “Hell, they’ll only get in the way!” Fortunately, this attitude didn’t last long Read more…
Theresa McConnell Orashen is wondering if anyone can tell her the name of this Sergeant…”I’m trying to identify some personal photos I have….”
For those traveling to the National Museum of the Marine Corps at Quantico there are several new additions to the World War I section honoring the first combat correspondent “embedded” with the Marines. These photos were taken by CC Bob Jordan.
CCHQ has an inquiry about the name of a combat correspondent who worked with the 1stBn., 5th Marines in Korea during early to mid-1951. The CC was known for his red bandanna that he always wore. Email Jack Paxton if you know who he was and if he is still Read more…