· Ms. Kezia Sweet Ms. Xochitl Vanegas sentinel editor Mr. Charles R. Smith officers, directors...

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President’s Notes page 4 H Museum Interns page 10 H The Year in Photos page 16 H Financial Report page 31

ThREE NEW GALLERIES CELEBRATE ouR hISToRY FRoM 1775–1918 page 16

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M A R I N E C o R p S h E R I TA G E F o u N d AT I o NStatement of Mission, Vision and Goals

Established in 1979 as the Marine Corps Historical Foundation, the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of Marine Corps history and traditions. The Marine Corps Heritage Foundation directly supports the historical programs of the Marine Corps in ways that might not otherwise be available through appropriated funds. The Foundation’s mission is to preserve and propagate the history, traditions and culture of the Marine Corps as well as to educate all Americans in its virtues. To fulfill this purpose, the Foundation vigorously seeks financial support to complete the National Museum of the Marine Corps and Heritage Center and to promote and endow the Marine Corps’ long-term historical research and educational activities.

To fulfill the mission, vision and goals for the continual development of the Marine Corps Heritage Center and completion of the National Museum of the Marine Corps, the Foundation fundraises and reaches out to government officials, philanthropists, educational foundations and other organizations and entities in order to preserve and propagate the history, traditions and culture of the Marine Corps.

The Foundation’s vision for the future includes the following:

n planning, funding and completing the Marine corps heritage center.

n creating and nurturing an endowment fund that promotes continuing education focused on the culture, history and values of the Marine corps.

n achieving pre-eminence among all military-related foundations and associations through its financial and intellectual leadership in promoting the Marine corps’ long-term historical research and educational activities.

The Marine Corps heritage Foundation’s goals include:

n raising $105 million to complete the development and construction of the Marine corps heritage center, which includes the national Museum of the Marine corps and semper Fidelis Memorial park.

n increase the endowment that supports all of the Foundation’s programs through systematic annual augmentation with emphasis on seeking educational grants.


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chairman of the boardGeneral Walter E. Boomer, usmc (ret)

vice chairman Mr. David R. Parker

directorsMaj Edgar D. Aronson, usmcr (ret)

Mr. Leslie M. Baker, Jr.Col Reed T. Bolick, usmc (ret)

Mr. Patrick T. BrentMr. Harry L. Crisp IIIMr. John M. Dowd, CounselMr. Thomas EiffMr. Cecil ForsterMaj Calvin C. Frantz, usmc (ret)

Col Fred Haden, usmc (ret), Counsel EmeritusCol G.F. Robert Hanke, usmcr (ret)

Dr. E. Bruce Heilman, SecretaryLtCol Clyde Johnston, usmc (ret)

Mr. Thomas KaneMr. Peter E. KumpMr. William LeightyMs. Angela C. MorganMr. James R. Moriarty, Esq.Mr. Joseph M. MurphyMr. Stanley SklarSgtMaj Halsey W. Smith, Jr., usmcr (ret)

Mr. Richard V. Spencer

ex officio directorsBGen Thomas V. Draude, usmc (ret)

MajGen Robert B. Neller, usmcMajGen Edward G. Usher, III, usmc

foundation staffLtGen Ron Christmas, usmc (ret) President and Chief Executive OfficerBGen Gerald L. McKay, usmc (ret) Principal Manager, Construction ProjectsMrs. Susan L. Hodges, Vice President for Administration and FinanceCol Raymond A. Hord, usmc (ret) Vice President for DevelopmentMs. Jennifer M. Vanderveld,Vice President for MarketingCol Richard D. Camp, Jr., usmc (ret) Vice President for Museum OperationsMs. Dawn Draayer, Development Programs ManagerMs. Gayle Union,Manager, Planned GivingMr. Jason Gardy,Information Systems ManagerMrs. Holly Devendorf, AccountantMs. Pamela Dodson, Museum Special Events Manager

administrative staffMs. Kelly BlackmanMrs. Lisa RamboMrs. Sabrina LinnehanMrs. Sarah MaguireMs. Sara O’BryanMrs. Patricia ReedyMrs. Meghan SedlakMrs. Jennifer Whitney

national museum store staffMr. Andy Pineau, Retail Director Mrs. Donna BootsMr. Brian BrionesMs. Rosario DoyleMs. Susan GriswoldMr. Robert HolmanLtCol Giehl King, usmc (ret)

Mrs. Mary Beth KingMs. Danay LewisMs. Silbana Munoz Ms. Cheryl MyersMs. Maria NoriegaMr. Carl Smith Ms. Kezia SweetMs. Xochitl Vanegas

sentinel editorMr. Charles R. Smith

officers, directors and Staff of the Marine Corps heritage Foundation

C h A I R M A N ’ S N o T E SGen Walter Boomer, usmc (ret)

Our aspiration to build the National Museum of the Marine Corps and Marine Corps Heritage Center, was founded in an unwavering belief that the service of all Marines, from 1775 to the present, should be permanently honored in a venue proportionate to our lengthy legacy. Fulfilling such an aspiration would require an unprecedented commitment from all who hold the Marine Corps dear.

It has been immensely rewarding to observe the community of Marines rallying to this call—as only Marines can. Thanks to the tens of thousands of Marine veterans, family members and patriotic Americans who have supported, and continue to support, this worthiest of causes, we are well on our way to establishing an unparalleled showcase for our history and heritage. When complete, we are confident that this permanent home for all Marines will also be the finest military museum complex in the world. This is a truly extraordinary enterprise. I am deeply honored to help lead the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation as it continues to pursue this ambitious and noble goal. We are grateful for all you have done, and ask that you continue to stand shoulder to shoulder with us as we seek to complete the National Museum of the Marine Corps and Marine Corps Heritage Center. With deep appreciation. Semper Fidelis,

Marine Corps Heritage Foundation 2

Chairman’s Notes 3

President’s Notes 4

Principal Manager, Construction Projects Notes 5

2010: A Milestone Year for the National Museum of the Marine Corps 6

2010 Foundation Awardees Honored 8

Museum Interns 2010 10

State of Marine Corps History, Updated 12

Nine Fellowships and Grants Awarded 14

Outstanding Sixth-Grader Wins USMC National History Day Prize 15

History Division Hosts Fourteen Interns 18

Concerto Competition Winners 19

2010 Corporate Circle Members 28

Oshkosh Defense presents donation 29

BAE to Sponsor new “Current Era” Gallery 29

How will you create your Legacy? 30

Financial Report 31

Board of Directors

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Sentinel readers will be pleased

to learn that progress toward completing the national Museum of the Marine

corps and Marine corps heritage Foundation continues apace, thanks to highly motivated and loyal donors like yourself.

Even in the face of an adverse economy, the unfailing spirit of the Marine Corps family continues to drive us toward our end goal of creating the finest military museum complex in the world. Your support is deeply appreciated, and we will continue to rely upon it as we seek to honor the service of all Marines via the National Museum and Heritage Center.

Here are milestone accomplishments of recent months:

n More than 2 million people have visited the National Museum and Heritage Center since dedication on 10 November 2006. This steady pace has placed our facility among the fastest growing and most popular attractions in the National Capital region. As the complex grows, and as its offerings multiply, we anticipate that these remarkable visitation numbers will only continue to escalate.

n A core mission objective in completing the National Museum is to develop a complete exhibit chronology, depicting America’s history as seen through the eyes of Marines. This objective took a major leap forward in June 2010 with the opening of three new Early Years galleries, covering the 1775-1919 timeframe. The new galleries opened to highly positive reviews on the 92d anniversary of the historic Battle of Belleau Wood. These galleries deliver 12,000 square feet of new exhibit space and showcase some 250 important artifacts, including the first

American armored car and the first Marine Corps aircraft. The Belleau Wood immersion experience in the World War I gallery, which recreates for visitors the experience of those legendary Marines on the battlefield, is an example of modern museum craft at its finest and most compelling.

n Our Foundation’s core mission is the recording and honoring of Marine Corps history. We were therefore delighted to host a wonderful celebratory event at the National Museum on February 18-19, 2010, commemorating the 65th Anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima. We were deeply honored to welcome 130 veterans of the iconic battle and their families to the National Museum. Their presence epitomized the historic connection to “those who have gone before,” long a tenet of the Marine ethos and a bellwether of our traditions. Master of ceremonies for the commemoration was Col Harvey “Barney” Barnum, USMC (Ret), a Vietnam-era recipient of the Medal of Honor.

n I am delighted to announce that we have secured a $10 million gift from the Lockheed Martin Corporation toward construction of a new large-screen theater within the National Museum. The gift also provides for multi-year sponsorship of the popular “An Evening With…” distinguished speaker program. Lockheed Martin’s gift is among the largest corporate contributions to any cause in recent years, and we deeply appreciate the implied endorsement of our cause. The new large-screen theater will feature regular screenings of a proprietary Marine Corps-themed film, produced with an action orientation to the highest contemporary “Hollywood” movie-making standards. The theater-film module is among the major new attractions that will continue to diversify and expand the National Museum’s visitor offerings and help secure its place as a major cultural resource.

n I also am very pleased to announce a $2 million contribution from BAE Systems to sponsor a new Current Era exhibit

gallery. This important new major gallery, covering the post-Vietnam years, will add contemporary focus to our exhibits and also will provide a fitting point of connection to the current generation of Marines and their notable contributions and sacrifices. Planning for the gallery will begin in 2011, with its installation schedule contingent on the National Museum building expansion that is a core element of our current second-phase campaign. We are deeply grateful to BAE Systems for this exceptionally generous commitment.

n We recently received a $250,000 gift from the Oshkosh Corporation to sponsor the Liberty Truck exhibit within the new World War I gallery. As the premier provider of heavy- and medium-duty trucks to the Marine Corps, Oshkosh Corporation saw fit to help showcase one of the best-known and most widely used trucks of World War I, of which some 7,500 were deployed in overseas service. We thank Oshkosh Corporation for its generosity.

n We have greatly enhanced our communications capabilities with the launching of a new interactive online platform, the Virtual Experience, now accessible at www.virtualusmcmuseum.com. The Virtual Experience extends the offerings of the National Museum and Heritage Center from its physical location to literally any internet-connected device in the world. Underwritten through the generosity of late Founder Steven Wallace, the Virtual Experience is proving to be a powerful outreach tool, eliciting uniformly positive comments from numerous users. We look for the Virtual Experience to grow audience awareness across our markets and to provide supporting fire for our fund raising.

p R E S I d E N T ’ S N o T E SLtGen Ron Christmas, usmc (ret)

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Semper Fidelis Memorial

park is a primary attraction of the Marine corps heritage center and complements

the historical offerings of the national Museum of the Marine corps.

Serving as a place of remembrance and reflection, the Park is located on the landscaped high ground adjacent to the National Museum and has been described as the “emotional soul” of the Heritage Center. The Park, with its centerpiece Chapel, offers opportunities for remembrance and reflection as Marine veterans and families visit the complex to honor the service and sacrifice of their comrades and loved ones. Today the Park is nearing completion and will be completed by January 2011. Among the new elements being built or installed are the following:

n An additional 1.1 miles of new paved concrete trails, to complement those already leading from the National Museum to the Chapel. The new trails will connect with the Chapel and also will provide direct access to Locust Shade Park and sections of the historic Old Kings Highway that transits through the Heritage Center grounds. These trails comply with all requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

n Space for an additional 33,000 Commemorative Bricks to line the new trail segments. The Commemorative Bricks program allows for individuals to honor comrades or family members through the placement of engraved bricks that are installed along the trails within Semper Fidelis Memorial Park. Priced at $300 apiece, the Commemorative Bricks are among the most popular and pluralistic elements of the Heritage Center complex and provide an

affordable recognition opportunity to all our supporters. Already, some 14,654 Commemorative Bricks have been purchased and installed along the Park’s existing trails. Please go to www.marineheritage.org/BrickProgram.asp or call (800) 397-7585 if you wish to purchase a Commemorative Brick.

n New rally points and overlooks, design features that serve to connect the Park’s trail segments as they traverse the terrain, are in development. Six new rally points will be built. A major new overlook, in honor of legendary Marine Lewis B. “Chesty” Puller, also is under construction; private funds

are currently being raised to create a statue of Chesty Puller that will be placed as the centerpiece of the new overlook.

In keeping with the concept that the Park is a place of remembrance, twenty benches will be located along the new trail segments; most of the benches are available as special naming or recognition opportunities at a sponsorship cost of $10,000. Finally, the Park also provides for the placement of unit monuments, honoring particular fraternal entities. Fourteen such unit monuments are already in place and an additional four monuments are scheduled for installation prior to the Park’s completion. H

p R I N C I p A L M A N A G E R , C o N S T R u C T I o N p R o j E C T S N o T E SBGen Gerald L. McKay, usmc (ret)

I encourage Sentinel readers—especially those who have not yet visited the National Museum in person—to visit the site and experience your Museum and its myriad offerings virtually.

n The Foundation has created a new educational program featuring distinguished speakers titled “An Evening With…” Each event consists of an evening reception and dinner, followed by a presentation from a distinguished Marine veteran or other luminary reflecting on topical aspects of Marine Corps history, culture, service or experience. Thanks to its sponsorship by Lockheed Martin Corporation, this series affords the Foundation the opportunity to invite and include as non-paying guests active-duty Marine Corps University students representing all the Armed Services who are attending the various professional military schools located at Quantico.

n We have developed a new relationship with the Modern Marine Expo, the major annual corporate showcase held at Quantico, in order to expand our outreach and develop stronger community relations. Our annual Community Outreach Reception was held at the National Museum to coincide with the recently concluded 2010 Expo. With the event being very well received by participants, corporations and the local community, future Community Outreach Receptions will be scheduled in coordination with the Modern Marine Expo. None of what is described above would have been possible without you—our loyal supporters. With much remaining to be done to accomplish our overall objective, we will continue to rely upon your continued participation. Thank you for your generosity and encouragement. H

Semper Fidelis!

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President’s Notes

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SEMPER FIDELIS

MEMORIAL PARK

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The “early years” galleries were a part of the original exhibit design proposal. Christopher Chadbourne and Associates from Boston, our designer under contract for Phase 1, submitted design drawings for four additional galleries as part of its final submission. The historical galleries we opened represented those wars for which there are living veterans: WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. We deferred the other galleries until we had time and additional Federal funding to build them, using the space for temporary exhibitions. In late 2007, we seriously dusted off those drawings and set to work. The Museum staff identified 86 distinct gallery lessons we had learned from watching and listening to visitors. Observations included: Visitors didn’t linger over videos for more than a couple of minutes. They didn’t look up. They tired of walking and wanted benches in the galleries. They got confused as they made their way through the exhibitions. And they came in greater numbers than planned. Using in-house design talent, we set about modifying the gallery plans to better address our visitors’ needs and to incorporate more artifacts into the exhibitions. We think the results are rock solid. The new galleries have

a different feel and appearance. I think they are even more engaging than the wonderful exhibitions we opened with. Anecdotally, I know that our visitors like them, too. We don’t have any formal peer evaluations yet, but I’m anticipating that these new galleries will get high marks from our colleagues and the “museum industry.” In part due to the buzz over the new exhibitions, we had the best visitor numbers

ever for the months May through August. In 2009, our numbers sagged a bit, along with the economy. And that happened around the country, with many museums being forced to cut back their hours, delay new programs, or even close their doors. I was disappointed that we didn’t break the 500,000 mark last year, but I have high hopes for 2010. While we heard from many visitors as they checked that they were here for a repeat visit and wanted to know where the new galleries were, we also saw large numbers of traditional vacationing families. Money is still tight; expensive paid attractions are out of reach for many. But the Marine Corps Museum is high quality, free, and just off the Interstate. That seems to be the winning combination this year. We also increased radio advertising in the Washington region, continued courting earned media (“news” articles written about us), and pressed full court with all our traditional marketing efforts, thanks to the support of MCHF. We were especially thrilled with all the travel writers’ stories, which showed up in newspapers, travel magazines, and on-line sites. The Prince William County Convention and Visitors Bureau orchestrated visits for several groups of journalists who specialize in leisure travel, and they all were inspired to write about us! Their impact is nation-wide, making our half-day investment well worth it. Student visits are also on the rise this year. We expect to end the year with over 40,000 young learners and their chaperones having walked through our doors, up 5,000 over 2009. And this is about where I would like to hold the number until our staff and classroom facilities also increase, in Phase 2. It’s not just about the numbers, especially

2010: A Milestone Year for the National Museum of the Marine Corps

by Lin Ezelld i r e c tor , nat i ona l m u s e u m of t h e ma r i n e cor p s

I really must stop referring to our Museum as “new!” this november we turned four years old, and in human years that must mean

we’re about middle age by now. at least that’s how it seems when we start adding up all our accomplishments. in four years, we have accomplished a great deal. our banner goal this year was to open the next three galleries, taking the history of the Marine corps back in time to 1775 and following the story line through WWi. We did that in June.

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with student visitors. The quality of the visit is key, and that doesn’t happen in a cattle car environment. Our museum educators invest their time before, during, and after these visits to ensure that the Museum is meeting the needs of the class. And they continue to come up with innovative methods of capturing our young visitors’ attention. We had waiting lists for all our teacher workshops this year, too, and I’ve started to notice we have more than a few repeat visitors. Teachers tell us that our workshops are especially useful because we give them ammunition to take back to the classroom that is immediately put to the test. And we’re looking at some new initiatives for geography week this year, something I’ve wanted to do since we opened. Marines are a global expeditionary force, so let’s use that to help kids get familiar with the globe. And I have to tell you about the rockets. For the second time, educator David Fair hosted a model rocket launch on our grounds, but this time it coincided with a flood of Boy Scouts en route to their jamboree at A. P. Hill. To say that it was popular would be a serious understatement. And for the first time, the exercise contributed formally to several Scouts’ aviation merit badges. David can officially offer and certify Scout badge programs at NMMC now: another step in making a difference. A milestone looming on the horizon is accreditation for the Museum through the American Association for Museums. You might think this would be easy for us, but we have a decided backlog of back-of-house work to do before we’ll be ready. Our curators and registrar’s staff have this on their front burners, almost to the exclusion of everything else for the rest of the year and into 2011. In earlier times, the Museum wasn’t as formal about its collecting responsibilities as today’s standards require, so there is a considerable backlog of inventory and other collections accountability tasks. But we have a labor-intensive plan in place. By Christmas, we will know just how many objects we own: no more estimates needed! That number is

my Christmas present from the staff. I can’t wait! We have submitted our application to AAM for accreditation. Next step is a self-study, which could take most of a year. That’s followed by a formal inspection team’s visit, and that team reports to the accreditation board. Having served as an inspector myself, I know just how much work goes into proving that we meet the highest standards of the profession. Achieving that seal of approval will also be a signal to donors that we are a solid investment opportunity and that we can be trusted to care for priceless artifacts in perpetuity. We’re well on our way on this steep path. Providing quality visitor service is second only to our responsibilities to the collection. We listen hard to our visitors and try to get to know them. For 12 months, we invited them to tell us what they thought of us on-line after they got back home. These survey results were compared to earlier data collected, and I was gratified to see that of those taking the surveys we continue to get high marks. When it came to overall satisfaction, 76% reported that NMMC was outstanding; 22% excellent; and less that 1% reported satisfactory, marginal, or unsatisfactory each. We got similar ratings for our staff and volunteers. And 81% said that they would return, with 98% indicating

that they would recommend the Museum to others. As they say on Facebook, “I like that!” And speaking of Facebook, by early September we had 11,500 fans, and 3,000 of them were reading our entries every day! That’s a wide reach, using an increasingly popular platform. You can be sure that we will continue paying attention to the ever-shifting social media outlets during 2011. In closing, I want to pass on one of our comments left on the on-line survey: “I was recently on one of those mystery bus tours, where you don’t know exactly where you’re going until you get there but are assured that the destination would have something for everyone. When we pulled up to the Marine Corps Museum, I was irked beyond words. Again, some man had decided that he knew what was best. Being stubborn, I considered just staying on the bus and pouting. But I didn’t. And I was the absolute last person to reboard. This was hands-down the finest American history museum ever! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for making me so proud to be an American and proud of the U.S. Marine Corps. Keep up the good work.” Yes, ma’am, we’ll do just that! Thank you for all your support. With your funding and encouragement, you contribute to our success! Please stop by and say hello on your next visit. H

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The Master Sergeant Tom Bartlett Award, named for the late Managing Editor of Leatherneck magazine and leading Marine photojournalist, is given for the year’s best still photography related to a Marine Corps subject. Winners receive a plaque and $500 for 1st prize, $300 for 2nd prize, $200 for 3rd prize and $100 for an Honorable Mention. First place went to Sergeant Pete Thibodeau, USMC, 3d MarDiv Combat Camera, Okinawa Japan; second place to Lance Corporal Michael Augusto, USMC, 3d MarDiv Combat Camera, Okinawa Japan; and 3rd place to Corporal Wayne T. Hansen, USMC, Combat Camera, Marine Corps Base Quantico. Honorable Mention went to Corporal Erik S. Anderson, USMC, Combat Camera, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina. The General Roy S. Geiger Award was established by Colonel G.F. Robert Hanke, USMCR, in memory of his father, Wing Commander Ralph Hanke, Royal Air Force. It is named for General Geiger, the fifth designated naval aviator in Marine Corps history, who commanded both air and ground units during World War II.

This $1,000 award is given to the author of the best article published during the preceding year in the Marine Corps Gazette in the field of Marine Corps aviation. The 2010 recipient was Colonel L.R. “Migs” Roberts, USMC, for his article “Unmanned UF-35B Lightning II” published in the June 2009 issue of the Marine Corps Gazette. Colonel Roberts is currently serving as CO of Marine Aviation Training Support

Group 23 at Naval Air Station, Lemoore, California. He is an FA-18 pilot. The General Wallace M. Greene Jr. Award is named for the 23d Commandant of the Marine Corps, who during his distinguished Marine Corps career gave stature to the historical program, as we know it today. He was a founding member of the Heritage Foundation. The $1,000 Greene Award is given to the author of the outstanding nonfiction book, published during the preceding three years pertinent to Marine Corps history. The 2010 award was given to Bob Drury and Tom Clavin, the co-authors of The Last Stand of Fox Company, A True Story of Marines in Combat, about Captain William Barber and the 234 Marines of Fox Company in Korea in November 1950—Chosin Reservoir—three quarters of whom were killed, wounded or captured. The Colonel Julia E. Hamblet Award is named for the longest serving Director of Women Marines. This $500 award is funded by a bequest from the estate of Lotus Mort and judged by the Women Marines Association. It is given to the individual or team that has done the most to further the recognition of the history of women who have earned the title Marine. The recipient this year was Nancy Wilt, who established a series of exhibits on women in the Marine Corps in the Castle Rock Museum in Castle Rock, Colorado. These widely acclaimed efforts led to her spearheading the expansion of the Women of the Marine Corps Collection, thereby conserving, preserving and cataloging hundreds of priceless artifacts. Her tireless work has been a resource base for numerous historians and archivists, and her

2010 Foundation Awardees Honored

by Col Reed T. Bolick, USMC (Ret)c ha i r ma n, g r a n ts , f e l lows h i p s , a n d awa r d s com m i t t e e

As it has since 1981, the Marine corps heritage Foundation hosted its annual awards ceremony to recognize outstanding

achievement in a variety of fields pertinent to the preservation of Marine corps history. Master of ceremonies greg Kelly, Fox5 anchor of good Day new york and a lieutenant colonel harrier pilot in the Marine corps reserve, joined assistant commandant general James amos and Foundation president lieutenant general ron christmas, in presenting 11 awards at a black-tie dinner held at the national Museum of the Marine corps in april. Music was provided by the Quantico Marine Band.

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commitment to preserving Marine Corps history has been truly exemplary. The Major Norman Hatch Award, named for the pioneer combat camera team leader whose color motion picture footage at Tarawa and Iwo Jima, among many other accomplishments, brought the Marine Corps story vividly to the American people. The $1,000 award is given for the best mini-documentary (longer than four minutes) videotape dealing with historical or current Marine Corps subjects. The 2010 award was presented to Citizens United Foundation for “Perfect Valor,” a documentary about Marines in Operation Phantom Fury, the fight for control of Fallujah. Accepting for Citizens United Foundation were the Executive Producer, David Bossie, and the Writer/Director, David Taylor. The Colonel Robert D. Heinl, Jr. Award is given in memory of the distinguished Marine Corps officer, journalist, and historian. He was a founder of the Heritage Foundation and author of Soldiers of the Sea. The $1,000 award is given to the author of the best article pertinent to Marine Corps history published in a newspaper, magazine, journal, or other periodical during the preceding year. This year’s recipient was Lieutenant Colonel Otto Lehrack, USMC (Ret) for his article “Dai Do, The Strategic Battle for Dong Ha” published in the March and April 2009 issues of Leatherneck Magazine. The Colonel John H. Magruder III Award is named for the first director of the Marine Corps Museum. The $1,000 award is given to an individual, institution, or organization for excellence in depicting Marine Corps history in exhibits or displays in a museum or similar setting. The 2010 recipient was Monsieur Gilles Lagin, a Frenchman and battlefield historian dedicated to preserving the history of the World War I campaigns at Chateau-Thierry, Belleau Wood, Torcy, Bouresches, etc. and the contributions of U.S. Marines there. He regularly conducts battlefield tours for visiting Americans and Marines from the Barracks at 8th and I, The Basic School,

and the School for Advanced Warfighting. Monsieur Lagin has also established an extensive museum-quality exhibition in the Town Hall of Belleau for the 80th Anniversary observances, and has renovated the barn on his property to function as a Belleau Wood museum. The Colonel John W. Thomason, Jr. Award was established in memory of this decorated combat officer, known for his artwork illustrating Marines in World War I, China, and Latin America. The $1,000 award is given for excellence in the fine or applied arts in depicting the historic or contemporary Marine Corps. The 2010 award went to Sergeant Kristopher J. Battles, USMCR, for his work documenting Marines in Afghanistan in both northern and southern provinces, to include the beginning of Operation River Liberty in Helmand Province as well as of Marine Corps humanitarian efforts in Haiti. His commitment to his art and the Marine Corps are in the highest traditions of the Museum’s collection. The Foundation’s Distinguished Service Award is given in recognition of extraordinary contributions over an extended period to the work of the Foundation and to Marine Corps history. This year’s award went to Colonel Joseph H. Alexander, USMC (Ret), who is one of the Marine Corps’ most noted historians. He was intimately involved in the conceptualization and design of the National Museum of the Marine Corps, including organizing and supervising a comprehensive

orientation program for the selected architects from Fentress, and is also featured in numerous historical videos shown in the museum. He continues to be a source of inspiration and assistance to the staffs of the National Museum of the Marine Corps and the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation. The Heritage Award, given in recognition of those who have provided unique and significant service to the Heritage Foundation in the fulfillment of its mission, was presented to Mrs. Phyllis M. Taylor, Chairman and CEO of Taylor Energy Company, who has carried on the initial involvement of her late husband, Pat Taylor, in providing unique and profoundly meaningful service to the Foundation. Through her efforts, we were able to develop Semper Fidelis Memorial Park, the magnificent place of reverence and reflection that adjoins the National Museum, and to have it available upon dedication of the Museum and Center on 10 November 2006. This year the foundation has instituted a new honor entitled “The John A. Lejeune Recognition for Exemplary Leadership.” This recognition, which was provided by Founder Patrick Brent, is in the form of a statuette of General Lejeune that is the same size and weight as an Oscar and a World War I Springfield 1903 Rifle. The criterion for this recognition is: “Demonstrated leadership in their chosen profession, appointed or elected position that is clearly exemplary and worthy of emulation. The recipient must epitomize the core values of Honor, Courage, and Commitment; and practice the leadership traits and principles ascribed to by the United States Marine Corps.” The Marine Corps Heritage Foundation’s first recipient of this award is Mr. Robert J. Stevens, Chairman, President and CEO of Lockheed Martin Corporation. As a former Marine corporal, he has clearly exemplified our Corps values and practiced our leadership traits and principles in his impressive rise to his current position of business leadership, as well as his active involvement in national and community affairs. H

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Museum Interns 2010, Mission Accomplished

by Emilie Arnold, Chris Garrison, Rachael Carroll, and Charles Grow

Good museums are not collections of dusty objects, out of sight and irrelevant. they are a vibrant thread in the community fabric.

the national Museum of the Marine corps (nMMc) fulfills this role by presenting the corps’ history to a broadly diverse audience 364 days a year. one way the nMMc fills its duty to the community is through the collegiate intern program, which is sponsored by the Marine corps heritage Foundation (MchF). each year the nMMc casts a wide net for students of history, museum studies, exhibits, and other fields of study. this past year produced a bumper crop of 65 undergraduate and graduate students from 14 states who competed for 13 slots. these museum-professionals-in-training supported strategic objectives during a critical time.

National Museum of the Marine Corps intern projects align student interests and career aspirations with critical needs in the Museum. This year the bulk of work focused on three strategic objectives: (1) complete the installation of the Early Years galleries, (2) prepare to apply for accreditation with the American Association of Museums, and (3) support educational programming. This win-win approach creates synergy and buy-in from both the interns and their supervisors. The following excerpts were written by three of the students trusted to our care this year: Emilie Arnold, a graduate student at the Cooperstown Graduate Program for History Museum Studies, writes:

When I set out to look for my summer internship as a student at the Cooperstown Graduate Program, I knew I was looking for an exhibits department to call home. For weeks on end, the search seemed fruitless. My program director, Dr. Gretchen Sorin, told me she wasn’t surprised. She explained to me that exhibits departments

are where the magic happens, and it’s a rare museum that will trust that to intern hands. I was incredibly fortunate that one of my professors, Mike Flinton, forwarded to my class an email from Charlie Grow, Deputy Director of the NMMC, with an internship application attached. That “Exhibits” was even listed as an available department was a relief, but the description of intern duties was even better: “If you show artistic potential, you may be able to assist with the creation of models and drawings needed to produce exhibits. Computer skills are a must.” My internship has also given me a new sensitivity for accessibility. The largest project I undertook this summer focused on creating a guide of transcripts for the hearing impaired. This was a crucial product, and working on it made me focus on the senses. How can exhibits appeal to more of them? The NMMC does such a good job of arresting the eye and ear, surprising visitors with unexpected mechanical vibrations, and with the new cordite scent cannons even confronts the sense of smell. Participating in the all-hands meeting in June

was a real stroke of fortune. This was more than just getting a chance to meet and network with museum professionals. It was also a terrific way to learn that the NMMC is aware of and courting the latest developments in the museum profession–social media, for example.

Additionally, Emilie participated in the final installation of three new galleries. She augmented an over-stretched Museum staff, helped with artifact mounts, participated in the installation of artifacts and lighting, and myriad other tasks. Her exhibit project for the hearing impaired was tested by a deaf visitor who found it to be user-friendly and helpful. It was also very timely because special needs accessibility is an inherent element of our bid for accreditation. Chris Garrison, a graduate museums studies student at George Washington University, focused on preparing the collection for accreditation. He worked in the collection, conducted research, and brought fresh ideas to the program. Chris writes:

As a Museum Studies student at George Washington University, I have had a number of classes that discussed the work of museum professionals but not a lot of practice. During my time at the Museum, however, I was able to work on a variety of projects that provided me with a great deal of experience in the museum field and a valuable perspective on the many duties of museum curators. Perhaps my favorite out of all of these projects was writing acquisition reports for objects donated to the museum. These reports detailed the history of the object and its potential value to the NMMC’s collection. The reports would then be presented to the Collections Committee, who would make


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decisions about adding donated objects to the museum’s collection. I enjoyed writing these because it gave me a lot of hands-on time with the donated items and allowed me to do some research into their history. As a result of this research, I not only learned about the donated items, but also about the Marine Corps itself. For example, one of these reports required me to research Marine Corps basketball during the 1950s, something I had no prior knowledge about. After looking at a number of archival documents and photographs that came in with the donation I was able to piece the history together and learn a great deal about Marine Corps sports. Other projects I worked on involved re-housing and inventorying museum collections. This not only gave me the hands-on experience that I was seeking through this internship, but also allowed me to discover some interesting items in the collection such as Revolutionary-era currency, a New Testament written in Japanese, and a propaganda poster created by insurgents in Iraq. I also had the opportunity to write several object labels for a temporary exhibit on Afghanistan which is currently displayed on the second floor. While I still have a great deal to learn about this area of museum work, it was a great way to get my feet wet. It provided me with a rough idea of the curator’s role in putting together an exhibit and the quality control process that goes on to ensure that all exhibitions in the Museum are the best they can be. I have to say that I am quite proud of my contribution to this project and excited to see something I wrote on display in a museum of this caliber.

Chris was one of eight interns who collectively performed almost 2,100 hours of work focused on the collections. All of these interns came from reputable schools with incredible desire to learn and develop resume bullets. They exceeded our expectations and according to their feedback, that was a mutual experience. Other interns focused on Restoration, Public Affairs, and Education. Rachael Carroll, a psychology major from James Madison University, supported the Education Branch. She worked with educators and students and provides the following glimpse into her experience:

As the education intern at the Museum, I had the unique opportunity to interact with and hopefully influence future Marines. I came into this internship like an average college student, with limited knowledge but eagerness to learn. This left me learning about the Corps as I taught it. Teaching kids about the mistakenly overlooked history of the Marine Corps left me with [an] appreciation for our Leathernecks I hope will never fail. I gave tours to some of the most curious children…and that forced me to not only be able to reiterate facts about the Corps, but to know the battles more in-depth and be

able to reason as to why Osceola deserved to be kicked off his land to a [Museum visitor who was a] member of his lineage. Making war kid-friendly without losing the sacred meaning of it was a challenge I faced on a daily basis. Walking pre-schoolers past a cast figure covered in blood lying next to a field Corpsman without a single little girl bawling was something I was only able to do after a Marine told them about the necessity of what they do. Once they got past the initial shock of the Museum, the children loved asking questions such as if the Marines (cast figures) were going to follow and shoot the group and why the figurines were playing in sacks of potatoes in the Montezuma diorama (they’re rocks, sweetie…). My learning extended far beyond just the department I was assigned to; the community feeling of the museum allowed me to learn about the unique blend of civilian and Marine tactics it takes to keep the Museum alive. Average visitors to the museum are dazzled by either the amazing technology that makes the Museum so interactive or by the unique perspective the Marines give on both well-known and less-textbook battles. Even after I was desensitized to the cold of the Toktong Pass, I

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2010 Museum interns tackled a wide variety of assignments from exhibit fabrication to visitor tours.

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The wing will be shared with elements of special archives and will include a location for MCU student study carrels. We eagerly look forward to moving into our new permanent home. However, it will be our third physical relocation in 8 years and such moves are never easy or fun. The History Division has had an exceptionally productive year. Much of our focus has been on the new Editing and Design branch of the Division. When I became Director in 2006, this branch consisted of a single person. Today, the branch now has a staff of 11 persons–all of whom have extensive experience in publication. Led by senior editor, Mr. Ken Williams, who came to us in 2008 from the Kentucky Historical Society, the branch has helped increase production of the History Division by an amazing 700 percent. Further, the History Division is also the home to the new Marine Corps University Press. This publishing subset of the Division not only prepares historical manuscripts for publication but also monographs and

document collections submitted by a wide variety of MCU faculty and administrators to include overseeing the annual publication of the Marine Corps University Journal–a University-wide based journal dedicated to the discussion of national security affairs at the highest level of scholarship. Earlier this year, the Branch released the inaugural volume of the MCU Journal for distribution. During this same timeframe, the Division has been able to hire a number of highly talented editors and visual information specialists. Mr. Shawn Vreeland will assume the role of Associate Editor and become Mr. Williams’ second in command of the branch. Mr. Vreeland has extensive editing experience with a subsidiary of publishing giant Random House. The branch also welcomed Ms. Andrea Connell, a highly talented editor who came to us from the Center for Naval Analysis (CNA). Also hired this year were visual information specialists Robert Kocher and James Caiella. Mr. Kocher has an exceptionally strong magazine publishing background and Mr.

Caiella, formerly of the Naval Institute, is an expert on historical photography and informational design. So all in all, the Editing and Design branch has really come along in recent months and we expect great things from this extraordinarily talented group of individuals. The Histories branch remains the main effort of the entire Division. Led by Chief Historian Charles D. Melson, the branch unfortunately had to say farewell to veteran historian Dr. Nate Lowrey, who accepted a position of greater responsibility with the Joint History Office at the Pentagon. Nonetheless, the Histories branch continues to progress toward the completion of several major historical projects. One of our largest is a three-volume project focused on the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Marine Corps aviation. All three books: an illustrated history, a battle study on the use of early USMC aviation in Nicaragua, 1927-1933, and a companion oral history collection that will accompany the illustrated history are all currently in production. Hopefully by early 2011, the branch will also produce two major monographs, a history of Marines in the Frigate Navy and a comprehensive history of the Marine Corps in Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Fortunately, before Dr. Lowrey’s departure, he completed his monograph on Operation Enduring Freedom, 2001-2002, the first of a series of books on the history of Marines in Afghanistan. Look to see this book in print by early next year. Starting next year, the Division will begin work on a series of booklets that will commemorate the 50th anniversary of Marine Corps involvement in the Vietnam War. The Division will be looking for proven, outside authors

State of Marine Corps History, Updated

by Dr. Charles P. Neimeyerd i r e c tor of ma r i n e cor p s h i story

This past year has been a busy one for the Marine corps history Division. since last october, the Division finally vacated the

temporary trailers that had been our home since 2005. We now occupy most of the first floor of the old staff non-commissioned officers academy building just across the street from our original location. But even better news, we have been informed that the long awaited extension to the gray research center at the Marine corps university (Mcu), (to be named the simmons wing in honor of Marine corps history and Museums Division Director emeritus Brigadier general edwin h. simmons), has finally been funded. plans are underway to break ground in early 2012 and we anticipate moving into the new location by early 2014.


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willing to contribute a specific topic driven manuscript of about 60 pages in the coming years. So if you are interested in working on a specific commemorative event that occurred during the Vietnam War, please contact me via http://www.tecom.usmc.mil/HD/Home_Page. The Reference Branch is now being superbly led by long-serving History Division member, Mr. Robert Aquilina. Mr. Aquilina worked for years as the branch Deputy. Now he is in charge. Bob’s vast historical experience in answering difficult research questions from a wide variety of sources, including the office of the Commandant of the Marine Corps, the Secretary of Defense, and members of Congress, has proven to be a tremendous asset for the entire Division. There is simply no one better suited for this task and I have received numerous commendatory comments from senior officials and elected leaders concerning the professionalism of this dedicated federal employee. Currently, Mr. Aquilina’s branch is in the middle of a major effort to digitize most of the Division’s extensive collection of historical publications. Furthermore, we hope to electronically copy over 86,000 historical reference files. So as you can tell, this effort is massive in scope and scale but we hope to have it completed in just a few years. And once complete, we hope to make available to researchers most of the entire extensive historical collection of the Division. The branch also hired the highly talented Beth Crumley, who transferred to us from the National Museum of the Marine Corps. Beth is one of the best sources for histories related to weapons and uniforms and her work focuses on unit histories. The Division’s smallest branch remains that of Field History. However, its smallness is not indicative of its importance to the Division. It is a very important enterprise. Field History is comprised of a detachment of drilling reservists called an Individual Military Augmentee or IMA detachment. Several of these IMA Marines serve full time with the History Division as activated

reservists. Most, however, serve part time in a drilling capacity. The one major caveat for all the Division’s IMA Marines is that they must be willing to deploy on historical collection missions for short durations during their three-year term with the detachment. For example, in a drill capacity, IMA member Lieutenant Colonel Kurt Wheeler recently completed transcribing and editing the oral history of outgoing Commandant of the Marine Corps, General James T. Conway, while other members of the branch deployed to Afghanistan, Iraq, and even Haiti. The branch is now led by newly hired Deputy Director, Mr. Paul Weber. Some may remember Lieutenant Colonel Paul Weber, USMC, when he was assigned to the History and Museums Division as the Support Branch head, 2002 -2006. He has returned to us following a job with General Dynamics Corporation and is now the Deputy for the entire Division. Paul’s administrative expertise and familiarity with our organization has enabled him to “hit the ground running.” With the publication of a widely acclaimed oral history anthology on the “awakening” in Anbar Province, Iraq, the branch continues to deploy field historians to both theaters of operations. For example, field historians recently returned from Afghanistan where they collected material related to the liberation of the town of Marjah from the Taliban this past spring. This information is already proving to be invaluable for follow-on histories of Marine Corps activities in the region. In sum, I remain very pleased with the progress of the Division during the past four years and our pace is especially picking up as of late. Our main effort continues to focus on the writing and documentation of Marine Corps operational history from both traditional and contemporary perspectives. And with the pending construction of the “Simmons Wing” at the end of next year, the Division will finally have a physical location that is on par with the National Museum of the Marine Corps and we hope we will not have to move for some time to come. H

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Museum Interns 2010, Mission Accomplished

was still impressed by learning about how the Museum was run. I was privileged to be able to do this internship at a very influential time in the Museum. I started two weeks before the Pre-WWII exhibits were unveiled. Seeing the construction and execution of such exciting ideas left me confidently telling friends and family that the National Museum of the Marine Corps was probably the best museum in the United States, including the Smithsonian. I also got a chance to have real conversations with the Who’s Who of the museum world. I had lunch with Imagineers, ice cream with the Director…attended post-Gallery opening meetings, workshops held by a general who is a published author, and I had the opportunity to talk to Marines about what really is happening in the world, and not just what gets in through the media filter. Befriending people in every field of the museum has led me to rethink career plans and love the past, present and future of the Marine Corps.

In addition to the creative and physical work accomplished by these gifted students, they benefit the Museum in less obvious ways. Their fresh perspectives challenge the status quo, they prevent the cancerous notion that “our way” is the best path to success. They inject new ideas about the most current theories in the museum world. They also provide an opportunity for our staff to practice Marine skills such as coaching, mentoring, and leadership. These young people are genuine force multipliers at the Museum. They take these lessons to the professional museum world, usually with a new awareness and appreciation for the Marines’ role in U.S. history. Some past interns now work at the Smithsonian and NMMC. Perhaps one of the 2010 interns will be responsible for the Corps’ material history in the future. There’s definitely a future museum director in the bunch. H

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In doing so, the Foundation provides funding to graduate students through three fellowships: the General Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr. Memorial Dissertation Fellowship ($10,000); the Lieutenant Colonel Lily H. Gridley Memorial Master’s Thesis Fellowship ($3,500); and the Bernard M. Rosoff Memorial Master’s Thesis Fellowship ($3,500). This year, the Foundation awarded two full and six partial fellowships. The recipient of the General Shepherd Dissertation Fellowship is Yveline Alexis, a graduate student at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. A graduate of Cornell University with a master’s degree from the University of Massachusetts, Ms. Alexis will investigate the tone of the relationship between the United States and Haiti during the 19-year Marine Corps occupation (1915-1934) of the island and comment on its continued diplomatic effects. Mr. Cameron D. McCoy is the recipient of the 2010 Bernard M. Rosoff Master’s Thesis Fellowship. A graduate of Brigham Young University, Mr. McCoy is pursuing a master’s degree at Texas A&M University. His thesis subject concerns the African-American men who volunteered for service in the Marine Corps and underwent training at Montford Point, North Carolina. He intends to address a number of issues in his thesis, including the motivation of the men to enlist in the Marine Corps, comparing and contrasting their training with that of the Army’s training of Black soldiers

and evaluating selected assignments of the “Montford Pointers” in the Pacific. A partial dissertation fellowship ($5,000) was awarded to Paul W. Westermeyer, a History Division staff member, to complete his doctoral work at Ohio State University. His topic is U.S. Marines in the Gulf War, 1990-1991. A second partial dissertation fellowship in the amount of $2,000 was given to Martin C. Smith, a doctoral candidate at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, whose topic is Marine and Army enlisted dissent in the Vietnam-era military, 1968-1973. A third partial dissertation fellowship for $1,000 was awarded to Fideleon Damian at Kansas State University at Manhattan, Kansas. Mr. Damian, a recipient of a Foundation research grant in 2006, will study the changes that occurred in Marine Corps doctrine following the Vietnam War, which culminated in the publication of Fleet Marine Force Manual 1, Warfighting and the rise of maneuver warfare. Three partial master’s thesis fellowships were awarded this year. The first, in the amount of $1,000, was given to Marine Captain Joseph W. Easterling. A graduate student at the University of Tennessee, Captain Easterling intends to focus on the events leading up to and the 24-27 July 1953 battle fought by Company G, 3d Battalion, 1st Marines, at outpost Boulder City, the last major ground combat operation of the Korean War. A second partial master’s thesis fellowship, also for $1,000, was granted to

Troy R. Elkins, a student at Kansas State University. Mr. Elkins will investigate the development of Marine Corps professional military education during the 1920s. The third partial thesis fellowship was awarded to Robin A. O’Connor in the amount of $500. Ms. O’Connor, who is a graduate student in organization communications at Southeastern Louisiana University, will look into the use of violent video games as military recruitment tools. She is interested in how these tools frame expectations and subsequent behaviors of young recruits and whether this converges with the concepts of negotiation and collaboration that are so important in the military of today. To encourage graduate-level and advanced study in Marine Corps history and related fields, the Foundation also provides research grants of $400 to $3,000 to graduate students and individuals interested in studying a subject that fills a need as determined by Marine Corps’ historians and museum or art curators. A single research grant in the amount of $750 has been awarded so far this year. The recipient, Geoffrey F. Gresh, a research fellow and doctoral candidate at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, intends to examine the conditions which led Gulf Cooperation Council countries (Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman) to expel the United States military from local host bases. A number of additional research grants await review by the Foundation’s grants and fellowships committee, including a work on the liberation of Guam and a work on how Commandant Thomas Holcomb supervised the dramatic expansion of the Marine Corps from 18,000 officers and men in 1936 to more than 385,000 in 1943. H

Nine Fellowships and Grants Awarded

by Charles R. Smith

Since its inception more than 30 years ago, a key mission of the Marine corps historical Foundation and its successor,

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The Marine corps heritage Foundation recently presented this

year’s “united states Marine corps history” prize to ian Farmer, a sixth-grade student from the Denver school of the arts, located in Denver, colorado.

The award was part of the prestigious National History Day (NHD) program. Each year, more than half a million students participate in the NHD contest, developing papers, websites, exhibits, performances, and documentaries about a significant moment in history. Ian’s winning entry, “Innovation in War Journalism,” explored the life of Ernie Pyle, a journalist who sacrificed his life in the course of writing about Marine operations in the Pacific during World War II. Ian was presented with a medal and $2,000 prize by Sergeant Major Halsey W. Smith Jr., USMCR (Ret.), a member of the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation’s board of directors, at the national awards ceremony at

University of Maryland College Park, on 17 June 2010. A film and arts student at the Denver School of the Arts, Ian has always had a strong passion for exploring the many sources of military history. Last summer, at a used bookstore, he happened upon a copy of Ernie Pyle’s book, “Brave Men,” which contained original clippings about the deceased author. Fate seemed to step in, prompting Ian to avidly research the literary works and history of Ernie Pyle as well as war journalism in general. Upon learning about the theme for this year’s NHD competition, “Innovations in History,” Ian enthusiastically developed an entry as an opportunity to share his learning, thoughts, and findings through a theatrical performance. First, Ian participated in the local Denver, Colorado NHD competition, where he received second place for his work. His entry moved on to the state-wide competition, where he again placed second, and qualified

for NHD’s Kenneth E. Behring National Contest in College Park, Maryland. Ian was taken by complete surprise when he was announced as the winner of the United States Marine Corps History Prize as the outstanding entry that best demonstrated an appreciation of Marine Corps history. H

Outstanding Sixth-Grader Wins USMC National History Day Prize

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sixth-grader ian Farmer with sgtMaj halsey

W. smith Jr., usMcr (ret.)

a King armored car from the global expeditionary Force, 1866-1916 gallery

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as the campaign to complete the national Museum of the Marine

corps and Marine corps heritage center continues, the complex

presents to the american public an ever-growing array of compelling

visitor attractions and powerful educational resources.

the 65th anniversary of the Battle for

iwo Jima weekend

semper Fidelis Memorial chapel Dedication

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Quantico Marine corps Band

summer concert series

the “early years” exhibit opening gala

in the event of inclement weather, the concert will be held inside the national museum of the marine corps H concessions available

18900 jefferson davis highway H triangle , virginia H www.usmcmuseum.orgJune 17 July 8 August 5 August 19

7:00–9:00pm H free admission

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The Historical Reference Branch was able to make significant progress in a number of key areas due in large measure to the hard work and assistance of four outstanding interns who worked closely with the branch’s historians. A graduate of George Mason University, Ashley Stone, created a commemorative naming program database. Previously kept in old card files and in folders, the database will make the information vastly more accessible when trying to answer questions quickly. Emily Martin, holder of the undergraduate degree in history from Christopher Newport University and a Master’s from George Mason University, assisted in organizing and digitizing more than 2,000 images relating to Marines in China prior to World War II, in addition to fielding numerous reference requests from the public relating to Marine Corps images. An undergraduate student at American University, Amanda Patino researched and completed a command and staff list for Marine Corps units in Iraq from 2004 to 2009 and assisted branch historians in updating unit lineage and honors certificates. Another graduate of George Mason University, Amanda Rowley,

returned for her second summer with the division, during which she reorganized and digitized the geographical files on Haiti, Nicaragua, and Santo Domingo, in addition to various biographical files of Vietnam-era general officers. She also produced an article on Captain Robert S. Hunter, who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his actions in Nicaragua in 1928. The interns working in the division’s Histories Branch performed valuable research, editing, and writing tasks. Stephanie Washburn, currently a student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), researched and drafted a number of short historical pieces for the upcoming volume on the 100th Anniversary of Marine Corps Aviation, in addition to updating the overview of Women Marines in aviation. A doctoral student at American University, Borislav Chernev, worked on a comprehensive Gulf War bibliography, assisted in assembling photographs and editing captions for the projecting history of the Gulf War, 1990-1991, wrote a number of short biographies, and edited draft chapters. Abbi Molzahn, a student majoring in history at Virginia

Tech, researched speeches from the Wallace M. Greene Papers and files on the 1947 National Security Act, and examined files on the Marine Corps Intelligence Activity in preparation for drafting an article on the activity. A third-year student at Stanford University, Max von Bargen, reviewed submissions for the Marine Corps University Press in addition to compiling a preliminary bibliography on Marine Corps/Army counterinsurgency operations and drafting an article on the Iraqi Insurgency. Three interns were assigned to the directorate where they served as research assistants in support of a biography of John A. Lejeune and a work on amphibious warfare. All three conducted research in primary and secondary sources in local Marine Corps archives and collections and in off-site locations, such as the National Archives. In addition the three interns were assigned various writing projects: Rachel Webb, a student Virginia Tech, wrote a book review of John Wukovits’ biography of Evans Carlson; Elizabeth Bubb, from Mary Washington, was assigned an article on the Vera Cruz intervention; and Brent Trickett, a student at Pensacola Bible College, was given the task of drafting an article on Belleau Wood. Oral History Branch intern work was focused at the Library of Congress’ Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division’s facility at Culpeper, Virginia. The branches’ two interns worked on the ongoing digitization of Marine Corps World War II combat recordings. Michael McFarland, a student at the University of Texas’ Austin School of Information, and Keith Dodd, a student at Virginia Tech, summarized each individual recording, entered each into the

It’s an excellent way to get your feet wet in the profession,” said one intern. “interning provided me a great opportunity to see my love

for history in a professional setting,” said another. in their own words, both interns expressed the intent of the summer intern program: to give promising and talented students the opportunity to not only gain meaningful work experience in their field of study, but also to earn a small stipend, provided by the Marine corps heritage Foundation, and college credit, when approved by the college or university. During this past summer, the history Division hosted 14 students for various periods in its four branches.

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oral history database, and digitized the tape-based audio recordings that were provided to the branch for future use by the division and the National Museum of the Marine Corps for podcasting, documentaries, or exhibits. The division’s Field History Branch hosted its first intern this year. Working with Marine Reservists, Megan Smith, an undergraduate at the University of California at Los Angles with a major in communications, concentrated on fact checking the monograph on operations in Fallujah, Iraq, where some of the heaviest urban combat Marines have been involved in since the 1968 Battle of Hue City in Vietnam. In addition, Ms. Smith researched and prepared a paper on “Information Operations,” the use and management of information in pursuit of a competitive

advantage over an opponent. Without the support provided by the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, which totaled more than $47,000 so far in 2010, promising and talented college students

could not be offered the chance to participate on a professional level in the historical activities of the Marine Corps while at the same time gaining meaningful experience and earning college credit. H

on sunday, 18 april, high school musicians catherine chen

and Matthew griffith performed in Washington D.c. as co-winners of the 2010 “the president’s own” u.s. Marine Band’s concerto competition.

Catherine, of Greenwich, Connecticut, and Matthew, of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, took the stage with the U.S. Marine Band during a performance at the Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall in Alexandria, Virginia, playing their competition winning entries. Ironically, both musicians played pieces from Carl Maria von Weber, with Catherine performing “Allegro ma non troppo from Bassoon Concerto in F, Opus 75” and Matthew performing “Concerto for Clarinet, Opus 26.” Selected from more than 120 participants in this year’s competition, Catherine and Matthew each received a $2,500 scholarship from the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation along with the

prestigious opportunity to perform with the acclaimed U.S. Marine Band. While they were in Washington, the Foundation also scheduled congratulatory meetings for the winners with their respective Congressional representatives. In between rehearsals on 15 April, Catherine, Matthew and their families traveled to Capitol Hill to meet privately with Representative Jim Himes of Connecticut and Representative Tom Petri of Wisconsin. Both families were truly honored by the opportunities, thanking the MCHF for making them possible. “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band Concerto Competition is held annually with support from the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation and the National Association for Music Education (MENC). The competition is open to high school woodwind, brass or percussion musicians in grades 9-12. To learn more about entering next year’s competition, visit www.MarineBand.USMC.Mil. H

among the interns who worked side-by-side with history Division historians this past summer were, from

the left, Brent trickett, Max von Bergan, emily Martin, ashley stone, abbi Molzahn, stephanie Washburn,

elizabeth Bubb, and amanda rowley.

top catherine chen meets with nancy pelosi,

Matthew griffith with congressman tom petri

Concerto Competition Winners Perform in Washington

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Mrs. Alice P. Adams, Mishawaka, INMs. Jane G. Adams, Swarthmore, PAMr. Robert J. Adams, Lafayette, LALTC George A. Allsopp USAR, Brick, NJSgt Brian D. Althouse, Honey Brook, PACol W. L. Ammentorp, USMC (Ret), East Syracuse, NYCpl Michael A. Amodio Sr., Rome, NYCPT William Arens, Morton, TXMajGen Victor A. Armstrong, USMC (Ret), Morehead City, NCMr. William E. Ashley, Honea Path, SCMr. Jesse D. Askins, Burns, TNMaj Walter Baginsky, USMCR (Ret), Waltham, MAMr. Jerry L. Baldwin, Troy, OHMr. Joseph Ballacchino, Fresno, OHLtCol Edward L. Barker, USMC (Ret), Temple, TX1stSgt Jerry Barnwell, USMC (Ret), Elgin, SCYncs James Barrett, USN (Ret), Overland Park, KSMr. Lewis Barrett, West Deptford, NJMr. William F. Beamer Jr., Davenport, IALt Robert W. Beck, Lake Quivira, KSSgt Glenn Beckum (Ret), Zephyrhills, FLGySgt Frank J. Behnke Jr., Annandale, VALt William M.S. Bell, Riverside, CAMr. Ron L. Benner, Alliance, OHSgt Robert W. Benton, Louisburg, NCMr. Everett Bidwell, Las Vegas, NVMaj Robert C. Bier, USMC (Ret), Carbondale, COMaj Lynde D. Blair, USMC (Ret), Chesapeake, VAMr. James A. Blake, Scottsdale, AZMr. David S. Blakely, Exeter, CAMr. Robert Boardman, Seattle, WAMr. Henry E. Bohn Jr., Wernersville, PACol John W. Bohning, USMCR, Paonia, COMr. Tom Borden, Ft Collins, COMSgt Andy Boros (Ret), Columbus, OHMr. Thomas D. Bowie, Yucaipa, CACol John R. Braddon, Fairfax, VAMrs. Catherine M. Branch, Highland Mills, NYMr. Meade C. Bridgman Jr., Kahuku, HICapt Donald J. Brisbois, USMC (Ret), Glendale, AZMr. Ray L. Brocker, Menomonee Falls, WISgt Donald L. Brown, Edmonds, WACpl John M. Bruce Jr., Corpus Christy, TXMr. William Bruce, Hastings, MIMr. David Homer Buck, Durham, NCMr. Michael L. Cain, Palm Harbor, FLCpl William D. Calligan, Hibbing, MNGerald A. Calve, USMC, Tarpon Springs, FLMr. Edwin D. Campbell, Dartmouth, MAMr. Walter T. Cantrell, Douglasville, GAMr. John L. Carlson, Sun City West, AZM. C. K. Carson, Green Cv Springs, FLMr. CW “Bill” Carter, Keizer, ORMr. Edward F. Carter, Santa Barbara, CAMr. Joseph Catalana, Conover, NCMr. Charles A. Cavanaugh, Round Rock, TXMr. Joseph Celenza, Florence, KYMr. George Cheney, Peoria, ILMr. Joseph J. Christiana, Metairie, LAMr. William C. G. Church, Hot Springs, ARMr. Frehl M. Colyer, Enola, PALtCol Leonard J. Comaratta, (Ret), Temecula, CAMGySgt John F. Comer, , USMC (Ret), Woodstock, GA

MSgt Norman G. Conklin, USMC (Ret), Oceanside, CAMrs. Marguerite E. Connor, Brunswick, MESgt Arnold B. Conrad Sr., Jacksonville, FLLt Robert B. Cook, USNR (Ret), Philadelphia, PASgtMaj Robert R. Crammer, USMC, Hyattsville, MDMaj Charles F. Cresswell, USMC (Ret), Springfield, VACol Victor J. Croizat, USMC (Ret), Santa Monica, CACWO4 Raymond J. Cullinan, USMC (Ret), Saint Peters, MOMr. Robert E. Dahl, Ferndale, WALtCol Walter W. Damewood Jr., USMC (Ret), Washington, DCMr. Daniel J. Danhauer, La Grange, ILMr. Lawrence A. Darr, Lincoln, CAMr. Arthur Daudelin, Brooklyn, NYMs. Jane L. Davis, Virginia Beach, VAMr. Marvin Davis, Lodi, CACol William J. Davis, USMC (Ret), San Diego, CAMGySgt William R. Davis, USMC (Ret), Williamsburg, VAMr. George E. Day Jr., Queen City, TXMr. Gary Deiters, Saint Paul, MNMr. Frank A. Denbrock PE, Jackson, MISgtMaj Thomas J. Denitzio, Scotch Plains, NJLeroy Diamond, Rosedale, NYMr. Richard Doherty, La Grange, ILMr. Paul Donovan, Westwood, MAMr. William C. Doran, West Hartford, CTMr. William K. Duncan, Smithville, NJAmbassador Richard J. Egan, USMCR, Westborough, MAMr. George W. Eldridge, South River, NJMs. Elaine Elms, Alexandria, VAGySgt Howard G. Ennis Jr., USMC (Ret), Glendale, AZMr. H. E. Erickson, Largo, FLMr. Arthur W. Esser, Fond Du Lac, WIMr. Thomas Fay, West Roxbury, MACol Thomas M. Fields, USMC (Ret), Silver Spring, MDMr. Maury W. Finsterwald, San Diego, CACol & Stephen T. Fisher, USMC (Ret), Bethesda, MDMr. Patrick J. Foley, Atlantis, FLMr. George M. Foote, Alexandria, VAMr. John H. Freeman, Newton, MSMr. Herbert F. Frels, Cuero, TXLtGen Edward S. Fris, USMC (Ret), Palisade, COMr. William W. Frost, Anderson, CAMSgt Samuel L. Fuchs, Citrus Heights, CAMr. Frank V. Gardner, Springfield, VAMr. Norman L. Gassett, Springfield, VTMs. Mary H. Gath, Port St Lucie, FLGySgt Frank M. Gigante (Ret), Somerset, NJMr. David M. Gilbertson, Ann Arbor, MIMr. Francis P. Gillen, Waltham, MAMr. Edmund L. Goodwin, Mountain Home, ARLtCol Abie Gordon, USMC (Ret), Longwood, FLMr. Douglas Patrick Gordon Sr., USMC, Heath, OHMr. Richard K. Gougeon, Hammond, INCWO4 William R. Graham, USMCR (Ret), Davenport, IAMr. James C. Grant, Largo, FLCapt Paul B. Graves, USMC (Ret), Chico, CACWO2 W. F. Green, USMC (Ret), Saint Charles, MOSSgt Irene M. Gregoriades, USMC, Garnerville, NYMr. Michael J. Gregory Jr., Scotia, NY

Mr. Edmund Dabney Hadley, Clarksville, TNMajGen Charles T. Hagan, USMCR (Ret), Greensboro, NCMr. Donald B. Hagner, Kenmore, NYMr. Richard P. Halbach, Sun City West, AZMs. Bev Hammett, Manchester, MDSgt John Hanuschak, Youngstown, OHPfc Milton L. Harris, Richmond, TXMr. Guy L. Haviland, Wyoming, MIMr. John F. Hayes, Cottonwood, CAMajGen Fred E. Haynes, USMC (Ret), New York, NYMr. Theodore H. Heckelman, Bellingham, WAThe Honorable Mr. Theodore H. Heidrich, Oxford, MEMr. Stewart H. Herritt, Williamsport, PACol Michael K. Hicks, USMC (Ret), Dallas, TXMrs. Madeline C. Hildebrand, Maryville, TNCol Arthur T. Hill, USMC (Ret), Audubon, PAMr. Clyde B. Hinton, Poulsbo, WAMSgt Harold Clive Holden, USMC (Ret), Bend, ORDr. Stanley D. Hopper, USMCR (Ret), Palmdale, CACWO Walter Lee Huber Jr., Mission Viejo, CACapt James W. Huffman Jr., USMC (Ret), Sebring, FLSgt James L. Hummel, USMC, Lebanon, PACol Richard D. Humphreys, USMC (Ret), E Liverpool, OHMr. George S. Husted, North Wales, PASgt Daniel Hyatt, Wilkinson, INSSgt George L. Jackson, Kerrville, TXMr. Robert V. Jebavy, Richardson, TXMr. Eliot H. Jenkins, Portland, ORMr. Francis Jerrold, Winchester, CAGySgt Harold Johnson, USMC (Ret), Longmont, COMSgt Eugene C. Jones, USMC (Ret), San Diego, CAMr. Francis J. Kellum, Charlott Hall, MDMrs. Roxana G. Kelly, Smyrna, DEMr. Paul C. Kemmerly, Madison, TNCapt John E. Kennedy Jr., USN (Ret), N Charleston, SCMr. Douglas R. Kern, Nazareth, PAMr. Edward G. Killian, Perrysburg, OHBGen James P. King, USMC (Ret), Loudonville, NYMr. Henry W. Kipp, Olympia, WAMr. William Kish, Wadsworth, OHMr. Robert Klein, Philadelphia, PAMr. Gregory P. Knapp, Edgartown, MAMr. Robert E. Knight, USMC (Ret), Harrisburg, PAMr. Virgle C. Knopp, Southport, NCMr. Charles W. Koehl, Englewood, FLLtCol Robert F. Koehler, USMC (Ret), Glendale, AZMs. Laura A. Houghton-Krist, Vista, CAMr. Jimmy LaChapelle, Triangle, VACol Robert M. Landon, Ooltewah, TNMr. Stanley H. Lapinski, Lexington, NCMr. Charles Robert Lasche, W Des Moines, IALtCol Louis Laun, USMC (Ret), Chappaqua, NYSgtMaj Whitney E. Leake, Bostic, NCSSgt Donald W. Leavitt Sr., Morton, PAMajGen Leo J. Leblanc, USMC (Ret), Washington, UTMr. Albert J. Lee, San Bruno, CAMr. William O. Lewis, Harlan, IAMr. Robert A. Lillico, Clearwater, FLMr. Burt Linscott, Norfolk, NELtCol John J. Lister, Villanova, PACol Joseph R. Little, USMCR (Ret), Glendale, AZMr. Richard A. Long, Woodbridge, VACol John Reily Love, USMC, Carlsbad, CAMr. Edwin C. Lowther, Herminie, PACol Burton L. Lucas Jr., USMC, San Antonio, TXMr. Dougald Mackintosh, Irvine, CASgt Tom H. Mahaffey, Marlow, OK

Taps since the last issue of Sentinel was published, the Foundation has been notified of the passing of the following members. the Foundation staff extends its sincerest condolences to their families and friends.


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Mr. Maurice Manley, Florence, SCMrs. Wilda G. Massey, Manassas, VAMr. Anerson Mc Bride, Houston, TXMr. Leonard M. McCabe, Franklinville, NJMr. Roy B. McCarthy, San Leandro, CAMr. Robert McClees, Annandale, VAMr. Harley McFarland Jr., USMC, Oceanside, CAMr. Billy G. McKenzie, USMC, Pinehurst, NCMrs. Kenneth McLennan, Carlsbad, CACapt Mary E. McWilliams USCGR (Ret), Chicago, ILMr. Peter Medea, Shirley, NYMr. Herbert C. Merillat, Washington, DCMr. Robert F. Meyer, Pacheco, CAMr. Walter G. Miete, Alna, MECol John G. Miller, USMC (Ret), Annapolis, MDMr. William M. Miller, Boca Grande, FLGeo Mitchell, Capo Beach, CAMr. Joseph F. Monti, Lavallette, NJ

LtCol Arthur R. Mooney, USMC (Ret), Fort Belvoir, VAMajGen Richard Mulberry, USMCR (Ret), Dallas, TXCol Walter F. Murphy Jr., USMCR, Ravenel, SCMr. George C. Naylor, Howell, MIMr. George Neall II, Chantilly, VAMr. Albert A. Nelson, Vancouver, WAMrs. Gordon W. Nelson, Savannah, GAMr. John F. Noble, Wilmington, NCMr. Kenneth O’Donnell, Falls Church, VAMr. Dan J. Ogle, Washington, DCMr. Earl Olsen Jr., Arlington Heights, ILMr. Louis Oneal Esq., San Jose, CACol Francis C. Opeka, USMC (Ret), Sequim, WAMrs. Marciele Opeka, Sequim, WAMr. W. E. Ottmer, Redmond, WACpl James M. Packard, Fernandina, FLMr. Donald T. Paquette, Anoka, MNSgtMaj L. Parker, USMC (Ret), Richmond, VACol Francis F. Parry, USMC (Ret), Lafayette Hl, PAMr. William F. Paul, Zelienople, PACapt Carleton Penn II, Leesburg, VAMr. & Mrs. Paul W. Perkins, Woodstown, NJMr. James W. Persons, Baltimore, MDMr. Connie L. Pierson, Columbus, GAMr. C. Dudley Pratt Jr., Kailua, HI

Mr. John J. Pugh, Steubenville, OHCapt William N. Pulley, USMCR, Broadway, NC1LT Raymond C. Reidinger, Chestertown, MDLtCol Frederick J. Reisinger, USMC (Ret), Woodbridge, VAMs. Patricia E. Ribbentrop, Saint Paul, MNMr. Eugene Ricciardi, Wheat Ridge, COCol Jon K. Rider, USMC, Kennewick, WAMr. & Mrs. Edwin M. Rimsky, Charlotte, NCMr. Robert E. Robinson, Seminole, FLMaj Godfrey A. Rockefeller, USMCR, Scarborough, MESgt Thomas J. Rooney, Vero Beach, FLMr. Rudolf G. Rosenquist, Fairhope, ALMr. Robert D. Ross, Bristol, CTCol Joseph J. Russell USA (Ret/Dec), La Quinta, CAMr. Edward F. Ryan, Short Hills, NJGySgt Willie Salas, USMC (Ret), N. Las Vegas, NVMr. William H. Sanders II, Princeton, WV

Capt Donald M. Schappert, USMC (Ret), E. Greenwich, RIMr. Max Scher, Hazlet, NJMr. Clifford L. Schmidt, Northfield, CTMr. Robert M. Schuder, Ephraim, WIBGen L. R. Seamon, USMC (Ret), Vista, CAMr. Francis Sedia, Cranford, NJCWO4 Grant M. Senour, Seattle, WAMr. David M. Severson, Clarkdale, AZ1stSgt Benjamin W. Shepherd Jr., USMC (Ret), Suffolk, VACol Eugene E. Shoults, USMC (Ret), Annapolis, MDMr. David Shropshire, USMC, Versailles, KYLtCol Robert L. Simonis (Ret), Poway, CALtCol David L. Simpson, USAFR (Ret), Ocean City, NJMr. Harry C. Sims Jr., Baxley, GAMr. Lawrence C. Skiba, Saint Marys, PAMr. George H. Snell, Stratford, NJMr. Howard W. Snyder, Hamilton, NYMr. C. W. Spampinato, Farmingdale, NYMr. Bradley A. Spencer, Fallbrook, CACWO4 Aaron W. Spikes, USMC (Ret), Saint George, UTCol John K. Springer, USMCR (Ret), Sunapee, NHMr. Eugene A. St Peter, Apollo, PA

Mr. James E. Stanford, Palm Desert, CAMr. John Stanton, Greenwich, CTMr. Todd Stegall, Lynchburg, TNMr. George A. Stewart Jr., Baltimore, MDMr. Joseph Strassner, Rochester, NYMr. John Summers, Succasunna, NJMs. Lucile Sutterer, Hampton, VACol John B. Sweeney, USMC (Ret), Las Vegas, NVCol Minert Nelson Thompson Jr., Saint Clair Shores, MICol John R. Thornock USA (Ret), Centreville, VACol Alfred A. Tillmann, USMC (Ret), Salem, VAMSgt George B. Timmons USA (Ret), Huachuca City, AZMr. John W. Tindall, Frankfort, INMr. Col & Mrs. Stanley V. Titterud, Santa Ana, CAMr. Theodore Tomishak, Parlin, NJMaj Edward J. Toohey, USMCR , New York, NYMr. Richard R. Tracy, Bowie, MD1LT Stephen A. Trimble, Washington, DCMr. William W. Troboy, N Richlnd Hls, TXMr. Gregory B. Tuban, Aptos, CAMr. Clayton E. Tucker-Ladd Ph.D., Chicago, ILMr. John W. Turk Jr., Longview, TXMr. Leonard E. Vargo, Cuyahoga Fls, OHMSgt James L. Vorhes, USMC (Ret), Sun City, CACapt John Paul Wallace, Greenville, NCMr. Everett B. Waters, Bryson City, NCMr. J. C. Webb, Plains, GAMr. William H. Weber, Greenwich, CTMSgt John C. Weimer, USMC Veteran, Crown Point, INMrs. Clara M. Wesolowski, Milwaukee, WIMaj Michael E. Weston, USMCR, State College, PACol Charles Whitacre Jr., USMC (Ret), Chambersburg, PAMr. James E. Whitacre, Raleigh, NCLtCol Marshall N. White Jr., Springfield, VAMr. Paul G. Willard, USMC (Ret), Grayslake, ILMr. Thomas V. Williams, Shingle Springs, CACol Charles J. Wilson USA (Ret), Huntsville, ALMr. Milton E. Wolfe, Camp Hill, PAMr. Stanley P. Wozniak, Prescott, AZMr. Winifred M. Yetter, Little Rock, ARMr. Donald S. Youlen, Utica, NYMaj Leonard S. Zaleski USA (Ret), West Hartford, CTMr. James D. Zappone, Clifton Park, NYMr. George Zebrun Sr., Alto Pass, ILSgt & Mrs. Paul W. Zeiger, Hershey, PA

mchf foundersThe following list represents Marine Corps Heritage Foundation Founders who have passed.

Robert E. Bush, C.M.N.Ambassador Richard J. EganFrederick E. KarlAlfred LernerSherman R. Lewis, Jr.Frederick B. RentschlerPaul A. RivasMichael R. SpakJames H. StonePatrick F. TaylorMajor Edward J. Toohey, USMCRSteven WallaceMajor General Mitchell J. Waters, USMCRGeneral Louis H. Wilson, USMC

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The Alfiero Family FoundationArthur L. AllenMichael S. AnsariCpl Reverge Anselmo USMCMaj Edgar D. Aronson, USMCRCapt Arthur W. Arundel, USMCBud & Suzanne BakerH. Furlong BaldwinMr. James E. Bassett IIIStephen D. Bechtel Jr.John H. BellCol Roy L. Belli USMC & Sarh C. BelliWalter C. BladstromCpl Samuel R. BlountRobert BlumGeneral & Mrs. Walter E. Boomer, USMCPatrick T. BrentAustin Brockenbrough IIIJ. Stewart Bryan IIIRobert N. BurtCol Marshall N. Carter, USMCRMr. Kim Chol-iLtGen Ron & Sherry ChristmasCapt F.M. Mike Corrigan, USMCMGen & Mrs. John T. CoyneCarlton B. Crenshaw, USMCCpl Harry L. & Rosemary Crisp IIHarry Lee Crisp IIIEdward A. CuccioWilliam T. CurranCapt John R. Cusack MC, USNThe Maj John W. Davenport, Sr. FamilyMajGen & Mrs. Hollis E. DavisonCapt Timothy T. Day, USMCRWilliam H. DonaldsonCapt & Mrs. John M. DowdArchie & Linda DunhamStephen M. ElmsRichard T. FarmerCurtis W. Fentress, FAIA, RIBATom & Karen FranaMrs. Doris GaudetteAlan GerryCapt Robert H. & Sue A. GerskyBruce & Nancy GottwaldCapt Tone N. Grant, USMCFrances GuilbertDonald L. HallCol G.F. Robert Hanke, USMCEarl C. Hargrove, Jr.Desmond J. HeathwoodDr. E. Bruce HeilmanW. J. HindmanBruce & Eileen HooperLtGen Jefferson D. & Janel HowellDavid H. HugelG. Watts Humphrey Jr.Capt George M. Humphrey II, USMC

Clyde & Toni JohnstonRichard C. & Kay McSteen Jones Jr.S. Michael JosephThomas F. KaneMajor Edmund P. Karam, USMCRCapt Frederic E. Karl, USMCGeneral & Mrs. Paul X. KelleyLtGen William M. Keys, USMCJames D. & Susan KingDonald & Ellie KnaussEddie M. KramerA. B. KrongardGeneral Charles C. Krulak, USMCPeter E. KumpNancy Faith FisherNorma LernerRandolph D. LernerMr. Richard B. LiebLipper Family Charitable FoundationVernon R. Loucks Jr.Mr. Robert A. LutzEdmund & Maureen Matricardi, Jr.The T. B. McClelland, Jr. FamilyMartin G. McGuinnPfc Lester S. Miller Jr.A. Malachi Mixon IIIThomas S. MonaghanThe Robert S. Morrison FamilyGeneral & Mrs. Carl E. Mundy Jr., USMCCapt Thomas G. Murdough, Jr., USMCRSgt Joseph M. MurphyMGen Douglas V. O’Dell & FamilyLtCol Nelson M. Olf, USMCRosewell PageDavid R. & Nancy C. ParkerCpl J. Stephen & Mercedes B. PennerThe Ross Perot FamilyCol Sara J. Pritchett, USMCJames N. PritzkerThe Rice FamilyCpl Joseph E. Robert III, USMCWilliam “B.J.” & Mary Jo RobisonJames C. RoddeyMichael J. RossCol Robert W. Rust, USMCRSkip & Gail SackMajGen C. Dean & Velda Sangalis, USMCRThe John A. Scarsella, Jr. FamilyThe William J. Schoen FamilyJohn B. SchulzeChuck & Rita Scianna FamilyThe Honorable George P. ShultzHardwick SimmonsStanley “Buddy” SklarMr. & Mrs. Frederick W. SmithRobert SookCharles A. Spadafora FamilyRichard V. SpencerRobert B. Starke, Jr.Capt James H. Stone, USMCRRobert D. StoreyCapt William J. & Lydia J. Strickland

Arthur Ochs Sulzberger & Allison S. CowlesRobert R. KeadleThe Patrick F. Taylor FoundationMr. Fred A. Thomas The Tronvold FoundationCindy F. WatersCol Allen E. Weh, USMCRLloyd T. & Mary Ann Baker WhitakerBurke W. WhitmanLtCol Richard R. Willich, USMCJane C. Wilson

friends of the museum $5,000

LtCol George B. Alden Sr., USMCCol Joseph H. Alexander, USMC 2Lt Kenneth Allbaugh, USMCRAnonymousIrwyn ApplebaumMGySgt Robert W. Appleton Jr.Col Russ AppletonAsplundh FoundationMSgt Lauren P. Bands Sr., USMCLarry & Kay BangsCapt Louis F. Bantle, USMCRCol Robert J. Barbour, USMCGen Robert H. Barrow, USMC Cpl Charles Thomas Barry, USMCEddie Basha, Jr.Col Gordon D. Batcheller, USMC Mr. & Mrs. Roy BeckRudolph W. BeckerCSM Andrejs Bedelis, USAMike Beeler & FamilyCol Roy L. Belli, USMC & Mrs. Sara C. BelliFrank W. BellowsDr. D. Bradley Berry & Cynthia E. BerrySgt O. J. Betz, III, USMCBarry Bingham, Jr.The Eugene P. Bittinger FamilyCol Marvin S. Blair, USMC Edward & Pamela BlecksmithRichard J. BlumArthur A. Bohn, MSgt, USMC (Ret)LtCol Harper L. Bohr Jr., USMCCol Reed T. Bolick, USMCSSgt Nicholas J. Bomicino, USMCCapt Frank L. Boushee, USNCapt Eugene Gunter Bowes, USMCLtCol Cary Branch, USMCMaj Brian L. Briggs, USMCWilliam M. Bristol IIIMr. Macon F. Brock Jr.Capt Webster B. Brockelman Jr., USMCRCapt Ed Browder, USMCR1Lt Harry B. “Britt” Brown Jr., USMCRThomas BrownCapt Roy Bruchman, USMCRMaj David W. Bryant, USMCR

Robert A. BuerleinJohn ButnerCol Barett & Michelle Byrd, USMCThe Cancelliere FamilyCpl Francis J. Cantrel, Sr., USMCRPfc Glenn L. Carpenter, USMCRThurman S. Cash Jr.Sgt Samuel M. Cassidy, III, USMCGregory M. & Janet M. Chaconas, USMCLtCol Paige L. ChandlerCol H. Avery Chenoweth, USMCR Mr. & Mrs. William ChittendenMrs. Rose CiprianoThomas L. Clancy Jr.Col Robert M. Clark, Jr.Col John W. Clayborne, USMCMs. Edith M. CollinsThe Thomas G. Connor, Jr. FamilyLtCol Norris G. Cotton, USMCArthur Crames Family FoundationSgtMaj Robert R. Crammer, USMCLtCol James O. & Glenna Cranford, USMCA. Scott CrawfordCpl W. R. Crim, USMCRJoseph D. CroninSSgt Donald L. Crosby, USMCCpl Maria E. Crowley, USMCThe James L. Crutchfield FamilyLCpl Joe H. Cruz, USMCLCpl Daniel J. Culnen, USMCTSgt & Mrs. Foster K. Cummings, USMCDouglas C. DacyMr. Robert B. DaughertyDelbert N. De YoungSgt James A. DearieAnthony E. DenisRobert DeverellSSgt Canio J. Di GerardoLeroy & Helen Diamond FamilyCapt Charley Dickey, USMCRU.S. Chamber of CommerceCWO2 Robert T. Donald, USA Mrs. Joshua Worthington Dorsey, IIICapt Percy S. Douglas, USMCRSamuel H. Douglas IIIBGen Thomas & Sandra Draude, USMC Col Dennis E. DrewCol Robert “Jeff ” Drummond, USMCThe Col M.J. “Mac” & Pat Lucille Dube’ FamilyLtGen Leo J. Dulacki, USMCSgt Robin A. Durni, USMCDavid L. EllisBetty Buchanan ElmoreElaine ElmsH. David ElmsPamela ElmsFrank & Carolyn EwasyshynCol Robert W. Falkenbach, USMCCapt Roy M. & Marieanne G. Feher, USMCRSheran FernandoSgt Ronald I. Fields, USMCGeorge L. FirehammerCapt Dean L. Fisher, USMCR

Contributors We gratefully acknowledge our donors for their vital role in the Foundation’s success. We also thank those not listed here due to space limitations for their generosity and unwavering commitment. thank you!

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LtGen & Mrs. William H. Fitch Dr. George M. FittingTony Fletcher Design, LLCDale L. FolandWicks Chapin, Inc.George M. Foote FamilyLtCol David W. Fox, USMCRAlan FrancoMaj Calvin Frantz, USMC Capt Joseph S. FranziaJames R. Freels LtCol Hubert “Hub” Frey, USMCSgtMaj Herbert G. Fulenwider, USMCMSgt & Mrs. Thomas A. Gafford, USMCRobert D. GallawayCapt David Ganz, USMCRMajGen & Mrs. Donald R. Gardner Col Michael R. Gardner, USMCMSgt Wayne M. Gatewood, Jr., USMCWalter GerichCol Robert F. Gibson, USMCCol Paul W. Glover Jr., USMCThe Arthur & Dorothy Goetz Family, USMCMr. Phillips J. GoodenoughFrederick H. GraefeSusan H. GrahamThe Estate of June D. GrantMGySgt Charles F. Graustein, USMCMSgt James Graver, USMCCapt Darrell Graves Jr.Dean & Ginny GravesGeneral Alfred M. Gray, USMCPatrick W. GreenleeWilliam H. Greer Jr.SSgt Kevin G. Grewe, USMCSgt Norman L. Gulley, USMCCol Fred & Adelene Haden Mary B. HaleLtCol Hal HaleyMr. Arthur M. HallLtCol Edward A. Hall, USMC & FamilyDaniel S. & Tracy L. HalpernMartin G. Hanse Sr. MGySgt David Harrah, USMCTsunako HarrisLtCol John Goode Hart III, USMCKenneth A. HartmannMajGen Albert C. Harvey, USMCRCol Victor J. Harwick, USMCMaj Norman T. Hatch, USMCR Capt Donald Hauler, USN“Punch” Haynes Dr. James A. HeathMelvin HecktDaniel R. HefnerArthur HeggenLtGen & Mrs. Dennis J. HejlikMrs. Ella M. HelmLtCol Walter J. Henderson, USMCThe Col Don & Stella Hering FamilyCol Richard “Skinny” Herrington, USMCRoger & Susan HertogCol Tom Hewes, USMC Sgt Joseph L. HigginsLtCol David A. & Joan Higley, USMCCol Peter L. Hilgartner, USMC Sgt L. Mark Hinton, USMC

Edward R. HolcombLindsay Holcomb Jr.Karen HolgateJames N. Holland Jr.The Holzberg FamilyWilliam HooperWilliam HoustonMaj Frank B. Hower, Jr., USMCRLtCol William C. HoweyLtCol John Z. HoyAlexander HsiaoJames W. & Sally F. HubbardMSgt N. Vern Hughes, USMCHugin Family Foundation The Hull Family FoundationCapt Phillip & Erica Hunt, USMCRStewart A. HurlburtMaj William D. “Ike” Isenhour, USMCCapt Arthur J. Jackson, USMCDoug E. JacksonCol Gordon “Jake” Jacobson, USMCRSgt Robert E. JacobyCWO2 Bert & Doramae Jakobson, USMC SgtMaj Jack W. Jaunal, USMCCapt S. G. Johndroe, IIIGeorge H. JonesBGen James R. Joy, USMC LtCol William W. Kaenzig & Sgt Stephen VernonJackie & Cherie KassingerThe James L. Keely FamilyMr. & Mrs. Martin & Shirley KempCapt Ben Kenny, USMCLtCol John P. Kern, USMCR Lynn & George KerrSgt Ralph E. Kinnane Jr.Peter & Jeanne KinnearRobert KnoxH. James & Barbara Knuppe, USMCRCol Ted KolankiewiczLCpl Gerald E. Korson, USMCCWO2 Frank J. Kossyta, USMC Dr. Lee Albert KrimmerVictor H. Krulak, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Krupp Jr.Capt Kevin M. Kryst, USMCCpl Leo-Thomas La Prade, USMC-LtCol, USACpl Jack B. LamphereCol Randlett Towns Lawrence, USMC SSgt William H. LeightyCol Andrew J. Ley, USMCRDon J. LongMr. William C. LortzCarol L. LossCpl Gerald A. Louie, USMC1Lt David L. Luke, III, USMCRPfc Fred B. Luna, USMCCol Charles H. & Mrs. Elizabeth R. Lyman, USMCJames W. LystlundWalter R. Maguire, Jr.George M. MarcusCpl Kenneth C. Martin, USMCMr. Michael MartinLtCol Robert J. Martin, USMC Robert N. MassaroWilda G. Massey

Mary MatthewsSgtMaj Robert & Rita Matthews, Jr., USMCLtCol Donald F. Mayer, USMC Lawrence A. Mazerac Jr.Kerry McCan, USMCRMichael & Re McClung1stSgt Raymond W. Meaney, USMCJohn G. Medlin, Jr.SgtMaj Howard J. Memmer, USMCRichard E. MeyerCol Ross S. Mickey, USMCEugene & Alice Mika, USMCLtGen Thomas H. Miller, USMC Robert E. MillettJohn F. MitchellSgt Morgan C. Mitchell, USMCRRuby MontgomeryEstate of Joseph F. MontiCapt Stephen C. Moore, USMCRMrs. Angela C. MorganJames R. MoriartySSgt Russell S. Morley, USMCJames A. MorrisSgt Bruce L. Morton, USMCMaj Kurt E. Muller, USMCR J. Patrick Murphy LtCol Dillard O. Myers, USMCSgt James A. Nealy, USMCPfc Russell W. Necaise, USMCDavid & Jacqueline NelsonSgt T. E. Newman, USMCCol F. Brooke Nihart, USMC Sgt. Norman J. NortonRobert W. Norton John J. O’BrienSgt John E. O’Donnell, USMCLtGen Stephen G. & Vera M. OlmsteadLtCol Arnold J. Orr, USMCMaj Edward M. O’Shaughnessy, Jr.Ralph L. PangonisCol Tom D. & Alyce L. Parsons, USMCThe Patrow FamilyThe Patterson Family Randy & MichaelBGen Terry L. Paul, USMC LtCol & Mrs. Everett P. Paup, USMCRCapt Joseph Pellegrino, USMCRSN Robert S. Perkin, USNRCapt & Mrs. Louis N. Pernokas, USNRSgt Peter A. Pervi, USMCCapt Robert J. PetermanMaj William G. Peters, USMC (Ret)Jane Cahill PfeifferMr. & Mrs. Mason Phelps Sr.Sgt Gregory A. Phillips, USMCCol & Mrs. Eric N. PiperCol A. J. PonnwitzSgt Warren A. PotterCol Sara J. Pritchett, USMCRobert L. RaabMr. Chester A. ReeceCol Jon K. Rider, USMCCharles A. RinglerRobert W. RiordanCol John W. Ripley, USMC SSgt Alfred S. Roberts, USMC & USMCRMaj Godfrey A. Rockefeller, USMCRRobert Roehm, III

Darwin E. & Marion E. RogersMichael S. RolbandChris RooneySgt George L. Rumelt, USMCRJens P. RummlerRobert & Nichole Sacco FamilyCapt Theodore A. SamolikGeorge L. SandstromCpl Michael L. Saner, USMCJ. C. ScanlonMSgt George L. & Loretta Schaudel, USMCFred B. ScheelRaymond E. ScheerW. Dudley Schleier & Betty Gatchel SchleierSgt Jake Schoellkopf, USMCGeorge A. SchroederThe Wynn & Linda Schubach FamilyShirley SchwartzCol Roger Scott, USMCFrederick J. SeitzRobert S. & Lynna K. ShawJohn D. Shoup Recovable TrustLtGen & Mrs. Philip D. Shutler, USMC (Ret)Mace SiegelThe Bruce R. Charlotte Sigmon FamilyWarren & Betty SingerLtCol Frank M. Slovik, USMC Sgt Alan B. Smith, USMCSgtMaj Halsey W. Smith Jr., USMCR Verlin SmithLtCol John F. “Jack” Spangler, USMCLtCol D. R. Sparks, USMCDevon SpearsThe Spies FamilyCapt Sidney L. Spurgeon, USMCGeoffrey L. StackSgt Edward J. Stark, USMCWilliam SteinMark A. Sternheimer Sr.Wallace StettiniusBob & Sally StinsonFranklin D. Stinton David L. StulbFrank & Teresa SuryanCapt Dennis Swanson, USMCSgt Stender Sweeney, USMC LtCol James D. Swinson, USMCThe Family of 1Lt Louis K. Szymanski, USMCJ. Richard Taft Organization, Inc.Michael A. Tallarico, III1stSgt Paul E. Tallman, USMCZane TankelLtCol Robert W. Taylor, USMC Dr. John M. Templeton Jr.Howard & Marlies TerpningHall W. Thompson, Jr. Thomas M. ThompsonJohn ThorntonCapt Richard P. Torykian, Sr., USMCChester R. TroutThomas M. ValenteBM3 John J. “Jack” Valloric, USN


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Robert E. Ackerman Ph.D.Capt Arthur W. “Nick” Arundel, USMC (Ret)Bob AtwaterMr. Carl J. Austrian Jr.GySgt & Mrs. Richard H. Behrens, USMC (Ret)Col Hazel Elizabeth Benn, USMC (Ret)Mr. Robert BlumMSgt John A. BrownMr. Nicholas T. CartonMr. Paul H. CaseboltMr. Samuel M. Cassidy IIIDan R. Cheatham Sgt., USMCMrs. Barbara A. ChristieLtGen & Mrs. Ron Christmas, USMCCapt John Colas, USMC (Ret)Ms. Edith M. CollinsMr. Philip W. ConroyGy/Sgt Victor D. Corson (Ret) Mrs. Nancy B. CrutchfieldEd CuccioMr. John R. CurrellMs. Dorothy Lane CuttsMr. Lawrence A. DarrMr. Joseph K. DavisLtCol Herbert W. De GroftMr. Donald C. DilleyCapt Percy S. Douglas, USMCRMr. Jack E. DufourMSgt Earl F. Dunlap, USMC (Ret)Mr. Ronald I. FieldsJames R. Freels Jr.GySgt Leonard J. Froncek, USMC (Ret)Mr. Frank W. GeigerCWO Arthur H. GoetzMr. Phillips J. GoodenoughMr. Marvin E. GordonSgt Robert P. GraySSgt Kevin G. Grewe, USMCMs. Lily H. GridleyCol Peter Grimes, USMC (Ret)Mr. Thomas P. GrimmSgt Norman L. Gulley, USMC (Ret)Col G.F. Robert Hanke, USMCR (Ret)Mr. Zeddie L. HarmonMr. & Mrs. Colin A. HarrisonMr. Donald R. HayesMr. Melvin HecktDr. E. Bruce HeilmanCol Margaret M. Henderson, USMC (Ret)Mr. Robert F. HenryMaj James B. Hunter Jr.Ms. Mary Teri IvaniskiGySgt Douglas B. Johnson, USMC (Ret)Mr. & Mrs. Martin W. JohnsonLtCol & Mrs. Clyde J. Johnston, USMC (Ret)Richard C. Jones Jr.Maj Robert R. Keadle, USMCRLtCol Roger G. KidstonBGen John F. Kinney, USMC (Ret)Dr. Lee Albert KrimmerGeneral Charles C. Krulak, USMC (Ret)Mr. Peter E. KumpMrs. Carol Quinn-Lassell

Ms. Sabrina Marguerite LemonsLtCol Louis R. Lepore, USMCR (Ret)SSgt Richard R. LewCommodore Thomas J. LupoMr. & Mrs. Edmund A. Matricardi Jr.Mr. Theodore A. MayberryMs. Ruth H. MayoMs. Agnes E. McCaskillSgt John W. McGinty Jr.Ms. Margaret MoranLtCol Ben Munn, USMCRMrs. Brenda NecaiseMSgt Reginald D. Nelson, USMC (Ret)Capt Harry C. Niemann IIILtCol Nelson M. Olf, USMC (Ret)Janice C. ParrottMr. J. Stephen PennerMr. Ronald PetersLtCol John PidgeonMr. Robert A. PortenierCol Sara J. Pritchett, USMC (Ret)Col Walter S. Pullar Jr., USMCMr. Charles A. RinglerMr. Paul A. RivasCapt Everett A. Robinson IIIDarwin E. & Marion E. RogersCol & Mrs. John P. RoosMr. George L. RumeltMr. James A. SableMr. George L. Scott Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. ShawMs. Mary Daggett SheehanCWO4 Warren A. Singer, USMC (Ret)Pfc Daniel E. SmithLCpl Mark A. SmithMr. Mel SnitzRichard V. SpencerGySgt Robert D. Stone, USMC (Ret)Mr. Lynn TerrySgtMaj Sarah N. Thornton, USMC (Ret)SgtMaj Frank Turse, USMC (Ret)LtCol Edward H. Utley, USMC (Ret)Sgt Bryan R. VickeryMr. Bennie WeldonMr. James E. WhiteCol Robert D. & Donna R. WhiteCpl & Mrs. Jerry A. WillisMr. Carl R. WitheyMr. William G. Workman

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Mr. Michael L. GeorgeMr. Stanley KatzmanCapt Gerard R. Lear, USMCCpl Darryl B. Sheets, USMC (Ret)Courtland SpottsCol Frederic L. Tolleson, USMC (Ret)Maj Alton F. Vergote

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Mr. John J. AglialoroMr. Wade AllredMaj Walter Baginsky, USMCR (Ret)Mr. Bret G. Barrie

Mr. H. Dewey BatsonMr. James T. Beason IIIMr. & Mrs. Clyde C. BlylevenMr. Barry N. BortzCol Michael H. Boyce, USMC (Ret)Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. BuckleyMr. Ron BuddMr. Woodrow CampbellCol & Mrs. Conwill R. Casey, USMC (Ret)Mr. Ken CentoniMr. Keith A. CheshireDavid Reid Clark Esq.Mr. & Mrs. Wayne B. ClarkMr. William C. CloseCapt & Mrs. William R. ColemanCol & Mrs. Alfred M. Cordes, USMC (Ret)Mr. John B. CorsoDr. C. W. CowlesSgt Thomas J. CroninMGySgt Henry J. Czeck, USMC (Ret)LtCol John J. David, USMCMs. Jody DavidsMr. Jack DavisCpl Anthony DaykinSgt Frank X. Decolator, USMC1stSgt John Doherty, USMC (Ret)Mr. Jeffrey T. DornMr. George H. DouseMr. William J. Durkin Jr.Mr. Ted DuttonCapt George T. Eastment III, USMCMr. Willard EdisonCapt Richard EdmundsMSgt Edward L. EmanuelMr. Kenneth W. EngstromMaj Norman C. Farrington Jr.Maj David Bruce FiteMr. Jimmie H. FulkersonMr. Benton GarrisonSgt Rocco J. GattaCol George H. Gentry Jr., USMC (Ret)Mr. John J. GibsonMr. Walter P. GibsonMr. Floyd E. GilreathMr. Grant L. GraeberMr. Alfred L. GriggsMr. Stan L. GuillaumeMr. Joseph F. GuntherMr. Paul J. HammMr. Dennis HarringtonMr. Richard HartnackMSgt Raymond K. Harvey, USMC (Ret)Mr. & Mrs. Harold J. HaunMr. Fred HayesSgt Oral M. HerrodMr. & Mrs. Charles A. HilbertLCDR Charles B. Hintz, USNRMrs. Bernice L. HoganMGySgt Harry Horch USAFR (Ret)SSgt Charles E. Howdyshell Jr.Mr. John T. HydekSSgt Jerry G. Jones, USMC (Ret)Mr. David N. KarrMr. Howard KatzMaj John R. Kazalunas, USMC (Ret)LtCol Garry N. Klaus, USMC (Ret)Thomas W. Knowles

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Mr. John R. TowersMr. Richard E. UpshawMr. Richard J. ValenciaMs. Sheila E. VaughanKenneth R. WadeLtCol Robert J. WalkerMr. Mahlon B. Wallace IIICapt Marshall D. Ward, USN (Ret)Mr. David S. WatkinsMr. Gerald D. WayLtCol & Mrs. Philip S. Weigand, USMC (Ret)Mr. Darrell M. WilkinsMr. David WilliamsMr. Jim A. WillinghamMr. Andy YeoCapt & Mrs. C. William Zadel

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Lt Vincent J. Aceste, USMCRobert E. Ackerman Ph.D.MSgt Richard M. AglerMr. Ronald E. AlfordMaj Abraham Ross Alkire Jr., USMC (Ret)Mr. Donald R. AllisonVirginia S. AllredMr. John A. AmesGeneral James F. Amos, USMCCapt John J. Anaya, USMC (Ret)Mrs. Doris J. AngleMr. Larry G. AppleMaj James A. Ardaiolo, USMC (Ret)Mr. & Mrs. Jack R. ArmasCol Robert C. ArmsteadLtCol Daniel T. Armstrong, USMCR (Ret)Mr. Craig R. AtkisonMr. Ross AusburnMSgt Ralph J. Austin, USMC (Ret)Mr. Richard J. AvanzatoMr. & Mrs. Lonnie J. BailLtCol David W. Baldwin, USMC (Ret)Capt Joel M. BaldwinMr. Ernest R. Barger Sr.Dr. Jeff Barkley Cpl, USMCMr. Edwin L. BarlowMr. Brooks H. BarronMr. Timothy M. BastyrCol & Mrs. William G. Bates, USMC (Ret)Col William D. Bauer, USMC (Ret)Mr. Doug BeachCapt Walter Ewing Beasley III, USN (Ret),1stSgt Gene A. Beck, USMCMr. & Mrs. John E. Beck Jr.Mr. Bill BeckPhilip L. Beckerich III, USMCR (Ret)Mr. Roger P. BeebeLTC David E. Belatti, USMC (Ret)Cmdr Peter C. Bennett, USN (Ret)Mr. William E. BennettSgt Robert E. Benoit, USMCMGySgt Eugene J. Benson, USMC (Ret)CWO3 R. W. Bentley

Mr. Paul W. Berenato Sr.Maj Jason B. Berg, USMCMr. Laurence G. BergMr. & Mrs. James H. BerickJay F. BerkmanMrs. Mary Louise BerkmanMr. Larry K. BerryMr. Stephen L. BessingerMr. Robert L. BetschCol & Mrs. William H. Beyer, USMCR (Ret)Mr. Jeff BickelCpl Michael A. BilykMs. Adele H. BinderMr. Richard J. BlanchfieldMr. Frank H. Blatz Jr.Capt Robert M. BleiweissMr. Jeffery O. BoggsMr. William BolgerMr. Kenneth A. BottMr. Harold J. Bowen Jr.Mr. Henry E. BowesMr. Wayne M. BowieMr. Laurence R. BraaschSSgt Bill Brady, USAJohn BrauerMr. & Mrs. Christopher J. BreauxCapt George J. Brennan Jr., USMC (Ret)John J. & Patricia M. BrennanMr. W. Parham Bridges Jr.Mr. Richard BrightMrs. Rebecca W. BrizeeMr. Peter BrockettSgtMaj Shon P. Brodie, USMC (Ret)BGen Donald H. Brooks, USMC (Ret)Col Kevin P. Brooks, USMCR (Ret)Mr. Stanley M. Brother and Mrs. Linda BrotherMr. Don R. BrothersLtCol & Mrs. Guy Larry Brown, USMC (Ret)LtCol Herman C. Brown, USMC (Ret)Mr. P. Hamilton BrownMaj Tom Browne, USMCMr. Charles R. BroylesMr. William BrucknerMr. Ronald BrunkenSgt Gerald BucklandMrs. Nancy T. BullardCol Robert N. Burhans, USMC (Ret)Mr. Robert Burkhardt & Mrs. Sally BurkhardtMr. Bill M. BurksMr. & Mrs. Robert W. Burns Jr.CWO2 Scott Burns, USMC (Ret)Mr. Steven V. BushDr. & Mrs. O. J. Byrnside Jr.Mr. Plato CacherisMr. Thomas L. CainMr. David J. CallardMr. Patsy Calvello Jr.Clay & Fern CampbellCol Richard E. Campbell, USMC (Ret)Mr. Robert F. CampbellMr. Thomas G. CannonMr. Armand J. CantafioMr. John P. CapellupoMr. Daniel V. CarbaughMaj Robert D. Carpenter, USMC (Ret)

Mr. Mel CarswellMr. Paul H. Casebolt1LT Ronald D. Castille, USMC (Ret)Mr. James M. ChamberlainMr. Gilbert ChesterMr. Edwin J. ChinMr. & Mrs. David C. ChristySgt Arthur D. Ciapponi, USMCRSgt James J. Clancy, USMCMr. Dennis K. ClapperCpl Boyce Clark, USMC (Ret)Mrs. Patricia A. ClarkLCDR & Mrs. Phillip E. Clark, CHC, USNMr. Ron ClyborneMr. Robert CoieLtCol Barbara J. Cole, USMC (Ret)Mr. Jerry ColemanMr. C. Edward CombsMr. Donald D. ConklinMaj Leslie ConklinSgt Michael P. Connelly Sr., USMCMr. Dennis J. ConroyMr. & Mrs. Joseph W. ConstantineCol Timothy C. Conway, USMC (Ret)Col Edward Cook, USMC (Ret)Dr. Thomas R. Cook IIIMr. John J. CooneyCol Thomas M. CooperMr. Carlton CoppMr. Charles M. CorneliusGySgt Victor D. CorsonSgt Christopher D. Cothron, USMCMSgt Kenneth A. Couture, USMC (Ret)General & Mrs. George B. Crist, USMC (Ret)SgtMaj Daniel J. Crowley, USMC (Ret)Mr. Pete CullumMr. James J. CunninghamSgt Tom Cunningham, USMCRI. H. CurtissGySgt Daniel A. Cushman, USMC (Ret)LtCol Edward J. Dahy III, USMCR (Ret)Mr. Peter D’AstoliCWO4 William A. Davey, USMCR (Ret)Cmdr David E. Davies, USN (Ret)Mr. & Mrs. Alan F. DavisLtCol D. L. Davis Jr., USMC (Ret)Mr. Gary L. DavisMr. George I. Davis Jr.Mr. Joseph K. DavisMr. Kent R. DavisCol Frank H. de Nobriga, USMCR (Ret)Patrick J. & Mary R. DeanCWO Thomas G. Deconcilis Jr., USMC (Ret)Mrs. Lucretia E. DeGrooteMrs. Wilma S. DeicasMr. Paschal B. DeJohnCapt Frank Delfino, USMCRCol Joseph Della-Corte, USMC (Ret)Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. DenmanRobert H. Derga Jr. & Marla Knapic


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Capt Homer D. Detrich, USMC (Ret)Mr. Phillip W. DeuserSgt Thomas M. DeVictoriaMr. David A. DewittRonald P. Diaz Ph.D.Mr. George L. DiederichMr. Joseph F. Dillon Jr.Mrs. Margaret DixonMr. Scott E. DodsonMr. David A. DoehrmanMr. Arthur S. DoernerMr. John B. DohertyMr. Robert Donner Jr.Mr. Ronald C. DoranGySgt Harry R. Dougal, USMCMaj Harry M. Downey III, USMC (Ret)Mr. Daniel J. DriscollLtCol Carl H. Dubac, USMC (Ret)LtCol Christian F. Dubia, USMC (Ret)LtCol Stephen J. Dubois, USMCMGySgt John A. Dulick Jr., USMC (Ret)Mrs. Ann H. DunkCol Paul K. Durkin, USMC (Ret)Mr. & Mrs. Bruce M. DurlandMr. Victor J. DutkaMr. & Mrs. Louis M. DworzyckiLtCol & Mrs. Joseph J. Dzielski, USMC (Ret)Mr. & Mrs. Ronnie R. EbarbMr. Thomas J. EichlerMr. Ronald ElblingSgt L. Glynn EllisMr. Richard C. EllzeyCol & Mrs. Dick Elsworth, USMC (Ret)LtCol David W. Elwing, USMC (Ret)Mr. Robert J. EmertonMr. Robert EmmetMr. Robert L. EngelMrs. Eugena A. EnghMGySgt Michael W. English, USMC (Ret)CAPT E. Erpelding, USN (Ret)Capt & Mrs. Vernon C. Estep, USMC (Ret)Sgt & Mrs. D. Carl EvansCapt George W. Evans Jr., CHC, USN (Ret)GySgt Howard E. Evans III, USMC (Ret)Mr. Jerold W. EvansMr. John A. FarrallMr. & Mrs. Alan T. FarrellMaj Gerald D. Fassler, USMC (Ret)Mr. & Mrs. Frank B. FaustCol Joseph M. Favor, USMC (Ret)Mr. Michael FeganCapt Thomas L. Fehrle, USN (Ret)LtCol & Mrs. William J. FeindMaj Denton S. Fenstermacher, USMC (Ret)Col Benjamin B. Ferrell, USMC (Ret)Maj Roger Fetterly, USMC (Ret)LtCol & Mrs. Barry R. Fetzer, USMC (Ret)Mr. J. R. Finn

LtCol Patrick J. Finneran Jr., USMC (Ret)Mr. & Mrs. Richard B. FisherCapt Philip E. Flanagan, USMC (Ret)SSgt Donald W. FliggeLtCol Edwin A. Flinn, USMCR (Ret)Sgt Michael P. FloodMr. Lawrence J. FlumeCol & Mrs. James C. Flynn, USMC (Ret)Dr. & Mrs. James E. FosterMrs. Bertha K. FournierMr. James H. FoxMr. Morgan C. FranceMr. William FranklinMajGen Paul A. Fratarangelo, USMC (Ret)Capt John K. FrenchMs. Jeanne L. FrostMrs. Mary K. FuchigamiMr. Donald E. FyffeLtCol Nick L. GalesMr. Mayo GalindoLTC Dennis Gallagher, USMC (Ret)Col Frank E. Gallagher, USMC (Ret)Mrs. Margaret M. GannonMr. & Mrs. John Thomas GarnerMr. Leonard L. GarofoloThe Honorable H. Lawerence Garrett III, USN (Ret)LtCol & Mrs. Kenneth E. Gaskill Jr., USMC (Ret)Mr. Robert G. GehrigMr. Karl F. GenglerMr. T. T. GentryMr. Terry GerbaMr. Frederick W. GerbrachtLtCol Howard Lawrence Gerlach, USMC (Ret)Mr. Richard C. Gieske, USMCR1stSgt Ronald Gilbert, USMC (Ret)Mr. Robert GilliganMr. & Mrs. Tom GivvinMrs. Patricia J. GlickTSgt Cleveland W. GloverSSgt & Mrs. John GlynnSMSgt Jesus GodinezMr. Tom GoldsworthyMr. Joseph C. GoodrowMr. & Mrs. Daniel M. GoodyearMr. & Mrs. O. Robert GoreMr. James D. GratkeRichard M. Graven, USMCMr. Mack R. GreenMr. M. Merrill GreerCol & Mrs. Joseph L. Gregorcyk, USMC (Ret)Mr. Dennis W. GriffithLtCol Jerry M. Groseclos, USMC (Ret)Mr. Karl H. GrossMr. & Mrs. William H. GundersonMr. Timothy E. GurbickMr. Glen H. GustafsonMr. Richard S. GuyMr. Byron A. HaaseMr. William E. HaaseCpl James L. Hackbarth, USMCMr. Frank E. HadleyCol Robert G. Haggard, USMC (Ret)

Cpl Richard HahnMr. Bobby D. HallCapt Mathison G. Hall, USMCMrs. Sarah A. HallMr. Bob HamerMr. Robert M. HamesMr. Gary R. HamiltonMr. Richard B. HammondMr. James A. HaringsMaj M. L. HarmanCol Willard J. Harnden, USMCR (Ret)Mr. C. Michael HarperMSgt Leonard Harper (Ret)Mr. David S. HarringtonMr. Bobby Dwain HarrisMr. & Mrs. Frank R. HarrisMr. & Mrs. Ray H. HartMr. Charles HartmanMr. Robert W. HarveyMaj Scott G. Hasler Sr.Mr. Bruce A. HasleySSgt Robert G. Hatch, USMCMr. G. Carey HauensteinMr. James S. HavilandMrs. Linda P. HayesMs. Myrna S. HayesMr. & Mrs. Thomas A. HaysMr. John V. HayslipLtCol Richard F. Hebert (Ret)Sgt & Mrs. Harry B. Hegger Jr.Col Robert A. Henderson, USMCR (Ret)MSgt Alger G. Hendrickson, USMC (Ret)Col Paul B. Henley, USMC (Ret)Michael E. Hennessy Esq.Capt Richard H.S. HenselSgtMaj Troy Hensley, USMC (Ret)James T. Herron Jr.MSgt John T. Hicks, USMC (Ret)MGySgt Nathan E. Hiler, USMC (Ret)Mr. & Mrs. Frederick W. HillSSgt & Mrs. Gary L. HillCapt James E. Hill Jr., USMCRMr. Harvey C. HinnantMr. & Mrs. Walter W. Hish Sr.Mr. Steve HodgesMr. David HoffmanMr. George HollendorferCol Hugh Jerry Holloman, USMC (Ret)Col Randall Wm HolmCol William R. Holzapfel, USMCR (Ret)Mr. John C. Honor Jr.Maj John Hoogendam, USMC (Ret)Sgt Gabriel J. HootenMr. James H. Hope Jr.Mr. Harry J. Houck Jr.Mr. Peter J. HowardReverend Nelson C. HoweCapt Fred E. HunnekeMr. Joseph C. HunterMaj Kimberly A. Hunter Ret, USMC & Mr. Kenneth R. HunterMr. Charles F. HurchallaCol Gerald Hyndman, USMC (Ret)Capt Richard L. Hyre, USMCRMr. & Mrs. Ralph Iandolo Jr.Mr. William F. Igoe Jr.

Mrs. Della IngrandoCapt William H. Iredale, USMCMr. Lawrence C. IshamMr. Jerry IversonMr. Edwin JenningsMaj Clyde A. Jesse, USMC (Ret)Mr. Frederick P. JohannsenMr. Henry R. JohnsonMSgt H. R. Jolly, USMC (Ret)Col Chester T. Jones, USMC (Ret)Col Robert D. Jones, USMC (Ret)Dr. & Mrs. Richard L. JordanMr. Waverly M. Kain Jr.Mr. Joseph D. KarbonitMr. Paul KaufmanCol W. M. Kay, USMC (Ret)LtCol Thomas A. Keene, USMC (Ret)LtCol Thomas F. Kelaher, USMCRMaj Paul E. Kelley, USAF (Ret)Mr. Michael J. KelliherMr. & Mrs. Martin N. KelloggMr. Kenneth M. KellyMaj Thomas E. J. Kelly, USMC (Ret)Maj Thomas J. Kennedy, USMC (Ret)CWO4 Mark M. Kenney, USMC (Ret)Mr. Stephen J. Kerekes Jr.Mr. Christopher R. KernCapt Mark H. KerschensteinerDavid KeslerMr. & Mrs. James M. KeyMr. Richard H. KimberlyCWO4 & Mrs. Henry C. KimmeyMr. Kenneth L. KingMr. & Mrs. Eugene James Kirkwood Sr.Maj Thomas P. Kirland, USMC (Ret)Mr. David W. KlingMr. & Mrs. Gerald S. KnappCol Horace E. Knapp, USMC (Ret)Maj Harold R. Knowles, USMC (Ret)LCpl Eric D. KoelMr. William KoprinceLTC Mark W. KramerMr. David Lee KrauseMaj John F. KrebsSSgt John H. Krisko, IIIMr. & Mrs. William KristolMr. Ken W. KromerCpl John D. LahrmanMr. & Mrs. Peyton M. LakeMaj & Mrs. Michael R. LambMaj Walter D. Lamon III, USMCRMr. Demetrious LampropoulosDr. Theodore LaquerciaLCDR Peter J. Lavezzoli, USNR (Ret)Mr. Thomas R. LawlerG. D. LawrenceMs. Lilly F. LawrenceMr. Robert A. LawrenceMr. Franklin S. Lawson, USMCMaj Jerome F. Lawson, USMC (Ret)Mr. Charles H. LeairdLtCol Howard V. Lee, USMC (Ret)Mr. Peter A. LehmanMr. Ronald G. LehmanMr. J. Stanley Lenox IIIMr. Michael LeporeMr. James M. LeslieJulie E. Lewerenz M.D.Mr. & Mrs. S. Robert Licker

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Mr. David C. LidderdaleMr. Richard D. LightbournCapt Abbott W. Lighter, USMC (Ret)Col John R. Lilley II, USMC (Ret)Cpl Harry O. Lindback, USMCMaj Philip A. LindemanMr. Jeffrey A. LippsMaj Walter LoboLCpl Paul W. Lockman, USMC (Ret)Mr. William J. LohmeyerLtCol George P. Lombardo, USMC (Ret)The Honorable David W. LongCapt Garland Longhouser Jr., USMC (Ret)HMC George A. LottesCapt Charles R. LoveMr. Ward LowingSgtMaj Philip D. Lukens, USMC (Ret)Mr. Ralph M. LundMs. Kurtice C. LutherMr. Thomas E. LynchCpl John T. LyonsLtCol & Mrs. Peter H. Lyons, USMCR (Ret)Mrs. Paula Mac Donald & FamilyMaj Will D. MagruderMr. & Mrs. Phillip V. MalarskiMr. Steven C. ManningMr. John S. MarchettiMr. Gerard J. MaroneyLt George W. MartinMr. James H. MartinMr. James L. MartinGySgt R. James Martin, USMCMr. & Mrs. Robert B. MartinMrs. Patricia MarvilGySgt Patrick M. Mason, USMC (Ret)Col & Mrs. Frederick A. Mathews, USMC (Ret)LCpl Jeffrey L. Mathews M.D.Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. MatiakMr. Dennis MaxamCapt Don K. Maxon, USMC (Ret)Capt Robert L. Maynes, USMC (Ret)CWO4 & Mrs. William L. MazourekHMCS (FMF) John P. Mc Bride, USN (Ret)Mr. Arthur N. Mc CauleyCol Robert L. Mc Elroy, USMC (Ret)Capt Thomas K. Mc InerneyMr. John H. Mc LaughlinMr. Charles M. Mc MahanMr. Patrick McCarthyCapt Jack W. McCaslin, USMCRCapt Tom McCreless, USMCBGen William L. McCulloch, USMC (Ret)Mr. Ron McDougalCol James P. McGintyMr. Jerry McGuinnMrs. Diane Draper McGuireMr. F. J. McGuireMr. & Mrs. Charles E. McHaneyCapt James P. McInerneyMr. John J. McKnightMrs. Kenneth McLennanMrs. Kay R. McMillanCol & Mrs. James C. McRoberts, USMCR (Ret)

Mr. Robert E. McSweeneyMr. Stuart W. McVeyMichael L. R. MeadeMr. Donald E. MeadsMr. & Mrs. William G. MechlingLtCol & Mrs. E. Leslie Medford Jr., USMC (Ret)Mr. Thomas J. MeehanCol Jonathan De Sola Mendes, USMCR (Ret)Mr. Miguel A. MercedMr. John F. MeseureMs. M. Virginia MetzlerSgt & Mrs. John Fred Meyers, USMCMr. David T. MickeyJacquelyn M. MilenacLtCol Anthony D. Miller, (Ret)Maj Ashby R. Miller, USMCMr. & Mrs. Charles Burkhart MillerMr. Charles M. MillerLtCol G. P. Miller, USAF (Ret)Mr. Kevin C. MinihanMr. Clarence E. MitchellSgt Stanley L. MitchellMr. Lawrence E. Mock Jr.Mr. J. Jerome MoisoSgt Paul MondryMr. Kenneth E. MoodyMrs. Jennifer MooreCapt Ronald D. Moore (Ret)Mr. George W. MorganMr. & Mrs. Robert M. MorganMr. Harry C. MorrisMr. James J. MorrisonMr. Lawrence D. Morrison1stLt Tom Moxley1stSgt Donald F. Muller, USMC (Ret)CWO3 Leo A. Munson, USA (Ret)Capt John P. MurphyMr. Robert MurphyMr. Laurence E. MurrayMr. Dow M. MyersMr. Mitchell L. MyersCol & Mrs. Nicholas Nanna, USMCMrs. Eleanor NealSgt Otis I. NealMr. George NealonPeter A. Neff DDSCol William P. NegronCapt David Ernest Nelson, USMC (Ret)Mr. James P. NelsonMr. Ronald R. NelsonMaj Roger L. Nesslage, USMC (Ret)Sgt Arnold A. NettekovenMrs. Patricia NettleshipMr. & Mrs. Paul NeumanMr. James R. NewlinLtCol Timothy W. Nichols, USMC and Ms. Elizabeth G. NicholsMGySgt William J. Niskala, USMC (Ret)Dr. Seabron A. Nolin, USMCCol Donald V. Norton, USA (Ret)Mr. Paul G. NutterMSgt Kenneth R. Oberlin, USMC (Ret)Cpl John J. O’BrienMrs. Berenice C. O’ConnellBrendan P. O’DonnellCWO3 Sam W. Oglesby

LCDR Floyd Okada M.D.LtCol Raymond J. O’Leary, USMC (Ret)MSgt Anthony C. Olenick, USMC (Ret)Capt Don W. Oliphant, USMCMr. Edmund C. OlsonMr. John A. OsborneMr. Frano Ostoja1stSgt & Mrs. Anthony Oszmianski Jr., USMC (Ret)Mr. Melvin PankuchSgt & Mrs. George PappMr. John R. ParishDr. James E. ParkerMr. Laurence V. ParkerLtCol W. Douglas Parker, USMC (Ret)Sgt Robert J. PecherCol Robert R. Peebles, USMC (Ret)Cpl & Mrs. William F. PeerMrs. Barbara L. PeeryMr. Wade H. Penny Jr.Mr. William D. Perry Jr.Mr. Peter A. PesaresiCpl James M. PetersonMr. Robert C. PetersonMr. Robert PetrellaMr. Ralph G. PhippsCol Richard H. Pierce, USMC (Ret)Col John Pipta, USMC (Ret)LtCol David M. Pirnie, USMC (Ret)Mr. Jeffery J. PitmanMr. Mike PlueMr. Marvin L. PollardLtCol William W. PollockMr. Robert Alex PolsonMr. Joseph J. PopticMr. Charles A. PortmanMr. Frank PottmeyerMr. Walter R. PowersMr. Daniel E. ProctorMr. Charles E. PughMr. James M. QuinlanHarold RainesCpl Frank RamosMr. James T. RatliffMs. Suzanne RayMr. Thomas N. ReddingtonCapt Sandra L. ReedSergeant & Mrs. John P. ReidenhourSSgt Ricardo ReyesCol Claude Lewis Reynolds, USMCR (Ret)Mr. Wade C. RidleyMr. Charles F. RiffleMr. Edward W. Riley IIILtCol David S. Rilling (Ret)Mr. Robert C. RingenMr. Thomas L. RippetoeMr. John C. RobersonCpl Nathan J. Robfogel, USMCRMr. Howard Guy Robinson Jr.Mrs. Kay L. RobinsonCapt Kevin J. Rochford, USMCCpl Albert RodriguezMr. Vincent RoemmeleMr. Arthur L. RoeschMr. William C. RogersMr. Jack D. RollinsCol & Mrs. John P. RoosCol Paul F. Roques Jr., USMC

CDR Donald H. Rosenbaum, USN (Ret)MGySgt Samuel M. Rosenbaum, USMCMGySgt Russell W. Rosenwirth, USMC (Ret)Mr. Marvin R. RoussetMr. & Mrs. James A. RubertKathleen & Lee RulonMs. Alma J. RyanSSgt John J. Ryan, USMC (Ret)Mr. Richard L. RyanMr. Thaddeus J. RyanMr. Eugene George SadowskiCapt Hugh F. Sager, USMC (Ret)Mr. Patrick J. SalemMr. Jesse M. Sanchez1LT Rex P. SandMr. Edwin G. Sanders Sr.Mr. Michael A. SandiferCol & Mrs. Michael E. Sandlin, USMCR (Ret)Thomas J. SapunarichMaj Carleton SaundersCol J. Shelton Scales, USMCR (Ret)Mr. Joseph ScaturroMr. Charles E. ScharlauCol Edwin S. Schick Jr., USMC (Ret)LTJG Carl Schlegel, USN (Ret)SgtMaj Gerald E. Schmeiser, USMC (Ret)Mr. Edward J. SchneckMr. & Mrs. Robert L. SchneiderNeale Jay SchumanCWO4 William W. Schuon, USMC (Ret)Mr. Peter ScolaroMr. Walt ScottMr. Edward S. Scovel Jr.Mr. Jonathan J. SeagleCapt Thomas F. Seale, USMCMr. Francis SediaLtCol Walter C. Service III, USMC (Ret)Maj & Mrs. Bernard K. Severin, USMC (Ret)Mr. Rogers A. SeversonMrs. Gwen L. SevierJohn A. ShawMs. Suzanne J. ShellmanMr. James T. SheppardMrs. Hope C. SherzerLtCol & Mrs. John C. Short, USMC (Ret)Mr. Harry K. Sickler Jr.Capt & Mrs. Jeffrey SiegelCWO4 Robert V. Simmons, USMC (Ret)Mr. David SimonsMr. Michael SimpsonMaj Thomas D. Sizemore (Ret)LtCol & Mrs. Daniel B. Smigay, USMC (Ret)Mr. David C. SmithMr. Larry D. SmithCpl Louis J. SmithMrs. Marie M. Smith


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Mr. Thomas S. SmithGySgt & Mrs. Vance M. Smith, USMC, Sr.Mr. Wendell P. Smith Jr.LtCol Thomas J. Smyth, USMC (Ret)Mr. & Mrs. Rick SneddonMaj Frederick J. Snyder, USMC (Ret)Col James B. Soper, USMC (Ret)Mr. Edard J. SowaMr. Kevin M. SpenceMr. Ronald SpencerMr. & Mrs. Frank D. Spicer Sr.Mr. James D. SpinkaMr. R. Wendell SpraginsMGySgt Willy D. Sproule (Ret)Ms. Margaret W. St. JohnLtCol Robert D. Staples, USMC (Ret)Col Walter L. Starnes Jr.Mr. Brian E. StarrSgt Michael R. SteadmanMr. Daniel A. StegnerMr. & Mrs. Robert C. SteinerMr. Charles SteiningerMr. Robert J. StenemanMr. Michael J. Steponovich Jr.Mr. & Mrs. George StettlerMr. L. E. StevensonSgt Mary Doloretta Stites, USMCR & Mr. Francis N. StitesCapt H. Jack Stites, USMC (Ret)Mr. Sheldon K. StockMr. & Mrs. Vernon M. StocktonMr. Jack A. StodghillMr. Richard StoffMrs. Marion G. Strack

Daniel & Karen StraubMr. Howard D. StreetMr. & Mrs. Edwin StrickerMr. Robert K. StumpenhausMSgt Alvin E. Sutton Jr.Mr. Bernie SwaimCol & Mrs. Richard A. SwedbergMr. & Mrs. Robert J. SwobodaMr. Allen R. SyringCol Robert L. Talbert, USMCR (Ret)Mr. & Mrs. John R. TappenMr. Michael E. TaurasiLtCol Timothy M. Taylor, USMC (Ret)Mr. Charles W. Temples Jr.Mr. William L. TenneyMaj James H. Thomas Jr., USMC (Ret)Mrs. Lydia D. ThomasLt William N. Thomas, USN (Ret)Mr. David J. ThompsonCol Dennis C. Thompson, USMCMr. J. H. ThompsonMr. & Mrs. Richard E. TiemannMr. Spencer W. TienLtCol Coulter D. Tillett, USMC (Ret)Mr. McLane Tilton IVCol William F. Todd, USMCRMSgt Elard G. Tom, USMCMr. & Mrs. James D. TooleSgtMaj Arthur T. Torizzo, USMC (Ret)LtCol & Mrs. Andrew F. Traynor Jr., USMCR (Ret)Mr. Norman F. TrenaryMr. Gerald S. TriplettSgtMaj William S. Trope, USMC (Ret)Mr. William G. TullMr. Kenneth A. TurnerLCpl Donald & Nancee TurnwallMs. Shirley C. Turski

Ms. Donna D. UetzCpl Grady L. UseryMr. Chris VackettaMr. Michael F. Van HoutteLtCol John Van Nortwick, USMC (Ret)Mr. Kenneth Van RemmenMaj & Mrs. Anthony R. VanchieriMr. Allan D. VandefordBojan VelkovichMr. Elmon L. VernierMr. David E. VlasakSgt Vito H. VoltaggioMrs. Barbara Von Der HeydeMr. Robert W. WachsmuthLtCol Paul H. Wagener, USMC (Ret)SSgt R. WalkerMr. John WallschlaegerMSgt & Mrs. Grover W. Walton Jr., USMC (Ret)Mr. Ted V. WannenwetschAmbassador George F. Ward Jr.Mr. Dennis F. WarnerDr. Richard B. WarnerMrs. Dianne M. WarrickMr. Joseph G. WaskoMr. George P. WatersMr. Richard B. WatkinMr. John W. WeanerMr. Donald WeaverMr. George W. WeemsMr. Steven A. WeissMr. Paul WeitzMaj Richard C. Wells (Ret)MGySgt Don S. Welter, USMC (Ret)Mrs. Donna D. WelterCol Fraser E. West, USMC (Ret)Ernest R. Wheeler Jr.Mr. Steve Wheeler

Mr. Ben R. WhisnantMr. William Collins White IIIMs. Sandra G. WhiteheadMr. Edward H. WhitmanMaj John S. Whitmore, USMCR (Ret)Lt Thomas J. Whittle, USNMr. Barry F. WikstenCapt & Mrs. Daniel R. Wilcox, USMCMr. & Mrs. Bruce WildeCol Raymond E. Wilder, USMCR (Ret)GySgt Jeffrey D. WilfongMr. & Mrs. Reuben L. WillhitePDD George E. Williams, PKDOYCol Charles T. Williamson, USMC (Ret)Mr. Clarence C. WillisMSgt Howard R. Wilson, USMC (Ret)Cdr William R. Wilson, USN (Ret)Mr. Henry A. WirtsMr. & Mrs. J. D. WitherspoonMr. Carl R. WitheyCapt Walter E. Woelper Sr., USA (Ret)Ms. Sandra H. WoodDr. Howard C. WoodardMSgt Robert B. Woodruff, USMC (Ret)Mr. Doug WrightCol Jerry C. Wulf, USMC (Ret) and Ms. Patricia WulfMr. Ernest L. WyneMaj E. J. YochumD. D. YoungbloodMr. Andrew D. ZacksMr. Richard J. ZahnMr. Thomas A. Zangrilli1stSgt Joseph S. Zembroski (Ret)Capt Jack H. ZimmerMr. Ronald J. ZinkCol Lawrence R. Zinser

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Marine Corps Heritage Foundation Corporate Circle Members

lockheed MartinBoeingMilitary systems grouptextron, inc.science applications international corporationorganizational strategies, inc.general Dynamicsholiday inn, QuanticoQuality innaB inBevBalfour Beatty constructionBowhead technical and professional servicescontact corporationcountry inn & suites

geico philanthropic FoundationgeoMet technologies, llchargrove, inc.harris connect-iDc Fundraising DivisioninvacareJ.F. Fick, inc.leupold & stevens, inc.Media general, inc.Michael stapleton associatesofficers equipment companyramada–QuanticoraytheonWytestone suites–FredericksburgWytestone suites–potomac Mills

Thank you for your support!

The Marine Corps heritage

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Circle members. Their leadership

and generosity to our campaign

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Marine Corps and its growing

programmatic outreach.

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john Bryant, oshkosh Defense vice president of Marine corps programs,

presented a $250,000 check to lieutenant general ron christmas, president and chief executive officer of the Marine corps heritage Foundation, and lin ezell, director of the national Museum of the Marine corps.

The check presentation took place on Wednesday, 29 September 2010, at the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation’s Community Outreach Reception. Oshkosh Defense’s gift ensures advancement in the Foundation’s effort to raise $105 million to complete the Marine Corps Heritage Center, including its centerpiece, the National Museum of the

Marine Corps and Semper Fidelis Memorial Park. The final elements to complete the Museum, part of the Heritage Center, more than 80,000 additional square feet, will feature additional historical galleries; a large-screen theater; a permanent art gallery and artist studios; a performance space; classrooms; and a display storage gallery for many artifacts currently not accessible to the public. The additional space will allow the Museum to expand its public programming, continue sharing the history of the Marine Corps post-Vietnam, and provide visibility and protection for much more of the permanent collection. As the Semper Fidelis Memorial Park expands, it will include a water feature to commemorate the Corps’ nautical tradition and an additional network

of paths will extend throughout the wooded grounds adjacent to the Museum. The Foundation hosted its Community Outreach Reception in conjunction with the Modern Day Marine Military Exposition. The annual event is held in appreciation of the local community’s continued support of the National Museum of the Marine Corps and the Marine Corps Heritage Center. H

The Marine corps heritage Foundation received a donation

of two million dollars from Bae systems, the global defense, security, and aerospace company.

The donation significantly advances the Foundation’s efforts to continue bringing exciting new galleries to the National Museum of the Marine Corps, ensuring that the entire story of Marine history can be told. BAE Systems’ support will play a vital role in the creation of the Current Era Gallery that the National Museum of the Marine Corps is developing, to tell the story of significant events involving Marines since Vietnam. Lieutenant General Ron Christmas, president and CEO of the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, formally announced the donation and honored BAE Systems at the Foundation’s annual Semper Fidelis Luncheon 10 November, celebrating the 235th birthday of the United States Marine Corps taking place at the Hilton Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia. Retired Marine Corps General Anthony C. Zinni, chairman of the board of directors of BAE Systems Inc.,

was the guest of honor and presented the donation to the Foundation. “We are proud to support the creation of such an important gallery, and can think of no better time to do this than on the 235th birthday of the United States Marine Corps. Portraying the entire timeline of Marine history, from inception to present day, is vital to helping Marines and civilians alike understand the Corps’ unique challenges and provide perspective and understanding to Marines as they navigate the challenges of the future,” said General Anthony C. Zinni, USMC (Ret). “The Current Era Gallery will provide an opportunity for all visitors to learn about and appreciate the more recent history of America’s elite fighting force.” “We are deeply grateful to BAE Systems for their extraordinary generosity,” said Lieutenant General Ron Christmas. “This wonderful donation for the creation of the Current Era Gallery is instrumental in helping the Foundation fulfill its mission to preserve and propagate the history, traditions and culture of the Marine Corps, ensuring

the history of Marines across the ages is told through their eyes. We can’t think of a more fitting birthday present to the Corps.” The Current Era Gallery will feature combat art and photography, simulation, audio-visual presentations as well as historical artifacts. Aircraft and vehicles will tell the story of key events such as Beirut, the first Gulf War and the current Long War. As with the Museum’s existing galleries, cast figures of Marines and Sailors will add to the sense of realism. Concepts such as the highly successful Lioness program in Iraq, Mobile

Training Teams serving with Afghan soldiers, and the “strategic corporal” will be illustrated with artifacts, imagery and oral histories. The immersion exhibit will place visitors on the modern battlefield, literally in the boot steps of Marines who served in the Global War on Terror. The new gallery will also include a number of environmental and political crises around the world. H

Oshkosh Defense Presents Donation to Support Marine Corps Heritage Center

BAE to Sponsor new “Current Era” Gallery

“We are proud to support the creation of such an important

gallery and can think of no better time to do this than

on the 235TH birthday of the United States Marine Corps.”

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assets

Total Current & Fixed Assets $ 13,594,574.00

Total Capitalized Construction Costs $ 71,486,383.00

Total Investments $ 7,051,437.00

Total Assets $ 92,132,394.00

liabilities & net assets

Total Liabilities $ 8,141,195.00

Unrestricted Net Assets $ 6,311,852.00

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets $ 77,247,416.00

Permanently Restricted Net Assets $ 431,931.00

Total Liabilities & Net Assets $ 92,132,394.00

2009 revenue

Contributions $ 5,515,181.00

Building Pledges $ 4,084,090.00

Royalties $ 3,610.00

Event Revenue $ 148,751.00

Investment Income $ 1,012,127.00

Total Revenue $ 10,763,759.00

2009 expense

Awards Program $ 13,588.00

Historical Program Support $ 231,845.00

Heritage Center Facilities $ 57,337.00

CMC House Support $ 11,932.00

U.S. Marine Band Support $ 5,780.00

NMMC/HD Internship Programs $ 72,581.00

Grants & Fellowships $ 76,373.00

NMMC Education Program $ 150,390.00

Administrative $ 598,059.00

Salaries, Taxes & Benefits $ 1,431,559.00

Investment Expenses $ 42,478.00

Special Events/Meetings $ 406,242.00

Fundraising $ 2,145,994.00

Marketing/Advertising $ 231,955.00

Total Expense $ 5,476,113.00

Change in Net Assets $ 5,287,646.00

assets

Total Current & Fixed Assets $ 1,223,160.00

Total Investments $ 201,870.00

Total Assets $ 1,425,030.00

liabilities & net assets

Total Liabilities $ 205,279.00

Total Net Assets $ 1,219,751.00

Total Liabilities & Net Assets $ 1,425,030.00

2009 revenue

Museum Store Sales $ 2,052,744.00

Mail Order Sales $ 403,503.00

Other Revenue $ 443,850.00

Total Revenue $ 2,900,097.00

2009 expense

Salaries, Taxes, Benefits $ 883,652.00

Cost of Sales $ 1,171,356.00

Other Expenses $ 550,714.00

Total Expense $ 2,605,722.00

Change in Net Assets $ 294,375.00

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The Timeline Exhibit from the National Museum of the Marine Corps is now in print!

A Legacy Walk through Marine Corps History places you inside the National Museum of the Marine Corps.

Travel through the Corps’ history year by year, from its inception in 1775 to the present day, following the inspiring Legacy Walk, the heart of the National Museum. Events in the Marine Corps are highlighted against a timeline of American history with dramatic color and black and white photos of artifacts, artwork, and portraits presenting a vivid and unique snapshot of the times. The foreword by astronaut John Glenn, USMC (Retired), provides a fitting tribute to all Marines whose service and sacrifice has made them a part of the Museum’s Legacy Walk.

Soft cover, $29.95. (MCHF members’ price is $26.95.) Special introductory shipping fee of $4.50. 121 pages, more than 300 color and black & white photos.

Call us toll free at 888 315-1775 or order online at www.marineheritage.org. Click on ‘Museum Store’. In ‘Search’ box type in sku # “02-574” or “A Legacy Walk”

A portion of the proceeds from the sale go toward the building fund

for the National Museum of the Marine Corps and Heritage Center.

A Legacy Walk through Marine Corps History

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