The JoCo Marine - June 2015

JUNE NEWSLETTER 2015

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P. O. BOX 82Clayton, NC 27520-0082


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MAY -STANDING SCHEDULES

Meeting Tuesday 12 MAY 2015 @ 1900-2000All Hands are encouraged to attend!

06 JUN: Joint Eagle Scout Ceremony, Troop #19 at PK Vyas CommunityPark Gymnasium, 304 S. Lee St. Benson, NC from 1700-1900 hrs.

09 JUN: Detachment #1236 Monthly Meeting, 1300 Old US Hwy 70 West @1900 hrs.

10 JUN: Good Business Award Presentation, Smithfield Manor Inc., 902Berkshire Rd. Smithfield, NC @ 1400 hrs.

21 JUN: Fathers Day.

30 JUN: VA Hospital Visit, Meet @ McDonalds parking lot on Hwy 70 @1800 hrs.

Good of the League: Marine Percy Clark has fish fry tickets being hosted by theAmerican Legion Post #518 on 19 June. This is to be held at their Post on SlateTop Road from 1000-1800 hrs.

JUNE BIRTHDAYSEd Austermuehle (06/14/50) 65 years young!


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Commandants Notes:I want to thank all that attended the Officer Installation for the Carry-On Detachment. I lookforward, once again; to leading the Detachment on its mission to promote the Spirit andDedication of the Marine Corps. Many thanks go out to our Jr. Past Commandant BullDurham for a job well done! His motivation and Espirit de Corps is in keeping with thehighest traditions of the Marine Corps and the Marine Corps League.As we go forward, I want to express my appreciation for the confidence youve shown in meand the other Marines you have elected to lead you in the coming year. I will strive to earnthat confidence, as I know the other Officers will. Together, we can achieve anything we putour efforts into be it trash pick-up, hospital visits, or fund raisers. Let us continue to growas a Detachment with new members, and grow as Marines and Sailors of the Marine CorpsLeague. Semper Fi!Timothy Daniel

Sr. Vice Commandants Notes:I hope that 2015 will truly be the best year for each of us and for the Marine Corps League!Ralph Hudson Jr.

Jr. Vice Commandants Notes:Our flapjack breakfast was a huge success! Thanks to everyone for their hard work andsupport! Welcome to our new Officers, and thank you to those who are serving another year.I am looking forward to us all having a great year working to help Carry-On Detachment bethe best it can be!Jodie Hislop

Judge Advocates Notes:Nothing to report at this time.James Willie S. Williams

Adjutant / Paymasters Notes:Ooh-Rah Marines! Please continue to support our Detachment.Ken Parker

Sergeant-At-Arms Notes:Nothing to report at this time.Linwood Johnson

Jr. Past Commandants Notes:Nothing to report at this time.Devell Bull Durham Jr.

Chaplains Notes:Nothing to report at this time.Ron Doc Trowbridge


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2 June 1918: At dawn on this date, the crack German 28th Division attacked along the axis of the Paris-Metz road hitting the American 2d Division, including the 4th Marine Brigade. The Marines opened withdeadly rifle fire and helped hand the German troops a setback which set the stage for Marine victory atBelleau Wood which would soon follow, although at great cost.

8 June 1995: A Marine tactical recovery team from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit stationed on boardthe USS Kearsarge rescued a downed U.S. pilot, Captain Scott O'Grady, USAF, from Bosnian-Serbterritory in Bosnia.

10 June 1898: The First Marine Battalion, commanded by LtCol Robert W. Huntington, landed on theeastern side of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The next day, Lt Herbert L. Draper hoisted the American flag on aflag pole at Camp McCalla where it flew during the next eleven days. LtCol Huntington later sent the flagwith an accompanying letter to Colonel Commandant Charles Heywood noting that "when bullets wereflying, the sight of the flag upon the midnight sky has thrilled our hearts."

12 June 1961: President John F. Kennedy signed a Presidential Proclamation calling for the American flagto be flown at the Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Virginia, "at all times during the day andnight." Discussions between the Attorney General's office and Marine Corps officials earlier in 1961 onimproving the visibility and appearance of the monument led to the proposal to fly the Flag continuously,which by law could only be done by Congressional legislation or by Presidential proclamation.

15 June 1944: Preceded by naval gunfire and carrier air strikes, the V Amphibious Corpsassaulted the west coast of Saipan, Marianas Islands. By nightfall, the 2d and 4th Marine Divisions,moving against heavy opposition, had established a beachhead 10,000 yards wide and 1,500 yards deep.

20 June 1993: The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit returned to Mogadishu, Somalia, to stand ready toassist United Nations forces in maintaining peace in the war-torn country. Earlier that month, the 24thMEU had been ordered to cut short Exercise Eager Mace 93-2 in Kuwait to respond to possiblecontingency operations in Somalia.

25 June 1950: Shortly before dawn, eight divisions of the North Korean People's Army crossed the 38thParallel and invaded the Republic of Korea. Within three days, the South Korean capital city of Seoul hadbeen captured. On 30 June, President Harry S. Truman ordered a naval blockade of the Korean coast andauthorized the sending of U.S. ground troops to Korea. Two days later, General Douglas MacArthur, theCommander in Chief Far East, formally requested that a Marine regimental combat team be deployed to theFar East.

25 June 1966: In Vietnam, Operation Jay began about 30 kilometers northwest of Hue, and lasted ninedays. The 2d Battalion, 4th Marines landed north of the North Vietnamese 812th Main Force Battalion, andthe 2d Battalion, 1st Marines landed south of the enemy's position. Caught in between the two Marineunits, the enemy suffered over 80 dead in nine days of fighting.

26 June 1918: BGen James G. Harbord, the Commanding General of the 4th Marine Brigade, notifiedAmerican Expeditionary Force Headquarters that Belleau Wood was "now U.S. Marine Corps entirely."After 20 days of combat, and at a cost of over 4,000 casualties, the 4th Brigade of Marines had proven itsfighting heart. The grateful Commander of the French Sixth Army would soon decree that in all officialcorrespondence, Belleau Wood would henceforth bear the name, "Bois de la Brigade de Marine."


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Public Relations Committee (Lewis W. Rice III - Chair) The JoCo Marine newsletter will now be posted to our Detachments

Facebook page on a monthly basis as well as being mailed out and emailed,please let me know if you need an electronic copy of the Detachment Flyer.

Flap Jack Fundraiser Committee (Lewis Rice, III - Chair) (Looking for a chair person to take over this committee for the next event, submit

your name at the next meeting for nomination, or to Ken Parker via email.)Good Business Award Committee (Lewis W. Rice III - Chair)

Next Recipient: 10 June @ 1400 hrs. Smithfield Manor Inc.

Eagle Scout Good Citizenship Award Committee (Lewis W. Rice III Chair) Joint Eagle Scout Ceremony scheduled with Troop #19 of Benson on 06 June.

Rosebuds Committee (Ken Parker - Chair) Ken Parker reported we have some funds turned in from the Clock and

Jewelry shop. He will get more roses to the Jewelry store tomorrow.

VA Hospital Visit Committee (Ken Parker Chair) Next scheduled VA Hospital visit is 30 June, meet-up time is 1800 hrs.

Adopt-A-Highway Clean-up Committee (Ken Parker Chair) To be determined at a later date.

Raffle Committee (Willie Williams Chair) Raffle Chairman Willie Williams has secured a Savage 30/06 rifle with scope

for the raffle. Raffle tickets are now available to the membership and thedrawing will be held at the Harvest Festival in Clayton this September.

All members please continue to recruit new members to join our brotherhood.


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Sick Call

Doc Trowbridge is under the weather. Alfred Peavys wife is still having problems. CarlNaus and Mark Williams still need our thoughts and prayers. Keep the 6 crewmen of the

helicopter crash in Nepal in our thoughts and prayers.

IN MEMORY OF OUR FALLEN MARINE BROTHERSAND SISTERS, FMF CORPSMEN AND CHAPLAINS

Tom Barrie, John Bullock, George Gillespie, Robert Moore, Willard Pleasants, andGordon Young.

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