“Engage your brain before you engage your weapon.”

--Gen James Mattis

Mailing Address Change

New Mailing Address for

HQ 1st Marine Division Association

Building 33421, Camp Margarita, Camp Pendleton, California

Dear Marine Family,

The UPS Store aboard Camp Pendleton has housed our P.O. Box. That store is closing, so we have a new mailing address:

1st Marine Division Association

3784 Mission Ave Suite 148/608

Oceanside, California 92058

Our membership applications have our old address. We will update them with a sticker.

If you have any applications, please contact HQ, and tell how many stickers you need.

If you do not have any membership applications, please contact HQ for a supply. The future of this Association depends on recruiting new members. Our best recruiter is you.

New members may also apply on our website: www.1stMarineDivisionAssociation.org

HQ remains located in Building 33421, Camp Margarita, Camp Pendleton.

We welcome visits by members, but please call ahead.

We are still accepting Registrations for our upcoming Reunion in San Antonio, Texas. Our 77th Annual Reunion runs August 18-25 at the Riverwalk San Antonio Holiday Inn.

Reunion Registrations are ahead of this time last year, so we are looking forward to another good attendance.

The hotel's deadline for the group room rate has passed, but rooms are still available as of today.

You may use the Registration Form below to order 50/50 tickets. You can have a stake at the banquet, even if you are not attending. The drawing will be the evening of Saturday, August 24. Winner need not be present.

Command of the 1st Marine Division was passed from MajGen Benjamin T. Watson to MajGen Robert C. Fulford on 2 July.

Division has confirmed that MajGen Fulford will be our guest speaker at the Reunion banquet.

Catch up on the Division's history with their new video:

No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy

Stay cool out there. Hoping to see many of you in San Antonio.

God bless the United States Marine Corps.

Semper Fi

William S. Godfrey

President, 1st Marine Division Association

wsgsr9454@aol.com

(505)554-9635

Join us in San Antonio, Texas for at our 77th Annual Reunion, 18-25 August.

Location: San Antonio Riverwalk Holiday Inn

217 Saint Mary's Street, San Antonio, Texas 78025

Front desk phone: (210)224-2500

Deadline for our Group Rate at the hotel has passed.

Rooms are still available as of today.

https://www.guestreservations.com/holiday-inn-san-antonio-riverwalk/booking?

50/50 drawing ticket application is included in the Registration Form.

One ticket for $10, 3 for $20.

Download your Reunion Registration Form below. We will accept your Registration after the "cut-off" date.

For a paper form by mail, or to register by phone, please call HQ at (760)763-3268.

Deadline for our Group Rate at the hotel has passed.

Click here for direct link to the hotel and our group discount:

FMDA Group at Riverwalk San Antonio Holiday Inn

Tun Tavern Legacy Foundation

Our Mission:  To rebuild and re-establish The Tun™ as it was, a functioning mariner’s tavern reminiscent of colonial Philadelphia, serving period-influenced refreshments, food, and entertainment and offering an educational experience through exhibits, historical documents, and special events. 

All profits from operations of The Tun™ will be donated in perpetuity to support veteran causes, Masonic charities, educational scholarships, and qualified charities as determined by The Tun Tavern Legacy Foundation’s independent Board of Directors.

77th Annual Reunion

1st Marine Division Association will gather 18-25 August 2024 for our 77th Annual Reunion in San Antonio, Texas, at the San Antonio Riverwalk Holiday Inn.

PFC JAMES J. KELLY

DAWN A. COLLINS WADDINGTON

We continue to check public records to create the Taps Report.

Please report the passing of any Marine, Association member or not, so that our comrades may be remembered here. More recent passings are noted by boldface.

CAPT FREDERICK W. ARNOLD, 13 Dec 2023

2NDLT JAMES J. BOLEY, 8 Jan 2022

SGT RICHARD W. CALL, 14 Jul 2024

PFC GOLDA FAYE FABIAN, 4 Jul 2024

MR. WILLIAM F. GREENWOOD, 20 Jul 2024

CPL THOMAS W. KING JR, 18 Nov 2013

MAJ WAYNE W. KING, 14 Dec 2013

CPL WILLIAM KINGSLEY, 10 Oct 2021

CPL THOMAS W. KISH, 31 Mar 2023

SGT VIRGIL R. KOCH, 4 Jul 2009

SGT RONALD F. KOCHER, 17 Jan 2017

CPL ROBERT B. KOHL, 2 May 2004

COL CLAUDE L. REYNOLDS, 26 Sep 2022

CAPT CHARLES W. SMITH JR USMC(RET), 13 Apr 2024

Report last run 1 July 2024

Headquarters Office telephone numbers

(760)763-3267 June Cormier

(760)763-3268 Dennis Coady, and general information

(760)763-3269 SgtMaj Marty Vasquez

(760)763-3270 fax

President William S. Godfrey's email: wsgr9454@aol.com

Please visit our website: www.1stMarineDivisionAssociation.org

Mailing address:

1st Marine Division Association

3784 Mission Ave Suite 148/608

Oceanside, California 92058

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Semper Fidelis