Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
--Abraham Lincoln
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FIRST MARINE DIVISION ASSOCIATION
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Flag Raised on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima
23 February 1945
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Raising the First Flag on Iwo Jima by SSgt.
Louis R. Lowery, USMC, is the most widely circulated photograph of the first flag flown on Mt. Suribachi.
Left to right: 1st Lt. Harold Schrier
[9] (kneeling behind radioman's legs), Pfc.
Raymond Jacobs (radioman reassigned from F Company), Sgt. Henry "Hank" Hansen wearing cap, holding flagstaff with left hand), Platoon Sgt. Ernest "Boots" Thomas (seated), Pvt. Phil Ward (holding lower flagstaff with both hands),
PhM2c.
John Bradley, USN (holding flagstaff with right hand above Ward), Pfc.
James Michels (holding
M1 Carbine), and Cpl.
Charles W. Lindberg (standing above Michels).
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Dear Members,
Thanks again to all who made our recent 78th Anniversary Commemoration a fun week and a great gathering. Now the numbers. There are still a few payments left to come in, but comparing revenue to expenses, we cleared $7,118.76.
That includes donations of $1,105 designated by members to the General Fund, and $460 designated to the FMDA Scholarship, Inc.
Here is where the money came and went:
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A big thank you to the command and staff of the 1st Division for letting us celebrate the 78th Anniversary of the Division with you. You all put a lot of effort into it and it showed.
I'm hoping to see a lot of you at the upcoming reunion in Louisville, KY August 3-12, 2019, details to follow.
Semper Fi,
Jerry Johs
FMDA President
Our website has been updated with a great volunteer effort by
Jud Blakely.
Please check it out.
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SLATE OF CANDIDATES
FOR 1ST MARINE DIVISION ASSOCIATION OFFICES
2019 - 2021
For President
James A. Fossos
For Vice President
Vince Rios
A.J. Burn
For DVP Central
Phil Peeler
For DVP West
Open
For DVP East
Mitchell D. Rios
Elmer J. Hawkins
For Secretary
Pierre A. Sims
For Chaplain
William D. "Denny" Weisgerber
For Treasurer
Steve "Doc" Lakernick
Pete V. Rios
For Legal Officer
James T. Allison
Sgt-At-Arms
Michael T. Clark
Candidates' bios and pictures will be published in the upcoming
1st Quarter 2019 issue of The Old Breed News.
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72nd Annual Reunion
Louisville, Kentucky
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Our 72nd Annual Reunion is set for August 3 through 12, 2019, in Louisville, Kentucky, at the Crowne Plaza Louisville Airport Hotel.
We'll see old friends, make new friends, and see the sights of the Blue Grass State.
The Registration Form and Program for the week is
now available.
Please start making your plans to join us in a week of tradition, fun, and comradery.
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Hello Ladies!
I'm hoping to see a lot of you at the upcoming Louisville, KY reunion luncheon. I will not be doing BINGO this year as last year didn't have a very good turnout. I am hoping to have someone their for entertainment, and I will be donating a really nice item to be raffled off at the luncheon. There will be no charge for the raffle ticket, you will receive one upon entering the place where the luncheon will take place. You must be registered for the luncheon to be part of the raffle prize.
During the week, I will have items there for a Chinese Raffle. There will be tickets for sale with the office staff all week. I am hoping to have several items for this raffle. How a Chinese Raffle works, is that you you buy a sheet of raffle tickets and then you place the tickets in the bags for which prizes you would like to have a chance to win. I will be drawing the names of the lucky winners on Saturday, and then notifying the winners to get the item/s won so you can take them home.
I am also reaching out to everyone for donation of new items you may have laying around that you would like to donate for this raffle. It doesn't have to be Marine Corps related. I am going to have women and men items up for this raffle. If you have something you would like to donate, please contact me through Jerry Johs email at
Geronamo0122@gmail.com or you can mail your items to the office. Please put a note in with it explaining that it is a Chinese Raffle item.
Thank you,
Cheryl Johs
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Executive Committee/Board of Directors Meeting
Updated Itinerary
April 7th Travel day Hotel check in
April 8th Free day. Check out the hotel and surrounding area, use hotel shuttle to various places around the hotel go downtown Louisville and look around check the restaurants and pubs
April 9th
0830-1200 Committee meeting
1200-1300 Lunch
1300-1400 Executive Board Meeting
1415-1715 Board of Directors Meeting
FMDA SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC WILL POST THEIR MEETING TIME AND PLACE AT REGISTRATION
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Our latest PX item. 6% of sales support your Association.
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Oregon/Columbia River Chapter Showing the Colors
Two new flags fly over the Association Headquarters aboard Camp Pendleton. Gary Brannan of the Oregon/Columbia River Chapter designed and donated an outdoor flag. President Johs thanked Gary Brannan for the flag. The Association ordered an indoor, two-sided version of the same design, to mark our HQ
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Oregon/Columbia River Chapter puts out a great newsletter. They share it with us here.
Click on the newsletter's first page below to see.
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Alamo Chapter Meeting
From:
Ed Stiteler
Sent:
Saturday, February 9, 2019 8:23 AM
To:
Jerry Johs; June Cormier
Subject:
Alamo Chapter
40 degrees today. Good Tacos and comradeship at MONTHLY meeting Alamo Chapter 1st Marine Division Association.
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Ed Aulman, Secretary of the New York Chapter is asking for help to get the Blue Diamond News and The Old Breed News out to those members who are computer challenged.
If you are reading this, you have met that challenge. How can we get the news out to the others? The Blue Diamond News goes out only by email. We cut back the printing of The Old Breed News to an affordable 150 hardcopies that are just about all spoken for at this time.
Word of mouth? Call up a computerless buddy to share the news? Set up a telephone tree? Discuss at your Chapter meetings?
Please let us know if you have some ideas to share.
Update:
Thanks to Bridget Hart who sent in some suggestions. She is on the board of the Council on America's Military Past. That organization asked members for an extra donation to cover the printing and mailings costs, waived it when appropriate, and took some cost-cutting steps.
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The Semper Fi Fund is caring for veterans from all U.S. military service branches. See below for details of services provided.
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26th Marines Association
26th Marines Association Annual Reunion. August 23, 24 and 25th, 2019 in New Orleans, La. 26’ers of all times, Iwo to current (Regiment, MEU, and supporting units) are welcome. See
www.26thMarines.com
for details. Or call Sonny at 512-825-4730 or email
sonnyusmc@gmail.com
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MILITARY SERVICE RECORDS, AWARDS, AND UNIT HISTORIES
(See the attached pdf file, or go to the URL at bottom here)
A New Congressional Research Service Publication on U.S. Military Service Records, Awards, and Unit Histories
The Congressional Research Service has just published a short reference document that might be of interest to many:
The guide provides information on locating military unit histories and individual service records of discharged, retired, and deceased military personnel. It also provides information on locating and replacing military awards and medals. Included is contact information for military history centers, websites for additional sources of research, and a bibliography of other publications, including related CRS reports.
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PCF FREDDY L. BELL
SSGT RICHARD A. JACKSON
SGT ALFREDO HICKMAN
1STSGT ROBERT C.ROLSTON
MSGT ROBERT SUNDIN
SGT JEFF WISE
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Another long Taps Report as we continue
to update the database from Social Security records.
PFC DELBERT O. ACUFF 31 Aug 2013
CAPT JOHN S. ADAMSON 23 Jan 2015
SGT ROY E. ALLBRIGHT 25 Jun 2016
LTCOL JESSE L. ALTMAN 31 Jan 2003
CPL LEON W. ASTYK 14 Apr 2015
CLAYTON J. BRAMHALL 20 Dec 2013
PFC DOUGLAS P. BURTON 04 Apr 2012
PFC JAMES E. FOELS 16 Dec 2015
LCPL WOODROW R. FREY
SGT ROBERT J. GOSNEY 04 Aug 2015
CPL JAMES E. GREGG 15 Mar 2015
HM3 WILLIAM A. HOOK 08 Jan 2016
CPL NED R. IMPROTA 24 Nov 2013
AMM1 ERNEST L. KENDALL 02 Nov 2012
SGT ELTON C. KLEIN 01 Dec 2013
CPL JOHN J. KOWALSKEY 19 Jun 2011
WILLIAM E. LASCH 25 Apr 2017
CPL CARMEN J. LIBERTUCCI 12 Aug 2012
SGT JAMES D. LONG 08 Sep 2016
SGT JOSEPH W. LOVELL 07 Dec 2014
SSGT JUDSON MCCARGAR 27 Jul 2017
SSGT FRANK J. MOSSO 20 Dec 2013
JOHN NARADZAY
SSGT FRED J. RECCHIO 30 Sep 2015
CPL DARWIN R. ROGENMOSER 04 Feb 2017
SGT EDWIN P. SEATON 23 May 2011
CPL JOHN R. SIA 13 Nov 2013
AT1 LOUIS H. STARK 04 Apr 2013
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71st Annual Reunion Challenge Coins Available
From: Steve "Doc" Lakernick
These Challenge Coins commemorating the 50th anniversary of Tet 1968 are available to members. The price is $10 per coin, plus shipping and handling.
Pictured here are front and back of the coin.
1 coin: total $12.00
2 - 5 coins: $10.00 per coin + $7.00
7 - 12 coins $10.00 per coin + $15.00
More than 12 coins ship via UPS Ground. Please call the office or write for a quote. Mailing address and phone at bottom of this page.
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Headquarters Office (760) 763-3268
President Jerry Johs Email:
geronamo0122@gmail.com
First Marine Division Association
P.O. Box 9000, Box # 902
Oceanside CA 92051
(760) 763-3268
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Semper Fidelis
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