"For it is in giving that we receive."
-- Francis of Assisi
October 25, 1983
Operation URGENT FURY
U.S. Invasion of Grenada
Capt Jeb F. Seagle drags Capt Timothy D. Howard away from their burning AH-1 Cobra, shot down by enemy antiaircraft fire near Fort Frederick. Capt Seagle was killed while looking for help for the badly wounded Howara who was subsequently rescued by a CH-46 of HMM-261. (Reconstructive art by LtCol A. M,"Mike" Leahy,USMCR)
U.S. MARINES IN GRENADA 1983
by LTCOL Ronald H. Spector, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, 1987 
The Situation

On the morning of 25 October 1983, Americans were startled to hear President Ronald Reagan's announcement that forces of six Caribbean nations and the United States had landed on the island of Grenada to "restore order and democracy" and to safeguard the lives of approximately 1,000 American citizens there.' The President's announcement came as a climax to a week of growing crisis and concern, which had begun with the deposing and subsequent murder of the leftist Prime Minister of Grenada, Maurice Bishop, by soldiers of a hard-line Revolutionary Military Council that had ties to Cuba and the Soviet Union. Following the murder of Bishop and some of his closest political collaborators on the 19th, the Revolutionary Military Council, headed by army chief General Austin Hudson, imposed a round-the-clock curfew and closed the island's airport. Reports of riots and looting appeared in the press.

From Wikipedia:
The invasion began on the morning of 25 October 1983, just two days after the bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, which was unrelated. The invading force consisted of the Army's rapid deployment force, Marines, Army Delta Force, Navy SEALs, and ancillary forces totaling 7,600 troops, together with Jamaican forces and troops of the Regional Security System (RSS). [9] The force defeated Grenadian resistance after a low-altitude airborne assault by Rangers on Point Salines Airport at the south end of the island, and a Marine helicopter and amphibious landing on the north end at Pearls Airport. Austin's military government was deposed and replaced by a government-appointed by Scoon.
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Dear Members,
Our dear Executive Assistant to the President, June Cormier has suffered a medical setback.  She was hospitalized last week, released, and is now at home recuperating. Her son Andre has arranged Meals-on-Wheels, and regular nurse and physical therapist visits. Her prognosis is yet to be determined.

June started work with us in July 2004. She has become the heart and soul of this Association. She has no supplemental insurance, and the medical bills are arriving. We are asking for your donations to help her.

Make checks payable to June Cormier. Write “We Love June” in the memo.

Please send your donations and get well cards to:

June Cormier
1st Marine Division Association
P.O. Box 9000 Box #902
Oceanside CA 92051

or call HQ at (760)763-3268 to give by credit card.

All money collected in this drive goes directly to June.



Semper Fi, 

Jerry Johs

New Members

LTCOL WILLIAM J. MARVIN
CAPT RICHARD L. SALCHOW

SGT DAVID W. MILNE, Reinstate
Taps
We are again updating our members records from Social Security data.

CPL ROBERT A. BAIRD, 25 Jun 2016
GYSGT ANGELONE G. BAKAS
CAPT STEPHEN E. BAKER, 2 Jul 2016
CPL WILLIAM W. BAKER, 22 Nov 2013
MARVIN G. BALDWIN, 6 Jul 2008
RICHARD L. BALDWIN, 28 Feb 2008
MRS BESSIE BALES, 27 Aug 2014
CAPT FRANK N. BALES, 19 Feb 2008
MRS MARY ANN BANDY, 8 Feb 2015
MRS EDNA (INGALLS) BANKS, 26 Mar 2009
SGT REFUJIO M. BARELA, 22 Apr 2010
CPL FRANK W. BARKER, 29 Oct 2018
SGT ROBERT E. BARLEY, 22 Feb 2008
SGT WILLIAM BARLOW, 15 May 2010
SGT RICHARD BARNARD, 20 Jan 2007
PHM1 JAMES C. BARNES, 5 Jun 2002
SGT LOUIS E. BARNES, 1 Feb 2016
MRS RUTH BARR, 9 Feb 2014
SSGT WILLIAM A. BARR, 25 Apr 2006
GEN R. H. BARROW, 30 Oct 2008
SSGT GEORGE M. BARROWS SR, 13 Jan 2016
BILL BARRY, 24 Feb 2014
SGT BOB J. BARRY, 13 Apr 2008
PFC PAUL BARTLETT, 18 Jun 2018
SGT ADELLO R. BARTOLUCCI, 6 Jan 2017
CPL GEORGE A. BARTON, 23 Feb 2007
HM2 RAYMOND A. BARTON, 24 Dec 2016
SGT RONALD A. BASE, 24 Apr 2019
HM3 DAVID L. BASS, 20 Aug 2003
SGT C. RALPH BASSETT, 28 Oct 2011
SSGT JOHN J. BASTYS, 25 Nov 2016
GYSGT FELIPE S. BATALON, 15 Sep 2017
MAJ PRENTISS H. BAUGHMAN, 11 Jul 2004
NED BAYCONISH, 6 Dec 2017
CPL JACK L. BAYLESS, 14 Nov 2005
SSGT ROBERT D. BECHDOLT, 9 Jan 2017
CPL BURNELL O. BEEBE, 9 Jul 2007
CPL VINCE J. BEESON, 22 Nov 2016
1STLT DANIEL C. BELL , 1 Jun 2008
CAPT MAX R. BELOVICH, 28 Oct 2010
PFC NORMAN LEE BERCAW, 2 Nov 1997
DICK BERNARD, 20 Sep 2003
MRS NINA BEVINS, 12 Dec 2014
SGT JAMES M. FAIRBAIRN, 13 Nov 2019
SGTMAJ THOMAS J. MCHUGH USMC(RET), 24 Aug 2015

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First Marine Division Association
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(760) 763-3268