The JoCo Marine - November 2015

NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER 2015

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


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Good of the League

NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS USMC (11/10/1775) – 240 years young!

Henry Benavides (11/13/1945) – 70 years young!


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The JoCo Marines were invited to Barbour Court Nursing and Rehabilitation Services on Barbour Road in

Smithfield to visit with resident Veterans from all branches of the Armed Forces to share stories, thank them for their service to our great country, and to let them know that they are not forgotten.

Memorial Service for Marine Jim Haslam in Raleigh on

10/03/2015 with members of the JROTC, Young Marines, Tar Heel, Cpl. Suzi Sannes, Gold Leaf, and Carry-On

Detachments of the Marine Corps League.


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Marines, another year is coming to a close, and it’s time to start planning our December meeting “Christmas Family Dinner”. I need a volunteer to coordinate the Pot Luck dinner please.

There is still time for recommendations for our Detachment

Marine of the Year, so if you have any desire to make a recommendation, you need to get it in now! Ken forwarded the application packet that Lewis has prepared. Print it out, fill it in,

and bring your recommendation to the next meeting on November 3rd or email it directly to Ken. The Marine of the Year Committee needs those recommendations “No Later Than” our November

meeting in order to make proper consideration of the recommended Marines. – Thx.

Thanks to all of you Marines for making this year very successful for Carry-On Detachment. Without your participation, hard work, and dedication – the Detachment wouldn’t be what it is today in

the public eye. Thank you for your Espirit de Corps.


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Public Relations Committee (Lewis W. Rice III - Chair) • The JoCo Marine Newsletter will now be posted to our Detachment’s

Facebook page on a monthly basis as well as being mailed out and emailed, please let Lewis know if you need an electronic copy of the Detachment Flyer. ◄ This is different than the Newsletter (to hand out to prospective new members).

Flap Jack Fundraiser Committee (Lewis W. Rice III - Chair)

• (Chairperson needed 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

October’s Good Business Award recipient was pharmaceutical giant - Novo Nordisk in Clayton, NC.

November’s Good Business Award Presentation will be at:

Location: FastMed Urgent Care 11491 US Bus 70 West Friday, November 6, 2015 @ 1300 hrs. Clayton, NC 27520

December’s Good Business Award Presentation will be at:

Location: Dixie Denning LP Gas 705 S. Wall Street Friday, December 4, 2015 @ 1300 hrs. Benson, NC 27504


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Eagle Scout Good Citizenship Award Committee (Lewis W. Rice III – Chair)

Eagle Scout Garrett Donald Lutz from Boy Scout Troop #33 of Clayton. – 10/11/2015

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

Clock and Jewelry shop.

VA Hospital Visit Committee (Ken Parker – Chair) • December 29, 2015 @ 1600 hrs. Meet at McDonald’s on US Bus 70 in Clayton.

Adopt-A-Highway Clean-up Committee (Ken Parker – Chair)

• November 14, 2015 @ 0730 hrs. Meet at Hess Gas Station on Hwy 42.

Raffle Committee (Willie Williams – Chair)

• None to report at this time.

Correspondence: Corinth Holders High School JROTC invited us to their 5th annual Veteran’s Day program on 4 November at 11:00 in the front of their school.

Gold Leaf Detachment invited us to their Birthday celebration. The celebration will be held at the Robert B Anderson Post 13, American Legion located on Hwy 301 adjacent to the Wilson County Fairgrounds. You can pay the $15 at the door. Uniform of the day will be civilian dress casual or jeans. Tar Heel Detachment is also having their birthday ball on 10 November at the Devils Ridge Golf Club in Holly Springs. Cost is $50.00 per person includes pictures. Town of Clayton is saluting Veterans on 8 November at the Clayton Center, start time is 14:45 for the program with static displays starting around 1100 hours. All are encouraged to submit photos to the library. Also on 8 November First Missionary Baptist Church will salute Veterans and all are invited starting at 1100 hours at the Church. Reminder of the upcoming Smithfield Selma High School Veteran’s Day program starting at 1100 on 11 November. Clayton American Legion Post 71 will serve breakfast to Veterans on the morning of the 11th.

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JoCo Marines November 2015

Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat.

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Daylight Savings

Time Ends Carry-On

Detachment Meeting

Corinth Holders JROTC Veterans

Day Program

Good Business Award

Presentation

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Clayton’s 1st Ever Tribute to Veterans

240th Marine Corps

Birthday

Veterans Day

SSS High School

Ceremony

Adopt-A-Highway Clean Up

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Johnston County

Veterans Council Meeting

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Happy Thanksgiving

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1 November 1983: 300 Marines of the 22d Marine Amphibious Unit staged an amphibious and helicopter landing on the island of Carriacou, 15 miles northeast of Grenada, in a search for Cuban military installations or personnel. 17 Grenadian soldiers were captured and arms, ammunition and training sites were found. The next day the 22d MAU left the Caribbean area and proceeded to Beirut, Lebanon to replace the 24th MAU.

8 November 1990: President Bush announced that he planned to add more than 200,000 U.S. troops to those already deployed in Operation Desert Shield in the Persian Gulf area. The number of Marines in the area would be doubled by the addition of II MEF units from the Corps' east coast bases and the 5th MEB from California. Within the next two months, Marine strength in the objective area would increase to nearly 90,000 Marines.

10 November 1921: This date marked the first formal commemoration of the birthday of the Marine Corps as 10 November. On 21 October 1921, Maj Edwin McClellan, OIC of the Historical Section, HQMC, sent a memo to MajGen Commandant John A. Lejeune, suggesting that the original birthday of 10 November 1775 be declared a Marine Corps holiday to be celebrated throughout the Corps. Accordingly, on 1 Nov 1921, Gen Lejeune issued Marine Corps Order No. 47 summarizing the history, mission and tradition of the Corps and directed that it be read to every command each 10 November.

13 November 1982: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, containing the names of more than 13,000 Marines who lost their lives in Vietnam, was dedicated this date at the Memorial site in Washington, D.C. The dedication and parade that preceded it were part of a week-long National Salute to Vietnam Veterans.

17 November 1918: The 4th Marine Brigade, as part of the 2nd Division, American Expeditionary Force, began its march to the Rhine River, passing through Belgium and Luxembourg, as part of the American forces occupying a defeated Germany.

20 November 1943: The 2nd Marine Division, commanded by Major General Julian C. Smith, landed on Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands. After seventy-six hours of bitter fighting during which almost 1,000 Marines died and more than 2,000 were wounded, MajGen Smith declared the island secure.

24 November 1992: Marines lowered the flag at Subic Bay, U.S. Naval Facility, Republic of the Philippines, for the last time during ceremonies to turn over the facility to the government of the Philippines. The withdrawal ended almost a century of U.S. presence in that nation.

25 November 1968: The conclusion of Operation Lancaster II ended 10 months of action against the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army troops in the west-central sector of the demilitarized zone region. Over 1,800 enemy were killed, 42 captured, and 913 weapons seized during the operation.

27 November 1950: In a carefully planned assault, eight Chinese Communist divisions in Korea launched a massive attack which had as its expressed purpose, the destruction of the 1st Marine Division. This action led to the successful southward Marine Corps attack out of the Changjin (Chosin) Reservoir to the coastal port of Hungnam.


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Sick Call

Marine Willie Williams’ brother has passed away, please keep his family in your

thoughts and prayers. Marine Grant Croonquist’s aunt has passed away, please keep his family in your thoughts and prayers. Marine Durham reported Associate Member Cynthia

Shaw has been back in the hospital still having infection problems with her surgery. Remember Marine Carl Naus in your thoughts and prayers.

IN MEMORY OF OUR FALLEN MARINE BROTHERS

AND SISTERS, FMF CORPSMEN AND CHAPLAINS Tom Barrie, John Bullock, George Gillespie, Robert Moore, Willard Pleasants, Gordon Young,

and Mark Wayne Williams.

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