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MarineMarine CorpsCorps LeagueLeague TarTar HeelHeel DetachmentDetachment ## 733733 September 2015 John Dilday Commandant MUSUEM OF THE MARINE NORTH CAROLINA Scuttlebutt Scuttlebutt Page 4 September 2015 SCUTTLEBUTT PAGE 2 Marine Corps COMMANDANT’S League Tar Heel Detachment COMMENTS # 733 eptember is a great month in my mind as tary. If you have someone that you would like to Officers it marks the beginning of a new season. I present for a program at our meetings let it be remember September as the month we known. Also, thanks to Jeff Jones for giving us a S went back to school. It was always after Labor report on the National Convention which was John Dilday Day in my era. It also marked the start of foot- just held. The next National Convention will be Commandant ball season, a new and exciting beginning of in Tulsa, Oklahoma next August. If you have 919-602-4483 great expectations. It also was the beginning of never been to one, then make your plans to do so. the cooling of the weather. As I get older the Some members of our Detachment joined with anticipation of a new season has different mean- the Detachments from Rocky Mount and Wilson Russ Oliver Senior Vice Commandant ings. I still get excited about football, cooler for a fun evening of baseball at Mudcat Stadium 919-414-3088 weather and the beginning of the change in the on August 29th. Maybe we can set aside a night color of our scenery. Change can be exciting or next season for a Game Night for the Tar Heel Bruce Goeden it can bring us anxiety. But one thing that stays Detachment. What do you think??? Junior Vice Commandant exciting to me is the giving nature of the men Remember invitations are going out for the cele- 919-720-7066 and women of the Tar Heel Detachment of our bration of the Twenty-fifth anniversary of the th Marine Corps League. Whether it be the need of Tar Heel Detachment to be held October 24 . help for one of our fellow Marines or the finan- So make your plans to be there for this huge Tyrone Ashe Judge Advocate cial assistance of a young person so they may milestone of history. 919-349-2308 enjoy the pleasures of being a part of planned Also, Mitzi Manning is putting together a great th activities. You are always there, willingly step- evening of celebration of the 240 Birthday of ping forward to provide. It is truly an Honor to our Marine Corps. We will actually celebrate on Richard Patrick Adjutant/Paymaster be associated with such wonderful people. the day of our Marine Corps Birthday, November th 919-280-0220 September is also the beginning of many won- 10 . It will be a great evening. Plan to be count- [email protected] derful events to bring both Marines and family ed. together. Our Detachment will have its annual Our fund raising activities are in full swing. Earl Ed Romanoski picnic at Lake Crabtree Park on September 26th. needs your help in closing out the Pistol and Ri- Sergeant-at Arms A time to have all the family together. To min- fle raffle. So please sell those tickets. Remem- 919-573-3041 gle in a relaxed atmosphere, to enjoy good food, ber that 100% of the funds go to support the pro- ————————————— camaraderie and kindle new friendships. It will grams we have chosen. Also, Russ needs your also be a time where we recognize a member of help with either names of the business owners or Next Meeting our Detachment for his or her contributions you getting a business to become a sponsor of October 7, 2015 throughout the year to not only the League but the Tar Heel Detachment. $150 gets them recog- also the community in which we live. So every- nition on both our Website and mention in each Christ the King Lutheran th one mark your calendar and join us Sept. 26 . issue of our Scuttlebutt. Church, Cary, NC In September we will continue to honor the New We also began the distribution of the tickets for 1800 Social Eagle Scouts with the recognition of the Good our semi-annual Breakfast at the Golden Corral 1900 Meeting Citizenship Award. (See announcements) If you in Fuquay. Tickets are $10 for an $11.95 plus —————————————- have not been to a ceremony, plan to join in. It tax meal and six dollars of this comes back to our is amazing the accomplishments of these young Detachment. If you were unable to attend our Scuttlebutt Staff men. September meeting and can help with selling We will also join with other Detachments in the some of the tickets, please contact me. We had a Editor Emeritus state for our Fall Quarterly meeting, It will be huge success in April. The date for this event is Jim Haslam held in Jacksonville, giving us the opportunity to October 3rd from 8am to 10:30am. (See flyer in 919-608-3442 see what other Detachments are doing and also a Scuttlebutt) [email protected] chance to make new friends. (See announce- Remember our Detachment members and spous- ments) It has truly been great these past months es that are dealing with health issues at this time. Editor to see so many of you attending our monthly Remember to keep them in your thoughts and Suellen Beaulieu meeting. It is great to see so many of our old prayers. Send them a card of well wishes or go 919-362-7436 and new members joining for an evening of fun by to see them if you can. [email protected] and that Marine fellowship. We truly have an In closing, it is truly an Honor and Privilege to outstanding Detachment. Continue to invite that represent you and the Tar Heel Detachment as Web Sites: Marine you meet to join us. your Commandant. May God bless each and www.tarheelmcl.org At our September meeting it was great to have every one of you. Ray Clark join us to talk about “The Never End- Semper Fi, www.ncmcl.org ing War” and the effects of PTSD on our mili- John Dilday September 2015 SCUTTLEBUTT PAGE 3 Marine Corps League Marine Corps League Tar Heel Detachment #733 Department of North Carolina PDD Russ Oliver PDD 09-019 Jeffery D. Jones 6913 Lake Wheeler Rd. Military Military Raleigh, NC 27603 Order of Devil Dogs Cell: (252) 205-6506 order of the Phone: 919 772-5455 E-mail: jdjones0311@aolcom Cell: 919 414-3088 Devil Dogs Pound 210 [email protected] Marine Corps League Tar Heel Detachment #733 John Dilday CUSTOM EMBROIDERY BY GAYLE Commandant 812 White Meadow Dr Gayle Dilday 919-285-2276 Fuquay Varina, NC 27526 812 White Meadows Dr. 919-602-2068 919-602-4483 Fuquay Varina. NC 27526 [email protected] [email protected] Phone 919 772-6234 www.foresthillsflorist.com John Dilday Authorized Representative Forest Hills Florist Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC Forest Hills Shopping Center 1325 Fifth Avenue YOUR HEALTHCARE SPECIALIST Garner, North Carolina 27529 919-602-4483 [email protected] Virginia D. Durham NCCPF David M. Durham Marine Corps League Rev. Mitzi Manning Tar Heel Detachment #733 Women Marine Association Suellen Beaulieu Past Commandant/PDD Chair, Plans and Policy Committee 502 Fairview Road God Bless Apex, NC 27502 1129 Checkerberry Drive [email protected] All Our Morrisville, NC 27560 919-362-7436 Marines (919) 336-3182 (703) 887-0683 Tar Heel Detachment 733 and [email protected] Membership Capsule Their 33 LIFE members 43 Paid Members Families 14 Total Past Due 91 Total Members 10 new members—1Jan through 2Sept 2015 September 2015 SCUTTLEBUTT PAGE 4 Editorial Tar Heel Detachment 733 Museum of the Marine... 25th Anniversary Year From www.musuemofthemarine.org ur Story n a little over a month from now, the Tar Heel De- Camp Lejeune, Cherry Point and New River, North tachment 733 will celebrate its 25th Anniversary of O Carolina are sacred ground to all Marines. On these our Charter in the Marine Corps League. This is a bases and their supporting auxiliaries, more than four million I Marines and other members of the sea services – known as the distinction that not many of our North Carolina Detach- Carolina Marines – have heeded the call to defend their country ments can claim. and have prepared themselves to respond to crises anywhere in The Marine Corps League perpetuates the traditions and the world. Since being established during World War II, these spirit of ALL Marines and Navy Fleet Marine Force bases have played a critical role in the training of an elite fighting Corpsmen and Chaplains who proudly wear or who force and in the development of technological and tactical inno- have worn the eagle, globe and anchor of the Corps. It vations. In many ways, the war in the Pacific from 1942 until 1945 was won on the beaches of Onslow County, North Carolina takes great pride in crediting its founding in 1923 to and in the skies of eastern North Carolina, as the area became a World War I hero, then Major General Commandant center for amphibious training and the building of Marine units. John A. Lejeune. It takes equal pride in its Federal The two Army divisions that spearheaded the Allied assault on Charter, approved by An Act of the Seventy-Fifth Con- North Africa and Europe were likewise trained in amphibious gress of the United States of America and signed and operations by Marines and Coast Guardsmen at Camp Lejeune. A brief history approved by President Franklin D.