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Keystone Leatherneck Page 1 V OLUME 73, ISSUE 1 MARINE CORPS LEAGUE OF PENNSYLVANIA, INC 2015 National Newsletter Competition—2nd PLACE WINNER FALL 2015 2014 National Newsletter Competition - 1st PLACE WINNER 2013 National Newsletter Competition - 3rd Place Winner KEYSTONE LEATHERNECK Department Commandant James Powell ([email protected] or 215-801-0432) INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Department Newsletter Editor Liz McCleaster ([email protected] or 267-736-5066) Fall Meeting: October 16 — 17, 2015 Headquarters Building National Commandant’s 1 Message Dept. of Pennsylvania 2 Marines, Commandant’s Message It is indeed a great pleasure to be able to address the Members of the Dept of PA Commandant’s 3-6 "Department of Pennsylvania", at this critical juncture in the rebirth of our MCL National Convention "Marine Corps League". You, the membership of PA has always been Full Report among the first to stand tall and be counted in good times as well as the Agent Orange Okinawa 8 bad, and this past year was no exception. Your support has always been Update one of my strengths and I appreciate it from the bottom of my heart. 2015 MCL National Con- 10- vention Photos 12 As the events of the year unfold and our efforts to grow the League and List of 2015 Department of 14 make it strong again comes to fruition, a lot will be expected from all, and PA Officers there is no doubt that the contributions in this effort will be led by your great Chester County Detach- 22- Department, and the membership. The National Board of Trustees will con- ment Eagle Scouts Pro- 23 tinually listen to what you are telling us and please, be vocal, hold nothing gram back, and make us answerable to you for our conduct. Wreaths Across America 27 POW-MIA Reports - June, 34- This is , and will continue to be, a T.E.A.M. effort with honesty and integrity August, September 2015 36 prevailing. Our WEB page is almost completed and it will be a benefit to Marine Corps League once 42- everyone, National is delving into the complex problems they face and again takes care of it’s own 43 things are looking up. If you go on the web page you will see at the bottom Upcoming Meetings 46 of the page a column which will keep everyone updated as things change in our rebuilding. Read it , this is my way of staying in touch with everyone on (Back Cover) a mass scale. News Reports throughout from MGySgt John W. Zaengle, Patriot, Smedley D. Butler, Lewis B. Puller, Once again, "Thank You" for all you do everyday to make our League the Forbes Trail, Williamsport, First Capitol, and Chester County De- best veterans organization in the world. tachments More News Throughout this Newsletter "Semper Fi." There will be a brief meeting Richard D. Gore, Sr. of the Headquarters Detach- National Commandant ment immediately following Marine Corps League the end of the Department 774-239-6067 WE’RE ON THE WEB Staff Meeting on Saturday, WWW.PAMCLEAGUE.ORG October 17, 2015 Page 2 The Keystone Leatherneck VOLUME 73, ISSUE 1 FROM DEPARTMENT OF PA COMMANDANT JAMES POWELL…. This year, I would like to start out by saying that the turnout at the Marine Corps League’s 92nd National Convention in Scottsdale, Arizona was much bigger than I thought it would be and again Pennsylvania had by far and away the most delegates on the floor. Another big THANK YOU is in order to all of our Detachments that sent delegates; it was truly another impressive showing. The business session of the Convention started on Monday August 10th and ended on Friday August 14th and I was on floor through- out the week’s business sessions. I sent out a memo to the Department membership on all that went on at the Convention and I believe that is also posted in this newsletter. So, if somehow you missed it please read over it and if you have any question please feel free to contact me about them. Over all the convention went extremely well. There were several memorable quest speakers, lot reports and a large amount of information to digest. The National Budget that passed, but not before a lot consternation after it failed to pass on the first go round. There was a lot of back and forth from the floor but it finally passed and I think that the leadership is fully aware of how the membership feels about the financial stability of the League. There were 23 Bylaw change submissions this year and the breakdown is as follows; Rejected – 9 Withdrawn – 2 Approved – 12. Of the approved changes, several involved Chapter 9 and one that may be of interest to Detachments was the passing of a new ribbon for Ceremonial Guard. We have 1 new National Officer; the new Judge Advocate is Johnny Baker who hails from Alabama and your new National Com- mandant is Richard Gore from South Carolina. Of note, our own PDC Leanna Dietrich was elected as Northeast Division Commandant. Good Luck and Best Wishes to all of the National Officers during their terms of Office. I’d also like to congratulate PDC Leanna Dietrich on being chosen as National Marine of the Year. Pennsylvania again showed well in the Awards categories. The following is a list of those awards: Americanism: Third place Category III – Northampton County (plaque) Membership: Fourth place (101 to 200 members) – R.M. Butterweck Detachment #465 (plaque) Recruiting Certificates: Joel Sofranko (20 new members) Cam Kulick (15 new members) Don Baily (14 new members) James Mineo (6 new members) David White (6 new members) James McLain (8 new members) Distinguished Service Award Certificates Linda Chamberlain Charles Chamberlain Tom Hazlett Newsletter: Second place Overall – Department of Pennsylvania – Elizabeth McCleaster (plaque) Third place Battalion Level – Chester County Detachment #286 (plaque) NATIONAL POSTAL MATCH RESULTS: I do not have the results of the Pennsylvania shooters at this time. GOLD MEDALS: James Walters (Westmoreland County) DEPARTMENT MEMBERS ELECTED TO OFFICE: PDC Leanna Dietrich- Northeast Division Vice Commandant Tom Hazlett- Kennel Junior Vice Chief Devil Dog Rod Hoffman - Kennel Police Dog Tom Minchin - Dog Trainer DEPARTMENT MEMBERS APPOINTED TO OFFICE: Johnny Gill - National Chaplain Semper Fi, Jim Powell Commandant, MCL Dept. of Pa. Inc. Page 3 The Keystone Leatherneck VOLUME 73, ISSUE 1 Page 4 The Keystone Leatherneck VOLUME 73, ISSUE 1 Page 5 The Keystone Leatherneck VOLUME 73, ISSUE 1 Page 6 The Keystone Leatherneck VOLUME 73, ISSUE 1 Page 7 The Keystone Leatherneck VOLUME 73, ISSUE 1 National Exec Dir Awards Washington County Young Marine LCpl Ricky Howard….. Lifesaving First Degree Certificate that LCpl. Ricky Howard was awarded by Michael Kessler, Na- tional Executive Director of the Young Marines, Washington, DC is shown below. This is one of the highest personal awards awarded to a Young Marine for his heroic measure in saving another person without regard to the risk of one's own life for the benefit of another hu- man being. This was awarded to LCpl. Ricky Howard by GySgt. Paul Griffenberg, Battalion Commander and MSgt. Donald Bailey, Executive Officer of Washington County Young Marines on behalf of the National Executive Director Michael Kessler. Joyce Bailey Adjutant Washington County Young Marines Larry Maggi, Washington County Commissioner, LCpl Ricky Howard, GySgt. Paul Griffenberg and MSgt. Donald L. Bailey Page 8 The Keystone Leatherneck VOLUME 73, ISSUE 1 Agent Orange Okinawa Update► U.S. Continues to Deny Presence The U.S. government has awarded compensation to the ailing former marine at the center of allegations that Agent Orange was dumped on Futenma Air Base in Okinawa. On 10 AUG the Board of Veterans’ Appeals ruled that retired Lt. Col. Kris Roberts, chief of maintenance at the installation in the early 1980s, had developed prostate cancer due to “exposure to haz- ardous chemicals.” The presiding judge based the decision on evidence including medical reports, statements and “photographs of barrels being removed from the ground.” However, the carefully worded ruling avoids specific reference to Agent Orange, which the Pentagon denies was stored on its Okinawa bases. Roberts is the first veteran known to have won compensation for exposure on Futenma, and now he is urging the military to come clean about what really happened at the air base. “The Marine Corps has a moral and ethical obligation to alert others who may have been exposed,” he said in a telephone interview. According to Roberts, he was ordered in 1981 to investigate high chemical readings detected in waste water running from the installation into neighboring communities in and around Ginowan, the city that surrounds Futenma. After checking the area of concern near one of the base’s runways, Roberts and his team unearthed more than 100 chemical barrels, some marked with the tell-tale orange stripes used to label defoliants. On orders from Futenma’s top brass, Roberts says the bar- rels were moved by Okinawan base workers to an undisclosed location. After the discovery, Roberts developed a number of serious illnesses, including heart disease and prostate cancer. Roberts, now a state representative in New Hampshire, told The Japan Times that the Marine Corps has a duty to track down the U.S. service members and Japanese base employees who handled the toxic barrels. He also called on U.S. Forces Japan to inform local residents. “The base’s drainage pipes distributed the contaminated wa- ter all around the civilian communities near Futenma — not only in Ginowan city. USFJ needs to warn them of the dangers, and doctors need to look for clusters of diseases similar to the ones I have,” he said.
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