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of the Corps CrossroadsThe Magazine of the Marines’ Memorial Association, San Francisco \ SUMMER 2017 SummerPlan your getaway \ page 8 in the City THE MARINES’ MEMORIAL CLUB A Living Memorial

GRACIOUS HOSPITALITY. DYNAMIC PROGRAMS. HISTORIC MISSION.

THE MARINES’ The Marines’ Memorial Club in San Francisco has, for seventy years, stood in honor of the memory of the men and women MEMORIAL who served in defense of our nation. The Club, just one block ASSOCIATION, off Union Square at 609 Sutter Street, is in the heart of down- A NON-PROFIT town San Francisco. This handsome California Spanish Revival

VETERANS building, which enjoys San Francisco’s protected landmark status, provides a sanctuary for those who wish to take a pause and to ORGANIZATION, honor the valor of Veterans who gave their lives while in the ser- EXISTS TO HONOR vice of their country. Our Living Memorial is designed to preserve THE LEGACY OF memories and share the stories of American military history.

MILITARY SERVICE The founders of the Club recognized three components to a liv- THROUGH A LIVING ing memorial: historical, emotional, and business. There was also

MEMORIAL AND an awareness that these three functions of the Club might overlap and complement each other. The vision of the original founders PROGRAMS THAT devised the framework for the Club to sustain itself in perpetuity. COMMEMORATE, The Club’s original charter specified, as a tribute to Marine Corps EDUCATE AND heroes, the establishment and maintenance of a museum. Over SERVE VETERANS time, the atmosphere and ambiance of the entire building has OF ALL ERAS. fulfilled this historical function. …turn to inside back cover of the Corps CrossroadsSUMMER 2017 \ VOLUME 83 NUMBER 2

4 Message from the General 5 Correspondence 10 Bits & Pieces: News You Can Use 13 The Club Calendar

EVENTS IN REVIEW 12 6th Annual Salute to Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans 14 Salute to Vietnam Veterans 16 The Falklands War, 35 Years On MARINES’ MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION \ A NON-PROFIT VETERANS ORGANIZATION 17 Memorial Day Remembrance 609 Sutter St. · San Francisco, CA 94102 · tel (415) 673-6672 · fax (415) 441-3649 email [email protected] · website https://MarineClub.org 23 Commemoration of the Battle Room Reservations: 1-800-5-MARINE [email protected] of Midway Crossroads of the Corps is published quarterly for Members of the Marines’ Memorial Association. EDITOR Rose McCoy [email protected]

BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF INTEREST Chairman Lieutenant General Robert Johnston, USMC (Ret.) Vice Chairman Mr. Rick Hartnack, Marine Veteran 24 San Francisco Fleet Week Preview Secretary Sergeant Major Ramona Cook, USMC (Ret.) Vice Admiral Jody Breckenridge, USCG (Ret.) 36 Books We Recommend Lieutenant Colonel Robert Barrow, USMC (Ret.) · Colonel Ray Cole, USMC (Ret.) Lieutenant General Ron Coleman, USMC (Ret.) · Colonel Jim Heidrich, USMC (Ret.) Mr. Tim Hsia, Army Veteran · Ms. Nicole Nolette, Navy Veteran THE LIVING MEMORIAL Mr. M. K. Palmore, Marine Veteran · Mr. Stephen M. Snyder, Marine Veteran Mr. Ian Thomson, Marine Veteran · Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Tice, USAF (Ret.) 18 Generous Contributions MARINE MILITARY ADVISORS 32 Scholarship Winners for 2017/18 Sergeant Major Alex Dobson, USMC · Colonel Gary Johnston, USMC Colonel Ricardo Martinez, USMC · Colonel Tom Prentice, USMC Colonel Mark Tull, USMC · Colonel Jason Woodworth, USMC YOUR CLUB & ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Major General J. Michael Myatt, USMC (Ret.) 6 Earn a Free Night’s Stay STAFF 9 Meet the Members General Manager & Chief Operating Officer Michael Allen [email protected] 26 Meet the Staff Chief Financial Officer Ruby Wu [email protected] Director of Membership Mackenzie Jakoubek [email protected] 28 Worldwide Reciprocal Clubs Director of Living Memorial Wendy Shuman [email protected] Director of Sales & Marketing Nicky Broderick [email protected] Executive Assistant Carol Taylor [email protected] Human Resources Director Bethany Meyer [email protected]

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ou’ll see by the articles in gain this October, we are this Crossroads that we are looking forward to San keeping busy. We had a Francisco Fleet Week. We very interesting “Salute to have a number of Navy Vietnam War Veterans,” ships with a contingent of Ywith a preview of the documentary Aembarked Marines, the Blue Angels, THE VIETNAM WAR by filmmakers and a series of exercises showcasing Ken Burns and Lynn Novick on the Naval Service Humanitarian Assis- 12th of May. It will be aired on PBS tance/Disaster Response (HADR) starting on 17 September, in 10 seg- few words about “dress capabilities. It is the largest Fleet ments. I can assure you that the film codes” are in order. We Week in the Nation and the local Bay will be interesting and worth your have a dress code at the Area citizens really welcome our ser- time. Marines’ Memorial Club’s vicemen and women. One of the more inspirational Leatherneck Steakhouse. I thank all of you, our esteemed programs was our “Salute the Iraq and AIt is “Business Casual”. That means Members, for your continued support. Afghanistan Veterans” on 20 April. for gentlemen, collared shirts, dress We want to maintain the physical Our speaker was Sergeant Major Brad polo shirts, turtlenecks, knit sweaters, plant while continuing to provide pro- Kasal, the Sergeant Major for I MEF. pressed designer jeans and khakis are grams of importance and relevance to SgtMaj Kasal is a hero from the sec- acceptable. Tank tops, gym and sports Veterans and the community. You can ond battle for Fallujah in 2004, when attire, sleepwear, or clothing that has make a 100% tax-deductible donation he was a First Sergeant. In a fire fight offensive slogans are not permitted today because the Marines’ Memorial with insurgents in a house in Fallujah, in the restaurant and bar at any time. Association is a 501(c)(19) organi- although wounded by seven AK-47 Dress trousers and jackets for men zation that fully complies with IRC rounds and hit by more than 43 pieces and women are always appreciated 170(c)(3). If you have a foundation of hot fragmentation from a grenade during the dinner hours. We will turn that can only donate to a 501(c)(3), while using his body to shield an in- you away to change if you show up for you can donate to the Marines’ Memo- jured fellow Marine, he refused to quit dinner wearing shorts and tee shirts, rial Foundation. fighting and was able to return fire much the same as any fine restaurant Regardless of whether you are a with his pistol, killing an insurgent. would do. “regular” at the Club, or if you live out His talk was very, very good! Most of our reciprocal clubs have of state and only visit us occasionally, We also had a report of the Falk- dress codes as well. When you decide you know that your Club is unique. lands Island campaign by retired to use a reciprocal club, check out There is nothing like it anywhere else their dress code because we don’t Brigadier Rod Macdonald of the in the nation. Royal Engineers, who participated in want you to be embarrassed when you Sincerely, and Semper Fidelis, the planning and execution of the 3 show up not wearing appropriate at- Commando Brigade Royal Marines’ tire. We are up to 242 reciprocal clubs amphibious assault in 1982 against now, located in some very interesting J. Michael Myatt the Argentinians. It was the longest cities across the globe. Carol Taylor Major General USMC (Ret.) amphibious operation in military administers that program and I am President and Chief Executive Officer history, 8,000 miles from the UK, and proud of her achievements. When she the largest air-sea battle since WWII, took over the program, we had only 26 with 23 ships sunk and 91 aircraft lost. reciprocal clubs. What an operation!

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Sensational Service “What a Benefit!”… My husband is active duty Army and Here are some recent reviews from a friend recommended the hotel to us TripAdvisor, where the Marines’ when he heard we were going to San Memorial Club & Hotel was rated #10 Francisco for the long weekend. Loca- among all San Francisco hotels as of tion— awesome! Service — excellent. 12 May 2017: Rooms were clean and updated nicely. FREE HUGE breakfast buffet every “Epitome of Customer Service”… “Fabulous Place for Anyone Who morning and FREE cocktails (be care- I visited this hotel to see a show in their Appreciates the Marines”… ful, they are making them strong!!) theater, but did not stay at the hotel. This hotel was booked for us and for two hours every afternoon! We During intermission, my friends and I was a complete surprise. The room were able to sign up for membership went seeking hot tea (no hot beverages was great — we had a suite that was for free when we checked in, which at the concession stand for the theater). full of amenities. The happy hour for also got us a rate about half of their We asked the gentleman working at guests was complimentary, also a nice advertised prices, so the hotel costs the reception desk (his name is Sanjin) feature. The decor was incredible, about a third what any other nice if he knew somewhere nearby where we with historical displays about many hotel in the same would cost you! Very moments in Marine Corps history. could find hot tea before intermission good deal. With military mementos From what I understand, they give any everywhere, we felt right at home. The was over. He said there was a Starbucks active duty service members a really happy hour is fun; each night we met a few blocks away but that we’d never great deal if they stay there overnight. wonderful people who shared military make it back in time. Then he asked We were in awe that such a place with background in common and were just if we were guests at the hotel, and we such profound respect for a branch of really neat people. We will definitely answered no. He said, “Wait here, let the US military actually existed in San go back to San Francisco and we will me go check something,” and we said, Francisco, of all places. We would stay definitely be making the Memorial “Sure,” having no idea if he was asking there again in a heartbeat! Make sure Club our hotel of choice!! coworkers about somewhere closer or to visit the lounge. Five Star Rating! something else. He came back with mugs of hot water, several types of nice teas, plastic spoons, and sugar! It’s so rare to find people, even in customer service roles, that go so far out of their YOUR SUPPORT MATTERS! way to help. Especially when we weren’t marineclub.org/donate even guests at the hotel. It was such a refreshing experience that I had to As you enjoy the many benefits of membership, never share. lose sight of why we are here! Without the support of members and others in our community, the Marines’ “Great Central Location with Help Us Memorial Association would not be able to carry out Sensational Service”… Honor many of our programs. We arrived about eight hours later Military For over 70 years, our Living Memorial has honored than scheduled — well after midnight. Service the legacy of military service — remembering our fallen We were looked after upon arrival and heroes while serving our living heroes. 100% of your indeed this first impression became Members contribution goes directly to Association programs and the standard against which our stay Past and helps us to sustain this important mission. was measured, and our impressions Present Please give online today at marineclub.org/donate, or went from great to sensational. use the envelope in the center of this magazine.

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The Marines’ Memorial Club remains the “best kept secret in San Francisco.” We need your help to spread the word! The Association is asking you, our members, to recommend membership to friends and loved ones who would value and appreciate the many advantages of a Marines’ Memorial membership:

• Access to the Marines’ Memorial Club & Hotel in San Francisco – Member rates and packages for overnight accommodations – Members-only happy hour – Chesty’s Bar and the Leatherneck Steakhouse – Marines’ Memorial Theatre • Access to over 240 reciprocal clubs all over the world • Networking opportunities with Currently Serving and Veteran communities • Invitations to special events: Marine Corps Birthday Ball, George P. Shultz Lecture Series, holiday brunches and more • Direct support of our mission — honoring the legacy of military service through our “Living Memorial” and programs that commemorate, educate, and serve Veterans of all eras and their families

To be eligible for Marines’ Memorial membership, candidates must have served honorably in any branch of the US Armed Forces.

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*”Member Get a Member” gift certificates are for standard room rates Sunday-Thursday and cannot be combined with Member’s Choice or other packages. Referred member must be a new Veteran member who has paid the $200 membership contribution, and the referrer must be an active member. Certificates have no cash value and are not transferable or replaceable. Rewards are sent quarterly.

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Processing Your Membership Application In addition to the completion of this application, please attach the following: • Photocopy of Official Verification of Honorable Service: DD214 or Retired ID Card; copy of front of Active Duty ID Card (Currently Serving only) Note: If you cannot locate verification or know that it has been lost, you can obtain a copy by writing: National Military Personnel Records Center, 9700 Page Blvd., St. Louis, Missouri 63132. Or complete the online form at: http://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/index.html • Appropriate Donation (All donations are tax-deductible and non-refundable)

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Every year, Livermore good to my family,” he says, even playing Francisco Commandery of the US Naval resident TOMMY matchmaker when he and his future wife Order. Ray first joined the MMA in the LOMBARD, his wife became close as grade schoolers on base 1960s, enjoying the convenience of and daughters head in Okinawa. He joined MMA as a Golden having the Club’s gym in walking into the city for the Gate University law student, often distance from his engineering job at Club’s annual studying in the Ames Library. His father, Pacific Bell. After retiring from PacBell in Thanksgiving brunch. Col Brendan Kearney, USMC (Ret.), is a 1992, he worked as a financial planner This will be their fourth year staying former MMA board member, and and then once again in telecom when he through the holiday weekend, a tradition together the two men exemplify the was asked to help lead the breakup of the whole family looks forward to. “The multigenerational draw of the Club. “We Brazil’s telephone company. Now living Club means a lot to all of us and has a meet up every six to eight weeks, have a in Belmont, a few times a year Ray uses special place in our hearts,” he says. drink at Chesty’s, and listen to one of the the Club as “home base” when coming in Tommy, a former Marine, joined in 2008 great speakers,” he says. Wherever he for Giants games. “Being there” he says, after past board member Jon Paulson goes to work — Microsoft at the begin- “is nostalgic of memories of military hired him at his real estate firm and then ning of this decade and now Google, service and former shipmates.” introduced him to Col John Lockie and where he heads up Internal Audit “his amazing wife Jan,” who ran the Regulatory Compliance — Matt endeav- The Great Beer Epiph- Living Memorial Project at the time. “My ors to make his workplace more Veteran- any of 2004 took wife and I spent a lot of time there friendly. Within the Google Veterans place when IAN volunteering for the Lockies,” Tommy Network, he also actively promotes the SCHUSTER, an remembers. “I will be forever grateful to Club to co-workers. In his spare time, intensely flavored Jon for everything he did for me, but family gets all of Matt’s attention, with eight-year aged especially for introducing me to the baseball, Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts, and barleywine beer, and Club.” Now developing and managing now that summer is here, a swimming a very pungent Stilton cheese met up in inventory management programs for the pool full of happy children. the picturesque hot springs resort of semiconductor industry, Tommy takes Nasu, Japan. “The two flavors paired like the opportunity every year during the Hundreds of people magic,” Ian recalls, and on that day, he Semi-Con/Intersolar show at Moscone have enjoyed MMC began a seven-year journey from Center to bring his top customers up to hospitality and dozens corporate work in Tokyo to brewery the Leatherneck Steakhouse for happy have become members ownership in San Ramon, CA. The Navy hour and dinner. They love it, he says, and thanks to retired Navy Veteran’s highly-rated Schubros Brewery look forward to coming back. As much as Lieutenant RAY launched on Father’s Day 2012, and since he likes to share the Club with non-mem- FAZZIO. In 2010, he 2015 has supplied beer on tap for the bers, he’s especially eager to meet fellow chaired his Naval Academy class’ 53rd Marines’ Memorial Club. When a job members. So, if you see Tommy there reunion. “We had about 280 people for a offer first brought Ian to the Bay Area in please introduce yourself; he’d be happy whole week,” recounts Ray. “We orga- 2007, “all I knew was Rice-a-Roni and to buy you a drink and make a new friend. nized tours, had three days of golf, and ‘Full House’.” Looking to plug into local met every morning for breakfast on the military support networks, he became “Bring your family to 12th floor.” The event was such a hit that involved with the Blue Star Moms’ the Marines’ Memo- Ray still hears from people seeking Danville chapter and also discovered the rial,” counsels father information on organizing their own Marines’ Memorial Club. In 2013, the of three MATTHEW reunions. On a more romantic note, two Blue Star Moms invited Ian to pour his KEARNEY, “espe- of his six children held their wedding beers at the Club’s Gold Star Parents cially if your kids receptions here and this June, he and event, and another excellent pairing was were born after you wife Jeanie celebrated their 60th born. Ian appreciates the Club’s camara- served.” More than seeing mom or dad in wedding anniversary in the Crystal derie, especially in Chesty’s Bar when uniform in a photograph, he contends, Lounge. Born and raised in San Fran- there’s live piano music. “There’s a really being among Veterans inside a place that cisco’s Sunset District, Ray belongs to St. timeless feeling there,” he explains, honors military service can bring it alive Ignatius High School’s ADM Dan which is as it should be in a place where for them. Matt is a Marine and Navy Callaghan Society, an alumni organiza- you can approach anyone from age 21 to Veteran who grew up immersed in tion that honors graduates’ military 91, start a conversation, and bond over Marine life. “The Marine Corps has been service. He is also a member of the San shared experience that spans generations.

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“Worrying is like paying a debt you “Whether you think you can, or you don’t owe.” » Mark Twain think you can’t, you’re probably right.” » Henry Ford Membership in the Marines’ Memorial Association Care Packages

We had planned to release new mem- We still have Soldiers, Sailors, bership tiers this summer with new Airmen, Marines and Coast Guards- benefits and new ways to connect and to give us the right information. Better men in harm’s way throughout the engage with your Club. However, it yet, though, would be for you to go to Globe. We need to continue to sup- more difficult than we thought and we the Member Login page of our website port them in every way possible to are still working the issues. Thus far, at mmanetcom.MarineClub.com and make sure they know we care. Thus, we have held focus groups to review register with your email address. we will continue to send care pack- some of our ideas. We will continue to ages to them, but not just any care work on this and we will have some- “Common sense is not so common.” package. We contact the headquar- thing to announce in our Fall 2017 » Voltaire ters for units deployed, get points of issue of Crossroads. contact overseas, and strive to send You’ll Enjoy Breakfast at the our troops what they most urgently “A day of worry is more exhausting Marines’ Memorial Club need. We’ll continue to ask for your than a day of work.” » John Lubbock donations to help us. Every single If you are a member of the Marines’ dollar donated goes directly to the Our “Living Memorial” Memorial Club, your breakfast when tailor made care packages. There are you stay at the Club is complimentary. no overhead fees! When General Vandegrift directed This is of tremendous value because the creation of the Marines’ Memorial it includes everyone staying with you. “There is no friend as loyal as a book.” Club in 1946, he envisioned a “liv- It’s a full American breakfast and you » Ernest Hemingway ing memorial” where Veterans would can order an omelet or eggs cooked to gather to honor the legacy of military order. Join us for breakfast; you’ll be The Marines’ Memorial Foundation service…a place where Veterans would impressed. talk about their experiences in war… We have formed the Marines’ Memo- where families could come to pay “Love all, trust a few. Do wrong to rial Foundation for those members tribute to those who made the ulti- none.” » William Shakespeare who want to, but cannot, donate to our mate sacrifice on our battlefields. We Association because it is a 501(c)(19) believe we have created exactly what Marines’ Memorial Museum Veterans organization and not a 501(c) the Commandant envisioned. (3). If you fall into that category, and Actually, the entire Marines’ Memorial if you are looking for a 501(c)(3), you Club is part of our museum. We are “Be courteous to all, but intimate with should consider the Marines’ Memo- proud of our displays in the lobby, the few, and let those few be well tried be- rial Foundation. Your tax-deductible Flying Leatherneck Lounge on the 2nd fore you give them your confidence.” donation will help us to honor the floor, the Commandants Corridor on » George Washington legacy of military service by educat- the 3rd floor, our Hall of Honor on the ing the public on military matters in Have You Changed Your Email 4th floor, the Tribute Memorial Wall San Francisco through programs like on 10M and the library and displays Address? the George P. Shultz Lecture Series on the 11th floor. We have started a and our Gold Star Parents Honor and Please make sure we have your correct World War I commemoration on the Remembrance program. It’s easy to email address! We want you to be able 6th floor to recognize the significance give online at MarineClub.org/donate. to receive our monthly newsletter. You of that war and its consequences. can email [email protected]

10 CROSSROADS of the Corps \ Summer 2017 \ JOIN: HOTEL.MARINECLUB.ORG “Winners take responsibility, losers stays at your Club with each person About the Marines’ Memorial blame others.” » Brit Hume who joins. Point them to our website Association at www.MarineClub.com. (Be sure Honoring the legacy of Military Ser- Tell Veterans about the Marines’ and tell them to list you as a reference vice! That’s what we are about at the Memorial Club when they join). Marines’ Memorial Association. That We don’t have a big advertising bud- “History is a vast early warning is why we exist! When asked about get like most organizations. Our focus system.” » Norman Cousins our mission, we respond with three is on our programs and supporting action verbs: commemorate, educate, our currently serving members of the Marines’ Memorial Wellness and serve. We commemorate the Armed Forces, Veterans of all eras and Membership services and sacrifices or our Mili- their families. Therefore, we depend tary Veterans. We educate the public We have a solid relationship with Active on the kind of advertising that money about those sacrifices; and we provide Sports, the firm that operates our health can’t buy: word of mouth. Simply services to the Veterans of all eras and club. The result is that, because you are stated, we need Veterans spreading their families. a Marines’ Memorial member, you can the word about the benefits of mem- join Active Sports for $50 per month and bership in the Marines’ Memorial “When I was fourteen, my father was have access to a network of Active Sports Association to other Veterans. Bring so ignorant I could hardly stand to facilities throughout the Bay Area. your friends and family in. Consider have him around. When I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how the Club as a holiday destination. “Here is the test to find whether your much he had learned in seven years.” What better place to hold a unit mission on earth is finished: If you’re » Mark Twain reunion? In our Member Get a Mem- alive, it isn’t.” » Richard Bach ber Program, you can earn free night

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n Thursday night, 20 April, grenade while using his body to shield SgtMaj Kasal spoke to all of the the Marines’ Memorial held an injured fellow Marine. Nevertheless, Veterans in attendance, but his talk a special program to honor he refused to quit fighting. He was able was specific to the Iraq and Afghani- our newest Veterans, the to return fire with his pistol, killing an stan Veterans, thanking them for their Iraq and Afghanistan War insurgent. By the time he was carried service and thanking them for doing OVeterans. Our speaker was Sergeant out of the house, he had lost approxi- what others would not do…a poignant Major Bradley A. Kasal, US Marine mately 60 percent of his blood! He was comment that recognized the impor- Corps. SgtMaj Kasal is the Sergeant awarded the Navy Cross. tance of the all-volunteer military Major for I Marine Expeditionary For his talk, he was Introduced by a of today! The Sergeant Major spoke Force at Camp Pendleton. former member of the Marines’ Memo- about the threats the military face to- SgtMaj Kasal is very well known rial Board, Sergeant Major Frank Pulley, day and in the future and how the US among younger Veterans. He is a hero USMC (Ret.), who was the 1st Marine military, and specifically the Marine from the second battle for Fallujah in Division Sergeant Major when SgtMaj Corps, is preparing to meet them… 2004, when he was a first sergeant. In Kasal was awarded the Navy Cross. His truly inspirational! a fire fight with insurgents in a house description of SgtMaj Kasal was spot- You can view the entire talk at in Fallujah, he was wounded by seven on because SgtMaj Kasal has achieved www.youtube.com/user/MarinesMe- AK-47 rounds. He was hit by more than so much in recovery from his wounds morialClub/videos. 43 pieces of hot fragmentation from a and he still leads from the front! Photos: Gene Choi/Michael Mustacchi Photography

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10 August 2017 · 6:00 pm 2 –9 October 2017 GUADALCANAL COMMEMORATION SAN FRANCISCO FLEET WEEK 2017 Please join us for our 74th anniversary salute to Come out for the Parade of Ships, Humanitarian Veterans of the Battle for Guadalcanal. Assistance Village, Air Show, and more. See page 24 and visit www.fleetweeksf.org for more details. 13 September 2017 · 5:30 pm KOREAN WAR COMMEMORATION 12 October 2017 Join us in commemorating the 67th Anniversary of GENERAL ROBERT B. BROWN the Korean War. Enjoy a wine reception, followed by a COMMANDER, US ARMY FORCES, PACIFIC panel discussion on “Three Years of Fighting the General Brown, who assumed command of USARPAC Korean War” with LtCol John Stevens, USMC (Ret.), Sgt on 30 April 2016, will speak at the Marines’ Memorial in Don Reid, and GySgt Denny Weisgerber, USMC (Ret.) a program co-sponsored with the Commonwealth Club.

25 September 2017 · 6:30 pm 18 November 2017 · 6:00 pm MEET THE AUTHOR: MARK BOWDEN 242nd BIRTHDAY OF THE US MARINE CORPS The renowned journalist and author will speak on his Reserve now to assure your place at this grand evening book Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War of commemoration and celebration, with cake cutting in Vietnam, with moderator MajGen Raymond Smith, ceremony, formal dinner, dancing and live music. $175 USMC (Ret.), former Company Commander at the per person, $99 Currently Serving. Battle of Hue.

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COMMEMORATION »Vietnam by MajGen JM Myatt, USMC (Ret.)

n Friday night, 12 May, the post-traumatic stress, too, much like is well known as the co-author, along Marines’ Memorial held a some of our fighters have. with Lieutenant General Hal Moore, special program to honor Following the screening, we had of the bestselling books We Were our Vietnam Veterans. We a panel with the filmmaker, Lynn Soldiers Once…and Young, and We held a screening of Ken Novick, veteran war correspondent are Soldiers Still. Some of the preview OBurns and Lynn Novick’s documentary Joe Galloway, who served as an advi- video we saw was of the Ia Drang THE VIETNAM WAR. The documen- sor to the project, and the moderator, battle in 1965 that Joe Galloway wrote tary is a ten-part, 18-hour documentary US Army Vietnam Veteran Phil Gioia, about with LtGen Moore, showing film series that will air on PBS in Sep- who was interviewed for the project. how ferocious that battle was. Joe’s tember 2017. We were able to watch a Joe Galloway was a war correspon- comments on the battle were riveting. preview of 55 minutes of the 18 hours dent in November 1965 in Vietnam Phil Gioia was a US Army company and felt the impact of the coverage when he had to put down his camera commander on his second tour in Viet- over the whole war period. and pick up an M-16 rifle to help save nam and told a hair-raising story of THE VIETNAM WAR features soldiers’ lives. For his heroic actions, how they woke up one morning after a testimony from nearly 100 witnesses, he was awarded a Bronze Star…the restless night’s sleep bivouacking on including many Americans who only civilian so honored by the US a pile of buried civilians who had been fought in the war and others who op- Army during the Vietnam War. Joe posed it, as well as Vietnamese com- batants and civilians from both the winning and losing sides. Six years in Photos: Gene Choi/Michael Mustacchi Photography the making, the series brings the war and the chaotic epoch it encompassed viscerally to life. One interesting part was the interviews with the North Vietnamese Army soldiers and their reactions to combat with the Ameri- cans. They must be experiencing

14 CROSSROADS of the Corps \ Summer 2017 \ JOIN: HOTEL.MARINECLUB.ORG massacred by the North Vietnamese most celebrated photojournalists of sons are to be learned. I am looking during the battle for Hue City in 1968. the 20th Century and more than 100 forward to viewing and recording The documentary was filmed by iconic musical recordings by many of the entire documentary and discuss- Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, written the greatest artists of the era. ing with my daughters, who were too by Geoffrey C. Ward, and produced What is really exciting is that THE young to remember the Vietnam War. by Sarah Botstein, Lynn Novick and VIETNAM WAR will provide oppor- Ken Burns. It includes rarely seen, tunities for communities to partici- digitally re-mastered archival foot- pate in a national conversation about age from sources around the globe, what happened during the Vietnam photographs taken by some of the War, what went wrong, and what les-

From a Good friend [to MajGen Myatt via email]: I had the honor of being invited to the preview of the new documentary by Ken Burns and Lyn Novick on the Vietnam War and to meet Burns, Novick, Joe Galloway and a number of other participants in the film. We were able to see about an hour of clips from the total 10 episodes, and I have to tell you this is going to be a very powerful film. They have spent 10 years doing this, which included several trips to Vietnam, and one of the great things is that they interview actual Vietcong and NVA soldiers, not generals but the average foot soldier. I know several of the people who will be commenting on various aspects of the war and they all had high praise for the evenhanded way Burns and Novick approach the story. It starts airing September 17 on PBS. For those who know little about the war and its impact on the United States, this will be an education; for those who were there, I hope it will be a chance to heal. Anyway, I intend to watch it regardless of the possible negative memories and feelings it might engender.

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The Falkland Islands War, 35 Years On

n 24 May, Retired British defend the Falklands. Argentine military and Margaret Thatcher based the future Army Brigadier (General) preparations began in December 1981. of her government on getting them Rod (Roderick) Macdonald In February 1982, Argentine Marines back. The statistics weren’t promising: gave us a firsthand account began training for the invasion, and on Argentine forces were 10,000 strong with of the difficulties of the Falk- 9 March, the Argentine Junta received time to prepare defenses. British forces Oland Islands War. What a treat! Briga- the draft invasion plan. On 19 March, numbered just 5,000 and they were out- dier Macdonald was part of 3 Comman- Argentine “scrap workers” raised the Ar- gunned, with 105mm artillery pieces vs do Brigade, made up of Royal Marines gentine Flag on South Georgia, alerting the Argentines’ 155mm. Air superiority and other elements, including soldiers the British Embassy in Buenes Aires. On was doubtful. in the UK army providing artillery sup- 28 March, an invasion force deployed By 10 April, the 3 CDO Brigade had a port and the Royal Engineers. Brigadier from Argentina. The following day, two plan. Now they had to reload the ships to Macdonald was the commander of the British nuclear submarines deployed as support the plan and brief their seniors 59th Squadron of the Royal Engineers a show of force, to deter the Argentine at Ascension Islands, midway between as a captain. He was also a member of invasion force, and on 31 March, Prime home and the Falklands. Command the 3 Commando Brigade Commander’s Minister Thatcher authorized planning relations were a challenge, but the Navy (Brigadier Julian Thompson) small for deployment operations. and Marines hammered out a agreement recce group and planning group. On 2 April, Argentine Marines where Brigadier Thompson, assisted by Go to www.youtube.com/user/ landed and seized Stanley on East Falk- Macdonald and the rest of the planning MarinesMemorialClub/videos, to watch lands and South Georgia. The Argentine team, prevailed. the entire presentation, which is recom- public was thrilled. Back in the UK, The Falkland Islands is a harsh arctic mended because this writeup doesn’t do the public rallied behind Thatcher and environment. Having trained annually on it proper justice. The story is fascinating began mobilizing. Eventually, 54 ships similar terrain in Norway, the 3 CDO Bri- because it was about planning and ex- were pulled from the merchant fleet and gade were ready for the arctic conditions. ecuting an amphibious assault…the most outfitted for the operation with helicop- They decided that if they could maneuver complex of military operations. ter platforms, ability to refuel at sea, to take Stanley on East Falklands Island, The Falkland Islands, owned by the and loaded with military supplies — all leveraging their ability to fight in the ex- United Kingdom, are located in the within a matter of days — and outfitted treme cold, the entire Argentine position South Atlantic, just east of Argentina. to carry hundreds of troops. would collapse. In 1981, Margaret Thatcher was Prime The 3 CDO Brigade embarked They landed at San Carlos, between Minister, and the Secretary of State for without a plan and without clear orders. West and East Falklands, which was Defence was John Knott. During this A small team, including Macdonald, undefended. tough economic time, Secretary Knott began planning on the deck of Brigadier The Brits were successful, but at a wanted to get rid of Royal Marines, the Julien Thompson’s stateroom on the significant cost: 1,000 deaths and 2,000 Army’s parachute regiment and am- HMS Fearless. The amphibious assault wounded. Ninety-one aircraft were lost. phibious ships, in favor of nuclear mis- of 8,000 miles from the North Atlantic to Twenty-three ships were sunk during sile submarines. He made the decision the South Atlantic would be the longest the largest air-sea battle since WWII. to withdraw the HMS Endurance (an in military history! Many thought they However, the casualties and losses would Antarctic survey ship) from the South weren’t going to fight. The planning have been far greater had not the 3 CDO Atlantic, sending an unfortunate and team thought differently. The Argen- Brigade had such a plan and such superb erroneous signal to Argentina that the tines based the future of their junta training that allowed them to operate in UK would be unwilling and unable to government on keeping the Falklands, the arctic environment.

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emorial Day evokes a and honor those who we have lost in of our home in Sonoma’s own Veterans’ thousand sentiments that the more than two centuries of conflict Cemetery. We needed him close to us, resonate in a thousand that have kept us free. and it is a quiet, peaceful, yet an oddly ways. We can consider At its core, Memorial Day is the art busy place. Standing at his gravesite the multiple memorials of remembering, not sanitizing reality we can also look across the fields to the Mthat punctuate our country’s land- to suit our momentary proclivities as Little League fields where Tim played scape — the Gettysburg battlefield, individuals or as a nation, but rather it baseball and also out to the parking lot the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the is a wildpeace that the earth demands, next to the cemetery, where his mom iconic statue of Iwo Jima, the stark a “peace/ without the big noise of beat- taught him to drive a stick shift, a most marble slab etched with the 57,000 ing swords into plowshares,/ without perilous activity for all concerned! names of the Vietnam KIAs. They are words,” as the poet Yehuda Amachai Our Tim was a corporal, 3rd Bat- emblematic of the sacrifice and brav- wrote not so long ago. It is standing talion, 75th Ranger Regiment, out of ery of enduring love and devotion. So at our son’s gravesite here in Sonoma, Ft. Benning, GA. In his two-and-a-half every year, we gather to remember standing before mysteries we will years in the Army, he was deployed never truly understand. Our beloved five times, twice to Afghanistan and Tim is buried within walking distance three times to Iraq. He died on 25 Aug 2005 in the Al Qaim/Husay- bah area, right on the border between Iraq and Syria. Looking back, we are often bemused by our son’s success in the military, particularly with the Rangers. As parents, we weren’t quite sure he would even make it out of Basic Training, much less make it into battalion, but he did. Our family activities didn’t include hunting, fishing, backpack- ing or other outdoor sports, other than lazy summer afternoons at the ball park. After all, dad is a lawyer and mom a teacher, so ruck marches, fast roping and

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early 250 Veterans, service Admiral Swift said as he reflected on said Navy reservist, NOSC San Jose members, their families LCDR Horne’s biography. Swift’s own Sailor of the Year Master-at-Arms 1st and friends gathered at the father had reported aboard the New Class Gail Kirk. “Being here at the Marines’ Memorial Club Orleans after the battle. Said Swift, Battle of Midway celebration rekin- on 3 June to celebrate “To have that history be brought back dled all of those memories.” Nthe 75th anniversary of the Battle of to me, as his son, was pretty special.” Midway. Admiral Swift asked all currently The San Francisco celebration was serving military to stand up and be one of several official commemorative recognized. Sailors of the Year from events held worldwide to celebrate Navy Operational Support Center San the American victory and honor those Jose and US Coast Guard Cutter USS who defeated the Japanese Navy in Stratton (WMSL-752) were specially the battle that proved to be the turn- acknowledged ing point in the Pacific War. Admiral “I did my first tour in Hawaii so Scott Swift, Commander, US Pacific I built my Navy knowledge and my Fleet, was the keynote speaker. Navy history around World War II,” Five deceased Battle of Midway veterans who had attended the celebration in the past were honored during the dinner with the reading of their biographies. One was LCDR Philip Horne, who served aboard the USS New Orleans (CA-32) during the battle. “I want to talk about the history that binds us together and how that history continues to be brought to us in surprising ways. It was brought to me tonight in an unexpected way,”

DONATE: MARINECLUB.ORG/DONATE \ Marines’ Memorial Association \ marineclub.org 23 SAN FRANCISCO ment leaders attend seminars, workshops and exercises to review plans and identify best practices and innovations in humanitarian assistance and disaster response. Interoper- able training between the City’s emergency planners and first responders with the Navy and Marines includes the delivery FLEETPLANNING WEEK UNDERWAY 2017 of resources to San Francisco, Urban Search and Rescue, ship- board firefighting, and ambulance ride-alongs. Wednesday 4 October Reviving the tradition of the an Francisco Fleet Week 2017 will take place 1 – 9 Nimitz trophy, in partnership with the Olympic Club, Fleet October. The first US Navy ship sails under the Golden Week will host The Marksmanship Competition between the Gate Bridge to participate in joint military/civilian military and civilian representatives at the Richmond Rod & Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response Gun Club. training. This training kicks off a weeklong celebration Thursday 5 October The Marines’ Memorial Club will Sof our sea services, culminating with the Fleet Week Air Show host the annual Honor Our Fallen Concert, featuring the 1st featuring the Navy’s Blue Angels. Fleet Week activities in- Marine Division Band in a moving tribute to those lost in the clude Community Relations Projects, the Parade of Ships, first Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. responder exercises, neighborhood concerts, the Air Show, Friday 6 October The Parade of Ships sails under the and the signature K-9 Heroes Program. Throughout the City, Bridge, officially opening the Fleet Week festival along the the 1st Marine Division Band and the Navy Region Northwest waterfront. Come see the the cruiser, destroyer, amphibious Band will perform pop-up concerts. This year, the Humanitar- carrier, cutter and other maritime vessels in this dramatic ian Village on the Marina Green expands to include the new display of maritime prowess. The Air Show takes to the skies STEM Center, while the Veterans’ Services Summit (formerly with the acrobatic Oracle Bi-plane, the F-22, and the Blue the Veterans’ Career Seminar) will include workshops, discus- Angels. On the Marina Green, the Humanitarian Village of- sions, and information sources that highlight programs avail- fers an educational, interactive demonstration of US military able to Veterans and currently serving military in the areas of and civilian capabilities in responding to a disaster, while the hiring, medical benefits, and social and family services. STEM Center provides the public with interactive and static The modern Fleet Week began in 1981 under the direc- displays demonstrating the wonders of science, technology, tion of then Mayor Dianne Feinstein and continues under engineering, and mathematics education. governance of the San Francisco Fleet Week Association, in Saturday 7 October Duboce Park will host our popular partnership with US Military branches; the Royal Canadian K-9 Heroes event. Join military, first responder personnel and Navy; local, state, and federal agencies; and the private sec- their K-9 counterparts as they demonstrate how they help tor. Each year, Bay Area citizens flock to San Francisco in enforce security, find buried victims, and give comfort and October to visit US Navy, US Coast Guard and Royal Cana- guidance to those in need. Ships are open for tours along the dian Navy ships. San Francisco and the entire Bay Area pay Embarcadero at Piers 35, 15/17 and 30/32, while the Air Show tribute to the Sailors and Marines serving in today’s military, flies again overhead. while participating in activities that celebrate and demon- Sunday 8 October The US Marine Corps, US Navy and strate military personnel and capabilities. US Coast Guard march with colors and bands in the Italian As in previous years, the Third Fleet will send a task force Heritage Parade down Columbus Avenue. This is also the of ships embarked with Marines from Camp Pendleton to final day for the Air Show and Humanitarian Village/STEM participate in the nation’s most important, robust Fleet Week. Center on the Marina Green. Along with the celebrations, Fleet Week also serves as an Monday 9 October The ships welcome visitors for their fi- education and training platform for Bay Area governments nal day in San Francisco, and regional high school bands take and citizens. The presence of the naval services provides part in the High School Band challenge in the Golden Gate opportunities for the military to work alongside local emer- Band Shell, an exciting challenge for local schools to win gency managers to share their capabilities for responding prize money to support the continuation of musical programs during times of disaster. These capabilities were used to within their schools. provide relief after the events in Haiti in 2010, Japan in 2011 San Francisco Fleet Week is a 501(c)(3) organization. To and Nepal in 2015, and the floods and fires California saw in learn more about how you can support, celebrate and thank 2016. During Fleet Week, military and emergency manage- our serving men and women during San Francisco Fleet Week 2017, visit www.fleetweeksf.org.

24 CROSSROADS of the Corps \ Summer 2017 \ JOIN: HOTEL.MARINECLUB.ORG Memorial Day from page 17 jumping out of airplanes are really reminds us that we are not enduring a POEM WITH IED not a part of our family legacy; yet breach or a break with our beloved son I am not finished being your mother these endeavors must have been through death, but an expansion, and something he inherited from his though we may be “…like gold to airy but I have no tongue left grandfathers, who both served in thinness beat,” we are not broken. We to sing you WWII. Tim had never even picked are stubborn enough to never leave to sing you on your way up a gun before the Army, but he anyone behind, as the Ranger Creed to sing you on your way home did end up as a weapons squad itself admonishes, particularly our to sing you on your way home from this war team leader. As all parents know, Tim. Nor do we forget all those other the blast wave still tremors soft tissue, our children continually surprise Gold Star parents who gather yearly brain and tongue, us. Tim certainly did and gave life at the Marines’ Memorial with us in and I am still deaf, deaf with the weight a rousing ride, even running with February and remember their chil- with the heft of silence, the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, and dren, too, and those who died in all our dirt clods in my mouth studying history in Greece. Our many foreign wars over time. I am the one buried, smothered in the silence tender-hearted Tim was truly a For a brief time, each year we but I must make a language, Renaissance man. become once again, through our sons gather shards of words, Now almost twelve years later, and daughters, these United States. to find you in this dark the journey with Tim has shifted. So, in a sense, Memorial Day is how so you can hear my voice We call to mind other poetic we come together and remember our my voice unlovely lines that give us hope and solace individual soldiers, Marines, sailors, in this unlovely poem in the midst of the loud confu- and airmen and women. Once again, a to let you know sion in these ever complicated poem can remind us of our connection I am here and divisive times. John Donne with others beyond death: just in case

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Croatia. Last summer, he took a group Welcome to San Francisco of his American friends to Sarajevo and Croatia. “It was a sort of ‘friend ne of Sanjin’s favorite reunion,’” he says, adding that “it’s aspects of his job is to act good to be able to show people where as a concierge for guests, you’re from.” and one favorite story Grateful for the Marines’ Memorial goes like this: A younger Association’s generous vacation policy, Oactive duty guy came in, just back Sanjin travels regularly back to Europe. from a tour of duty. He was settling His folks have a place on the Dalmatian into the Club for a few days, but that Coast of Croatia, where his grandmoth- first night he was meeting a date and anjin Agic (pronounced sahn- er lives and where he goes to recharge needed some suggestions for showing yin ah-ghich) is the Marines’ and reconnect with friends and family. her a good time in San Francisco. “I Memorial Club’s primary mapped a night out for him, with ex- swing shift Guest Services Time out actly where to go for cocktails, dinner, Agent. He is on duty at the and entertainment,” Sanjin recalls. Sfront desk from 3pm to 11pm, check- hough he loves his adopted “I was pretty young then so I knew a ing in hotel guests and making sure home city, the lure of fresh lot about what there was to do in the they have everything they need for air and greenery often sends city, and I was right on point for that a great stay. Sanjin has served in Sanjin across the Golden guy.” A big thank-you and a nice tip this position for over ten years and Gate for daylong hikes and followed the next day. He points out is highly regarded around the Club. Tbike rides. “At least once a month, I that the Club welcomes a lot of ser- Guest Services Manager Sarge Espa- go to Muir Woods for a long hike,” vice members leaving or coming back ñol praises Sanjin as resourceful and he says. “It washes away the city and from a tour. They want to have a good very friendly. “He delights in creat- really rejuvenates.” A favorite cycling time, and he considers it a privilege to ing a fun and relaxed atmosphere route takes him across the bridge, into help them out. for guests and his peers alike,” says the Marin Headlands, out to Tiburon, Sanjin also likes getting to know Sarge. He strives for 100% efficiency, and then back into San Francisco on the “regulars,” those members who too, in a demanding job with a lot of the ferry. tend to live closer to San Francisco moving parts. He also enjoys standup comedy, and come back again and again. For Sanjin immigrated to the United especially when it lands at his door- them, and for anyone who’s looking States from Bosnia sixteen years ago. step. “Sketchfest (an annual comedy for something new to explore here, “The boat landed in Wisconsin,” he festival that takes place around town, he will gladly point them in the right says with a grimace. Only half jok- including performances in the Ma- direction. ing, he argues that a place where the rines’ Memorial Theatre) is probably first snow turns as hard as concrete is the most fun time here at MMC,” he where you might go for a research ex- says, pointing out that it brings in a pedition, not to live. So, after five years group of people who might not other- on the “frozen tundra,” he made his wise come into the Marines’ Memorial, way to California. He has family still and they get to discover and appreci- in Wisconsin, as well as in Bosnia and ate the building.

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INTERNATIONAL AUSTRALIA Adelaide: Naval, Military, & Airforce Club of South Australia*; Public Schools Club INC.* Brisbane: United Services Club*; Tattersall’s Club* Melbourne: Royal Automobile Club of Victoria* Perth: The Western Australian Club Sydney: Royal Auto- mobile Club*; Commercial Travelers’ Club LTD* Tasmania: Royal Yacht Club; Launceton Club AUSTRIA Reith bei Kitzbühel: Kitzbühel Country Club* BAHRAIN Manama: Capital Club Bahrain BELGIUM Brussels: International Club-Sainte-Anne Ghent: International Club of Flanders CANADA Alberta: Glencoe Club; Ranchmen’s Club; Kensington Riverside Inn, Calgary* Ontario: Royal Canadian Military Institute*; Royal Canadian Yacht Club; Thornhill Golf & Country Club; Windsor Club; Donalda Club Don Mills; Albany Club of Toronto; The London Club; University Club of Toronto* Halifax: The Halifax Club Québec: Club Atwater Vancouver: Vancouver Club*; Vancouver Lawn Tennis & Badminton Club; Terminal City Club Victoria: Union Club of British Columbia* Winnipeg: Manitoba Club CHILE Santiago: Club de la Unión CHINA Hong Kong: Pacific Club; United Services Recreation Club; The Foreign Correspondents’ Club Shanghai: Shanghai Racquet Club & Apartments*; Ambassy Club* Suzhou: Han Yuan Club* Taipei, Taiwan: American Club EGYPT Cairo: Cairo Capital Club ENGLAND Birmingham: Saint Paul’s Club Buckinghamshire: Stoke Park Club* Leeds: Club LS1; The New Yorkshire Club Liverpool: Athenaeum Club London: Naval Club*; Naval & Military Club*; Royal Air Force Club*; St. James’s Club*; Victory Services Club*; Union Jack Club*; The Sloane*; Lansdowne Club*; East India Club*; City University Club; Royal Over-Seas League* Norwich: Norfolk Club* Teddington Middlesex: Lensbury Club* FRANCE Paris: Cercle National Des Armées*; St. James Paris* GERMANY Frankfurt: Union International Club* INDIA Greater Noida: Stellar Gymkhana Club* Kolkata: Spring Club; Space Club; Circle Club Karnataka: Mangalore Club New Delhi: Delhi Gymkhana Club* Maharashtra: PYC Hindu Gymkhana*; Deccan Gymkhana* Mumbai: Bom- bay Presidency Radio Club Limited* Rajasthan: Jaisal Club* Secunderabad: Chiraan Fort Club* West Bengal: Tollygunge Club Niligiris: Nani’s Nook* INDONESIA Jakarta: The American Club Jakarta IRELAND Dublin: St. Stephen’s Green Hibernian Club* Londonderry: Beech Hill Country House Hotel* ITALY Rome: Circolo Antico Tiro a Volo JAPAN Tokyo: Tokyo American Club Kobe: Kobe Club Yokohama: Yokohama Country & Athletic Club KENYA Nairobi: Capital Club East Africa KOREA Seoul: Seoul Club MEXICO Mexico City: University Club of Mexico NETHERLANDS Amsterdam: De Industrieel Groote Club NEW ZEALAND Christchurch: Canterbury Officers’ Club Dunedin: Otago Officers Club Wellington: Wellington Club* NIGERIA Lagos: Capital Club Lagos* PHILIPPINES Manila/Makati City: Manila Polo Club* PORTUGAL Porto: Oporto Cricket & Lawn Tennis Club* SCOTLAND Aberdeen: Royal Northern & University Club* Edinburgh: The Royal Scots Club*; Royal Over-Seas League* SINGAPORE Scotts Road: The American Club SOUTH AFRICA Port Elizabeth: St. Georg- es Club* Johannesburg: Rand Club*; Inanda Club* SRI LANKA Colombo: Colombo Swimming Club* SPAIN Barcelona: Círculo Ecuestre*; Circulo del Liceo Bilbao: Sociedad Bilbaina* Madrid: Casino de Madrid SWEDEN Stockholm: Militarsallskapet I Stockholm THAILAND Bangkok: The Capitol Club UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Dubai: Capital Club Dubai ZIMBABWE Bulawayo: Bulawayo Club* TURN THE PAGE TO READ A MEMBER’S REVIEW OF HER RECIPROCAL CLUB EXPERIENCE.

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Dear Members, Just in time for summer travel, you now have more than 240 clubs to choose from. These clubs offer amenities ranging from overnight accommodations to golfing, dining, athletic facilities, horseback riding, even skiing! We recently created a list of all of our Reciprocal Clubs, including addresses and contact information. You can get a copy of the list by simply sending me an email request. Or, you can get it by clicking the link in our monthly e-newsletter. (Not getting the newsletter? Register at mmanetcom.marineclub.com.) Last quarter, we added the Militarsallskapet I Stockholm Club in Sweden. It has proven to be very popular with you members! This non-residential club has an affiliation with a nearby hotel, which offers special discounted rates to its guests. The Army & Navy Club in Washington DC recently informed us that you must be an overnight guest in order to take advantage of all of their amenities, including the restaurant. Also, you must live outside a 30-mile radius to be a reciprocal guest. Always remember to contact the club of your choice before requesting or sending a Letter of Introduction to be sure you are in compliance with its policies. Enjoy your travels! Carol

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UNIVERSITY CLUB OF PHOENIX

wo absolutely delightful the only reciprocal club listed in my never said that before. The club can lunches at the University Club new home state of Arizona and is seat 150 guests throughout its several of Phoenix inspired me to share just not to be missed. It is one of the dining rooms. It also has a lovely the good news with other very few private dining city clubs left garden area which can enable a Marines’ Memorial members. here. I’m still exploring, so with letter guest to forget being in the center of TUCPThis photos small but elegant establishment of introduction in hand, GPS plugged the fifth largest city in the U.S. I was in the very heart of central Phoenix is in and in the company of a trusted definitely made to feel at home, even friend, native to the area, doted on, my very first visit. To top off I set off to visit. I was most the experience, prices were modest pleasantly surprised by this and you just won’t find such in central charming 1940s style club Phoenix. Oh yes, did I mention they located in the Alvarado still serve desserts created in their Historical District. With kitchen the old fashioned way? Our frequent, short and inex- server brought the masterpieces out pensive flights from SFO for our selection. This kind of service to Sky Harbor, one could amid the hustle and bustle of urban enjoy breakfast at the Ma- centers is a rare find indeed. rines’ Club, jet to Phoenix My lunch companion, Bonnie and soak up some sun, Walker, remembered the club well have lunch at the University and was delighted that the “parlor” Club, and still get back to had not changed. She regaled us SF in time for happy hour. with stories of times past and enter-

Entrance to the University Club Phoenix on Monte Vista The UCP was founded tained us, playing the grand piano in 1965 and moved to beautifully after the lunch service its current location across closed. It’s definitely a place to linger, from the Heard Museum although the dining room is open in 1970. The staff takes only for breakfast and lunch. The great pride in preserv- UCP offers special buffets that feature ing the atmosphere of holiday menus, a children’s table with elegance and privacy some favorites, and the pastry chef’s despite rapid growth and special dessert station. The UCP is constant change in the city. available to reciprocal members for

The menu is extensive, far special events such as weddings, an- beyond what one would niversaries, romantic private dinners, Blackened salmon salad expect from the size of rehearsal dinners, memorials, awards this jewel. I’ve had the ceremonies, family reunions and pro- blackened salmon salad fessional meetings.

and the eggplant and por- Charming 1940s style private city dining club tabella parmigiana, and both were both superb. It’s not an exaggeration to say that the service rivals that of the Marines’

Memorial Club and I’ve

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Bonnie entertaining in the parlor

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uring their May board meeting, the Marines’ Edmund K Gross Education Scholarship Memorial Association Board of Directors (1 Award, $2,500) awarded 15 scholarships, totaling $55,000, to Kayla B. Monson these outstanding young men and women. Each A Westmont College junior, Kayla’s major year, the Marines’ Memorial Association awards is Liberal Studies (Elementary Education). Dacademic scholarships to incoming or continuing college Kayla is an elementary school volunteer students who are Veterans of the US Military, or children and has participated in a study abroad or grandchildren of MMA members. program in Mexico. Kayla is sponsored by her grandfather, LtCol Lowell C. Rottrup, USMC (Ret.). Sgts Rose Scholarship (1 Award, $5,000)

Zachary C. Goodwin Evelyn Bukovac Hamilton Health Care Scholarship Zachary is a freshman Diplomacy and (1 Award, $2,500) World Affairs major at Occidental College. Elizabeth Wong He was the Pacific Grove High School cor- Elizabeth is a sophomore Nursing major respondent for his local newspaper and a at Abilene Christian University. Elizabeth “Teen Conservation Leader” at Monterey Bay Aquarium. volunteers with refugee children in under- Zachary is sponsored by his father, CAPT Robert D. Good- privileged communities and writes for “Ke- win, USN (Ret.) tia4Kidz Military Brats Blog.” Her father, Col Lolo Wong, USAF (Ret.), is her sponsor. Colonel Richard Hallock Scholarship (2 Awards, $2,500) Hammer Family Scholarship (5 Awards, $5,000) Brianna J. DeJesus-Banos Justin R. Agan A senior at Cornell University, Brianna is Justin is a senior at Texas A&M University majoring in Communications. Brianna has studying Wildlife and Fisheries Science volunteered with a homeless shelter in San with an emphasis on Vertebrate Zoology. Francisco, and was a Model UN intern at Justin participates in Team Red, White the Harvard Summer Institute. She is sponsored by her and Blue and is a member of the National Society of father, Maj Ricardo DeJesus, USAF. Leadership and Success. He served in the Marine Corps until 2004. Christopher S. Keane Christopher is a sophomore at Gonzaga Cole R. Carey University, majoring in Business/Finance. Cole, a junior at Texas Tech University, is In high school, Christopher was senior class majoring in Mechanical Engineering. He president and director of a mentoring pro- recently assisted Korean War Veterans on a gram for military children. His father is Col Christopher A. South Korea trip and has volunteered with Keane, USMC (Ret.) his local middle school’s after school program. Cole separated from the Marine Corps in 2015.

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Rex B. Ferrer Gordon Cold War Veterans Scholarship A sophomore at the College of Charleston, (2 Awards, $2,500) Rex is a Computer Science major. Rex is a Joseph C. Hammond member of his college’s Cybersecurity Club, Joseph is a freshman Aerospace Engineer- and he has participated in Google IgniteCS. ing major at California Polytechnic State He separated from the Navy in 2016. University. In high school, Joseph achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. He was also captain Timothy W. Howard of his basketball team. He is sponsored by father, Mr. Rich- Timothy is a senior Geology major at the ard A. Hammond, an Air Force Veteran. College of Charleston. He has volunteered with local students interested in STEM and Jacob W. Spisak will study abroad in Indonesia this year. Jacob is a senior at Rice University, Timothy served in the Marine Corps until 2012. majoring in Physics. He was the drum major for Rice University’s Marching Owl Band, and John T. Locke volunteers as a student educator, getting el- John, a freshman at Texas A&M University, ementary and middle school students interested in physics. will major in Mechanical Engineering. Before Jacob’s grandfather was Army Veteran Mr. David J. Spisak. entering the Marine Corps, John earned his Eagle Scout award. He is currently a youth ice hockey coach. He separated from the Marines in 2016. Nancy M. Schonher Scholarship (1 Award, $5,000)

Darlyne Christy Janvier Wesley Hammon Leach Scholarship Darlyne is in her final year of a Doctorate (2 Awards, $2,500) of Nursing program at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. She already holds Caroline A. Dorko undergraduate and master’s degrees in Caroline, a junior at Boston College, is Nursing. Darlyne has traveled to Kenya and Haiti to help majoring in Nursing. She volunteers with residents manage chronic conditions such as diabetes Boston College’s school for the severely and hypertension. She is sponsored by her father, Army developmentally disabled and participates Veteran Mr. Paul M. Pierre. in her school’s dance ensemble. She is sponsored by her father, MG Jeffrey J. Dorko, USA (Ret.).

HM3 Ian Marshman, USNR ESTABLISH A NAMED SCHOLARSHIP Ian is a sophomore Organizational Man- Would you be interested in sponsoring a scholarship agement major at Point Loma Nazarene and having the scholarship named after you or a University. After receiving his BA, he will loved one? With a $25,000 donation, we can work pursue his master’s in Nursing. Ian is with you to establish such a scholarship. Please Junior Vice Commandant of his Marine Corps League contact Mackenzie Jakoubek at (415) 830-9829 or Detachment, and has helped to raise funds for homeless [email protected]. Veterans in San Diego.

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WHAT HONOR, AWARD, OR TITLE (GIVEN BY AN ORGANIZATION, AN INDIVIDUAL, OR EVEN SELF-PROCLAIMED) HAVE YOU RECEIVED THAT MEANT THE MOST TO YOU? EXPLAIN WHY IT WAS SO MEANINGFUL, AND HOW IT WILL INFLUENCE YOUR FUTURE.

t the risk of sounding cheesy or sycophantic, In civilian life, I have joined many Veterans’ organiza- the title that I have received that means the tions searching for the brotherhood I found in the Marines, most to me and that I identify with most is but it is something that simply cannot be reproduced FMF Corpsman. Serving with 3/8 Marines in outside of the conditions of that organization. I try not to Afghanistan was the defining experience of my linger on some experiences I had, but I would not change Alife. As a lone immigrant to this country, I found a broth- any of them. The professor in my World Religions class erhood I had longed for amongst my fellow Marines. We gave me a quote, which I cherish dearly and recite almost share an equality seldom found in general society. To me, as a mantra at times: “The wake does not drive the boat.” it represented the true realization of Martin Luther King, We are not defined by our previous experiences, and Jr.’s so often misappropriated quote: “…that one day a man whether we use them to our benefit or detriment is up to would be judged by the content of his character and not each one of us. I choose to use my experience to motivate the color of his skin.” In the Marines, I found that there was me to succeed in all of my endeavors. no color other than green, that as long as you did your job Ian Marshman is a 2017 recipient of the Marines’ Memorial well, were a person of your word with integrity and honor, Association’s Wesley Hammon Leach Scholarship and could be depended on by your brothers, nothing else mattered. I think of my brothers every day and am still in touch with many of them. I remember the 11 boys we lost over there. Every day, I wear a memorial bracelet dedicated to 2016-17 Scholarship all of them and carry a Zippo lighter with each of their Winner Inducted into names engraved on the back. I have shed many tears for Oberlin College Phi their lost youth and potential. I remember some telling me of their hopes and aspirations for the future, which Beta Kappa they were unable to accomplish due to their lives being cut short. For a number of years, I carried a hatred in my artin Mancini, a recipient of the 2016-17 Ser- heart; I returned to both Iraq and Afghanistan as a security geants Henry and Jeane Rose Scholarship, contractor because I felt I had unfinished business there. graduated from Oberlin College this Spring I have since come to realize that the best way to honor our with a Neuroscience Major. He also studied fallen brothers is to live well and strive to give our all in Mandarin for three years. Martin won the everything we do. It is through this that I dedicate myself MCollege’s Neuroscience Prize, and was honored by being to my studies. I have never received a grade other an A inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. He is son of Jay Mancini, and have maintained a 4.0 GPA. To do anything less would a Marine Force Recon Vietnam Veteran. Congratulations, be to dishonor my brothers who never had the opportunity. Martin.

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The Marines’ Memorial Club is a twelve story building with 138 MEMBERSHIP IN guest rooms and suites; the Leatherneck Steakhouse, the twelfth THE MARINES’ floor dining room with a vibrant view of San Francisco’s bridges; MEMORIAL CLUB a library; and a world-class health club with a lap swimming pool. IS OPEN TO ALL Membership in the Marines’ Memorial Club is open to all Veterans VETERANS OF THE of the United States Armed Forces. Effective 1 January 2005, by vir- tue of Veterans’ contributions, the Association is able to offer free UNITED STATES annual membership to all Currently Serving members of the US ARMED FORCES. Armed Forces who come to stay at the Marines’ Memorial Club to use the facility. For members and their guests who stay overnight in the Club, the room rates are the most reasonable in San Francisco.

Members may use the Club for the observance of the occasions that are significant in their own personal lives, such as reunions, weddings, and receptions. The most gratifying experience may be the spontaneous camaraderie with those who share like values and ideals.

The enduring vision of the Marines’ Memorial Club continues: “A tribute to those who have gone before; and a service to those who carry on.” While browsing amidst the Club’s commemorative ex- hibits, take a few moments to listen to the voices that speak from the books, the photos, the citations, and the artwork. The Marines’ Memorial Club is theirs and you are welcome in their home. MARINES’ MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION NONPROFIT ORG. 609 Sutter Street U.S. POSTAGE San Francisco, CA 94102 PAID tel (415) 673-6672 fax (415) 441 -3649 PERMIT No. 4659 MarineClub.org San Francisco, CA

The Marines’ Memorial Association is a non-profit 501(c)(19) Veterans organization.

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Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam by Mark Bowden

What Now, Lieutenant?: Leadership Forged from Vietnam, Desert Storm, and Beyond by General Richard “Butch” Neal, USMC (Ret.)

Enduring Vietnam: An American Generation and Its War by Dr. James Wright

Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life…and Maybe the World by Admiral William H. McRaven, USN (Ret.)

The Long Goodbye: Khe Sanh Revisited by Michael Archer

The Fleet at Flood Tide: America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945 by James Hornfischer