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DEPAOLA, SGTMAJ, USMC (RET.) FORMS & RAFFLES 25 TREE OF LIGHTS DONATION FORM 57 MARINE CORPS LEAGUE APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP 55 MILITARY HISTORICAL TOURS RAFFLE FORM 4 S|F SUMMER 2019 ONCE A MARINE, ALWAYS A MARINE Vol. 75 No. 3 • SUMMER 2019 ON THE COVER Union Colony Marines Detachment 1093 Honor Guard renders military honors for Marine South 2019 a veteran at Fort Logan National Ceme- NAMED IN HONOR OF tery in Denver, CO, in March 2019. Ralph Colonel Richard “Buck” Francisco Detachment 1451 McClure Commanding. 6 A Hike to Remember Photo by Walter Stolpa. COLUMNS 6 NATIONAL COMMANDANT’S LETTER 35 MARINE CORPS LEAGUE UNIFORM WENDELL W. WEBB GUIDELINES 8 CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER‘S LETTER ROBERT “BUTCH” RAYNES BOB BORKA 36 ROLL CALL 8 EVENTS IN MARINE HISTORY 47 BOOK REVIEWS ANNETTE AMERMAN BOB BORKA & DAVID OSSIAN 10 ATTENTION ON DECK 48 TAPS 14 CHIEF DEVIL DOG 50 THE SEMPER FI STORE LEONARD SPICER 53 REUNIONS 18 MCL AUXILIARY LETTER 54 MARINE CORPS LEAGUE EVENT CAROL SMITH CALENDAR 22 MCL FOUNDATION, PRESIDENT’S LETTER GREGORY HUNT 22 YOUNG MARINES CORRECTION BILL DAVIS In a previous issue of Semper Fi, the uniform article contained an incorrect statement regarding the wearing of the cover. For clarifi- 23 NATIONAL SR. VICE COMMANDANT cation, Administrative Procedures Enclosure 3, Section V does not DENNIS TOBIN provide for a commandant to make a rule exception for the type of cover worn at Marine Corps League functions or meetings. 23 NATIONAL JR. VICE COMMANDANT JOHNNY B. BAKER Founded in 1923 24 NATIONAL JUDGE ADVOCATE by Lieutenant General John WARREN C. GRIFFIN A. 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