17—21 February 2016 12 1 71st Anniversary NASM & Iwo Jima Ceremony 18 February 2016 0830 Buses Depart Sheraton National 0930 Arrival National Air & Space Museum (Udvar-Hazy)) Lunch (on your own) 1500 Buses Depart for the Hotel Hospitality Room Open 19 February 2016 0815 Buses Depart Sheraton National 0900 Arrival Marine Barracks, 8th & I Welcome Colonel Warren Wiedhahn, USMC(Ret) Executive Vice President, Iwo Jima Association of America Presentation of the Colors Invocation Chaplin LT Keith Lightner, CHC USN Speakers Colonel Benjamin T. Watson, USMC Commanding Officer, Marine Barracks, Washington, DC Introduction of Guests of Honor Lieutenant General N.H. (Norm) Smith, USMC(Ret) President, Iwo Jima Association of America Guests of Honor The Honorable Hiroyasu Izumi Minister Plenipotentiary and Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Japan in Washington, DC General John M. Paxton, Jr. USMC 33rd Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps 2 11 The IJAA would like to thank our cor- 71st Anniversary Iwo Jima Symposium porate sponsors & all our Generous Donors. Your financial help has made 1130—1230 Lunch at 8th & I this week possible. 1300 Viewing of the WWII Monument IJAA Donor List 1400 Wreath Laying at the Marine Corps Mount Suribachi Donors ($5,000 & up) War Memorial LtCol Sam Flores, USMC (Ret) Pres/CEO PKL Services, Inc. Dr Scholl Foundation Return to the Hotel/Hospitality Room Open Arnold Shapiro Productions 20 February 2016 Military Historical Tours Col Warren Wiedhahn, USMC(Ret) 0830 Welcome—Opening—“Young Marines” Post Dave Scott Colors—Pledge of Allegiance—Invocation Black Sands Donor ($500 & up) Col Warren Wiedhahn, USMC(Ret) Alan Kent (Systems Comm & Testing) VFW of WV Lauriello Group 0845 Iwo Jima in the End Game of the Pacific War Ark Consulting Donate Well Mr. Richard Frank, Historian/Author Network for Good Foundation Military Multi-Tool Knives D. Scheinhartz Laura Dietz 0945 Military Working Dog Handling Louise McGregor Carl Dehaven SSgt Shawn B. Dockrill, USMC James B. Wilkinson Kennel Master, MCB Quantico Claire Woodcock 1030 Operational Concepts during Iwo Campaign Col Richard Camp, Jr. USMC(Ret) Banquet Table Donors Historian/Author Military Historical Tours Young Marines 1150 The last Combat Mission flown from Iwo Jima Pandonia Corp-Ira Rigger, USN Mr. Jerry Yellin, P-51 Pilot, Iwo Jima CEO & IJAA Member & Veteran Gene Bell, USMC IJAA Member & Veteran 1230 Lunch with U.S. Marine Corps Guest Speaker "The USMC Today" 1400 Special Presentation of Arnold Shapiro’s PBS Documentary “Iwo Jima: From Combat to Comrades” features the 70th Anniversary “Reunion of Honor” narrator Ryan Phillippe 1530 Adjourn 10 3 Author & Historian—Col Richard Camp, Jr., USMC(Ret) retired from the Marine Corps in 1988 after completing 26 years of service. 71st Commemoration Banquet 20 Feb 2016 During his career he served in a variety of command and staff assign- ments, including the Marine Barracks 8th & I, Instructor, The Basic 1700 Cocktail Reception (no host) School, CO, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, MCRD San Diego, CO, Recruiting Station, Milwaukee, WI, CO, 12th Marine Corps District, 1800 Marine Band Patriotic San Francisco, CA, and Aide de Camp, CG Marine Corps Education Interlude Center. He served one tour in Vietnam as CO, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines. 1830 Invocation—Chaplain Following his career in the Marine Corps he became a school district business manager in Cincinnati, OH and, after retirement, Deputy Director History Divi- Keith J. Lightner, LT, sion, MCU & VP for Museum Operations, MCHF. He is the author of over 50 military CHC, USN related articles that have been published in Leatherneck Magazine, Marine Corps Ga- zette, WWII Magazine, Vietnam Magazine, Naval Institute Proceedings and Semper Fi. Presentation of Colors—Introduction—Master of In addition he has authored 14 books starting with the acclaimed Lima 6: A Marine Ceremonies Col Warren Wiedhahn, USMC(Ret) Company Commander in Vietnam and most recently Marines: An Illustrated History. Introduction of Guest of Honor (GOH) by LtGen Author & Historian—Richard B. Frank graduated from the Universi- ty of Missouri in 1969, after which he served four years in the United N.H. “Norm” Smith USMC (Ret) States Army. During the Vietnam War, he served a tour of duty as a th platoon leader in the 101st Airborne Division. In 1990, Richard B. Frank GOH—Gen Robert Neller, USMC 37 CMC published his first book Guadalcanal. His second work, Downfall: The 1900—2300 Dinner / Dance Music Provided by the Radio End of the Imperial Japanese Empire, appeared in 1999 and has been King Orchestra called one of the six best books about WWII. Both award winning Ran- dom House books became main selections of the History Book Club. In The IJAA would like to send a special 2007, he completed MacArthur as part of the Palgrave Great Generals thank you to the RKO for all their great series. Besides his numerous appearances on television and radio, he was a consultant for music, help & entertainment. the epic HBO miniseries, “The Pacific.” He is currently working on a narrative history trilogy about the Asia-Pacific War 1937-1945. P-51 Pilot on Iwo Jima & Author of On War & Weddings—Jerry Yellin enlisted in the Army Air Corps on Feb. 15, 1942, his 18th birth- day and graduated from Luke Field in August, 1943 as a fighter pilot. He was in combat in the Pacific Theater and Iwo Jima with the 78th Fighter Squadron and participated in the first land based fighter mis- sion over Japan on April 7, 1945 and the last mission of the war on August 14, 1945. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with an Oak Leaf cluster and the Air Medal with four Oak Leaf clusters. He was discharged a Captain in December 1945. After many years of hating the Japanese, he started working through this anger and eventually was able to find peace. He is author of the book, Of War and Weddings, published in 1995, and now speaks to young people about the war, his experiences, and how he was able to let go of his hatred for the country of Japan. Kennel Master, MCB Quantico Military Working Dog (MWD) Radio King Orchestra is a complete entertainment package celebrating Handler—Staff Sergeant Shawn B. Dockrill joined the USMC in Sep- tember 2004 attending boot camp at MCRD, PI. After Military Police the rich sophistication of the romantic swing era of big band greats and School in Ft. Leonard Wood, MO and MP duty at MCAS Iwakuni, Ja- the carefree nature of the cherished Rat Pack. Their extensive and ver- pan he was selected to become a MWD Handler and attended the Basic satile repertoire encompasses most dance styles from cha-cha to mambo Handler Course in Lackland AFB, TX. He returned to MCAS Iwakuni to swing to waltz! RKO isn’t just another big band…Please visit Radio and received his first MWD Marcy B201 before deploying to Ramadi, King Orchestra’s official web site at: www.RKOswing.com & Face- Iraq where he performed explosive detection. Reassigned to MCB Quan- tico, he performed as a MWD Handler for base security also provided book page at: www.facebook.com/radiokingorchestra explosive detection assistance to the U.S. Secret Service in Thailand, Egypt & Tanzania. 4 9 Chairman Emeritus Iwo Jima Association of America— Lieutenant General L.F. (Larry) Snowden USMC(Ret) retired from the Marine Corps after more than 37 years active service, the Guest of Honor last years of which were served as Chief of Staff, HQMC until his retirement on May 31, 1979. 37th Commandant of the Ma- He enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve and upon completion of rine Corps—General Robert the OCS he was commissioned a Marine 2ndLt, July 18 1942. B. Neller, USMC is a native of From February 1944 until March 1945, he saw combat as a Com- East Lansing, Michigan, he grad- pany Commander with the 23d Marines, in the capture of Roi- Namur in the Marshall Islands, the capture of Saipan and Tinian uated from the University of Vir- and the assault on Iwo Jima. In May 1945, he joined the 3d Marine Division on Guam, ginia and was commissioned in serving with the May 1975. He previously served 3d Marines and 9th Marines until December 1945. as the Commander, Marine Forc- Additional assignments during his more than 37 year career included tours at Quantico; es Command from June 2014 to HQMC; Recruiting Station, New York, NY; US European Command; Paris, France; Camp Lejeune; Camp Pendleton; FMF Hawaii; and U.S. Forces Tokyo, Japan. He was September 2015. st th rd the XO of 1 Battalion, 7 Marines during the Korean War. His commands include 3 General Neller has served as an Battalion, 1st Marines and 7th Marines during the Vietnam War. infantry officer at all levels. He For his service in Korea he was awarded the Legion of Merit with Combat "V." He was awarded Gold Stars in lieu of a second and third Legion of Merit for his service in Vi- commanded the Marine Security etnam. He was awarded a Gold Star in lieu of a fourth and fifth Legion of Merit for Force Company Panama during outstanding service as well as a the Joint Service Commendation Medal. He was Operations JUST CAUSE and awarded the Second Order of the Sacred Treasure by the Emperor of Japan and the Dis- tinguished Service Medal (DSM) for his service in Japan. For his service as Chief of PROMOTE LIBERTY, 3d Light Staff he was awarded a second DSM. Armored Infantry Battalion dur- President Iwo Jima Association of America—Lieutenant Gen- ing Operation RESTORE HOPE in Somalia, 6th Marine Regiment, eral N.H. (Norm) Smith USMC(Ret) last served as the Deputy 3d Marine Division and Marine Forces Central Command.