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T h e m a g a z ine of t he Mar in es’ Mem orial As s oc iation, a non- profit V eterans orga ni z a ti o n.
CROSS ROADS
of the Corps
G r a c i o u s H o s p i t a l i t y . D y n a m i c P r o g r a m s . H i s t o r i c M i s s i o n .
Spring 2013 · Volume 79 No. 1
OntheCover:SergeantBrandonC.BallantyneUSMC;photobyMichaelMustacchi
The Marines’ Memorial Club
A LIVING MEMORIAL
The Marines’
The Marines’ Memorial Club in San Francisco has,
Memorial
for sixty-seven years, stood in honor of the memory
Association, a
of American war heroes. The Club, just one
block off Union Square at 609 Sutter Street, is in
non-profit Veterans
the heart of downtown San Francisco. This hand-
organization, exists
some Beaux Arts-style building, which enjoys San
to provide a living
memorial honoring
all Veterans who
serve honorably,
remembering and
honoring the
service and
sacrifices of those
who have gone
before, educating
the public about
those sacrifices, and
providing services
to those who
continue to serve.
Francisco’s protected landmark status, provides a
sanctuary for those who wish to take a pause and
to honor the valor of Veterans who were killed
while in military service for their country. Just
as the Marine Corps preserves its traditions, the
Marines’ Memorial Club maintains historical and
emotional remnants of past conflicts and heroism.
The founders of the Club recognized three components to a living memorial: historical, emotional,
and business. There was also an awareness that
these three functions of the Club might overlap
and complement each other. The creativity of the
original founders devised the framework for the
Club to survive in perpetuity.
The Club’s original charter specified, as a tribute
to Marine Corps heroes, the establishment
and maintenance of a museum. Over time, the
atmosphere and ambiance of the entire building
has fulfilled this historical function.
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From The General’s Desk
we are counting our blessings in 2013 and
we have so many…too many to list here; but I will
mention a few.
First is our Club itself…our “Living Memorial”.
Think about it: The Marines’ Memorial Club —
located in the heart of downtown San Francisco only
a block and a half from Union Square shopping, with
138 hotel rooms and a fitness center including a lap
swimming pool — is a Members’ (and guests of Members’) private club that has no mortgage! This allows
us to provide amenities to our Members matching the
finest clubs anywhere. Our room rates are 50% of the
commercial facilities in the City, and we include a
complimentary full American breakfast for every family staying with us, plus complimentary Happy Hour
for the adults. We have free broadband in all of our
rooms, a business center to print out documents, a
library and museum to relax by the fireplace, and several interesting floors to tour to appreciate the service
and sacrifices of our military Veterans.
Second is our Membership. Our Members continue to support us as a non-profit Veterans organization
with contributions, so that we not only can maintain
the Club, but we are also able to subsidize the Currently Serving men and women in the US Armed
Forces to stay here at the Club for $79 per night during the week, $89 on weekends. Since that includes
breakfast, this is a great deal that allows them to stay
in and tour a beautiful city. We now have nearly
7,000 Currently Serving Members who come here
during the year for their leave and liberty time.
Third is our team of employees, many of whom
have been here for more than 25 years. They don’t
just make their living by working here. They identify
with the way the Association fulfills its mission. This
was most evident this February when the Gold Star
parents gathered at the Marines’ Memorial for our
8th annual Gold Star Parents event. Each year, our
employees go out of their way to create a “safe” atmosphere for the fathers and mothers who have lost a
son or daughter in our Nation’s wars. In many ways,
it is our employees who make the event so special for
the parents.
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Fourth is our Association’s Board of Directors.
They are a distinguished group of patriotic Americans
who have not only served this Nation in its wars, but
have had significant careers outside their military
service as well. Through their governance, particularly of the Living Memorial’s Capital Program, the
Association has remained healthy through some very
tough economic times. In the past twelve years, the
Board has directed, on average, $1 million annually,
not only to maintain the Club and hotel, but to add
significant improvements, such as the central air and
heat in every hotel room and the ballrooms and banquet rooms.
I could go on and on…but I think you can tell how
proud I am to be part of the Marines’ Memorial.
I thank all of you Members for your continued support. Those of you who come often to the Club know
that your Club is unique. There is no other Club
in the USA that focuses on a mission of: (1) commemorating the service and sacrifices of Veterans; (2)
educating the public about those sacrifices; and, (3)
providing services to the Currently Serving men and
women in the US Armed Forces. You truly are helping us make a difference.
Please remember that your contributions to the
Marines’ Memorial Association are fully tax deductible. All of our expenses are paid by our Club and
hotel operations. Every dollar you donate goes directly to help us fulfill our mission.
Sincerely, and Semper Fidelis,
J. Michael Myatt
Major General USMC (Ret.)
President and Chief Executive Officer
Take Note
Table of
CONTENTS
Letters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Upcoming Special Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
In Our Theatre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Commemorate, Educate and Serve
Commemoration: Desert Storm. . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Commemoration: The Battle for Iwo Jima. . . . 9
8th Annual Gold Star Parents Event . . . . . . 10
Sponsor a Care Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Our Living Memorial
Generous Contributions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Events in Review
Shultz Lecture: Surgeon General of the Navy. . . 12
Susan Glasser on US Foreign Policy. . . . . . 13
Sen. Russ Feingold on US Security. . . . . . . 15
Robert Reich on Economy and Inequality. . 16
Meet the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
More for Members
Listing of Worldwide Reciprocal Clubs. . . . 18
2013 Hotel Special. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Call for Scholarship Applications . . . . . . . . 24
Know Your Association
Meet Your Board of Directors. . . . . . . . . . . . 27
MMA Bits & Pieces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
The Marines’ Memorial Theatre
Did you know that our Theatre is an independent nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization funded entirely by ticket
sales, venue rentals and private donations? Your support, including tax deductible donations of any amount,
will help us upgrade this performing arts treasure into a
truly world-class venue.
Spread the Word, Stay the Night
In order to spread the word and make the Club more
available to our Veterans, the Association asks you to
do your part to increase our membership family. For
every new Member you sign up, you will receive one
night’s free stay at the Club. The membership application is available on page 14 of this issue of Crossroads
and at www.marineclub.com/membership.php.
Support Your Club With an Ad in Crossroads
Reach more than 25,000 Members, guests, Currently Serving and prospective Members with an ad
in Crossroads. To learn more about advertising, email
[email protected] or phone 1-800-462-7871.
MMA Wellness Membership
We have a solid relationship with Club One Fitness, the firm that operates our Health Club in the
Marines’ Memorial Club. Because you are an MMA
Member, you can join Club One for $50 per month,
and have access to a network of Club One facilities.
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Board of Directors
Chairman: Mr. Stephen M. Snyder, Marine Veteran · Vice Chairman: Mr. J. Barrie Graham, Marine Veteran · Secretary: Mr. Ian Thomson, Marine Veteran
Vice Admiral Jody Breckinridge, USCG (Ret.) · Mr. Gunnar Counselman, Marine Veteran · Mr. Eaton Dunkelberger, Marine Veteran
Ms. Loree Draude Hirschman, Navy Veteran · Lieutenant General Robert Johnston, USMC (Ret.) · Mr. Eddie LeBaron, Marine Veteran
Mr. Jon Paulson, Marine Veteran · Col William E. Peacock, USMCR (Ret.) · Sergeant Major Frank Pulley, USMC (Ret.)
Mr. Eric Schroeder, Marine Veteran · Mr. Leonard E. Torres, Marine Veteran · General Anthony Zinni, USMC (Ret.)
Directors Emeritus: General Joseph P. Hoar, USMC (Ret.) · Colonel Ken Jordan, USMC (Ret.) · Colonel Bucky Peterson, USMC (Ret.)
Marine Military Advisors
Colonel Chris Starling, USMC · Colonel George Aucoin, USMC · Colonel David J. Terando, USMC
Colonel John Farnam, USMC · Sergeant Major Sylvester Daniels, USMC
President & Chief Executive Officer
Major General J. Michael Myatt, USMC (Ret.)
Staff
General Manager: Michael Allen, [email protected] · Chief Financial Officer: Ruby Wu, [email protected]
Membership Director: Lecelia Harrison, [email protected] · Director of Historical Programs: 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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Gold Star Gratitude
Greetings Michael [Allen, General Manager]:
We send this note to thank you, the Marines’ Memorial Club, the Club’s supporters, and, of course, your
dedicated staff for the Gold Star Parents/Families
gathering. We are deeply thankful for the safe place
you provide for us to talk of our sons and daughters —
a place where we don’t have to even think that those
listening to us might just want to run from us. We are
grateful that you embrace us with your professional
and kind organization. We who live within range of
the Marines’ Memorial Club are truly so blessed.
With much gratitude,
Norma & Dennis Viglienzone, Proud Parents of
PFC Caesar S. Viglienzone, KIA 2/1/06
Pride in Membership
Ms. Jakoubek [Membership Manager]:
Thank you for the wonderful Benziger wine that I just
received, along with my Benefactor Member confirmation materials.
May I also commend you, General Myatt, and the
entire staff for the exemplary service you all do at
the Club. While working and living in Contra Costa
County until 2008, I visited the Club many times
for business and pleasure. As I visit San Francisco in
the future, I will always stay at the Marine’s Memorial. What a treasure this living memorial is for our
Marines’ past and present, our active duty personnel
and our Veterans from all branches of service.
I am proud to be associated with such an outstanding group of people.
Gary D. Villalba
Pride in Membership
Dear Members of the MMA:
I am a Department of State, DoD civilian, working on Camp Leatherneck in Helmand province,
Afghanistan. I was involved in the recent rounding
up of donations for an orphanage in Lashkar Gah, and
want to express my sincere gratitude for your organization’s overwhelming generosity. I know how very
much needed each and every item is. The children
are happy to be remembered more than anything. It
makes me very proud to be an American.
Kindest regards,
Susan Babin
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Commemorate, Educate and Serve
Commemoration Desert Storm/Provide Comfort
for three days beginning on
25 February, a group from the
Marine Corps leadership of Operations Desert Storm and Provide
Comfort gathered at Marines’
Memorial to reminisce about their
time together 22 years ago, and
simply to catch up on their lives.
The reunion was special because
these Marines were friends while
on active duty and many had
served together in multiple duty
stations and not just in Desert
Storm or Provide Comfort. Time is
fleeting and the attendees were in
agreement that we’d better make
the effort to get together now or
the next time we’ll see each other
will be at funerals.
For their first evening together,
the reunion group attended Tamim
Ansary’s Meet the Author Program, on his book Games Without
Rules: The Often Interrupted History of Afghanistan, followed by a
buffet dinner and night caps. The
next morning, they boarded a bus
for a tour and a great lunch in a
cave at Benziger Family Winery,
where they learned about biodynamic farming.
The final evening, the Desert
Storm Reunion group had a dinner
in the Leatherneck Restaurant.
Former Secretary of State George
P. Shultz gave remarks. Afterward,
the group enjoyed a cabaret of outstanding entertainment, including Liam Tiernan singing ballads,
magician Patrick Martin dazzling
the crowd, Freddy Clark and some
of his “Wobbly World Band” with
international music, the Hearts of
Romaine singers bringing smiles
and laughter to all, and Franc
D’Ambrosio singing a medley of
songs from The Phantom of the
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special time together.
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Commemoration The Battle for Iwo Jima
on 13 march 2013, members
and friends of Marines’ Memorial
gathered in the Club to commemorate the 68th anniversary of the
Battle for Iwo Jima. Included in the
crowd were 25 Iwo Jima survivors.
The program started with a colors
ceremony, an invocation and then
lunch.
Following lunch, we introduced
Colonel Chris Starling, the Commanding Officer of the 23rd Marines,
as our keynote speaker. His talk was
excellent. He had visited and trained
on Iwo Jima when he was a rifle
platoon leader with the 15th Marine
Expeditionary Unit, so he was able
to make his talk very relevant to the
Iwo Jima Veterans.
Iwo Jima is located some 650
miles from Japan, is five miles long
and two-and-a-half miles wide. The
American Task Force totaled more
than 110,000 Marines and sailors.
The Navy had 485 ships, including
twelve carriers, eight battleships, 43
amphibious transports, 63 LSTs, and
31 LSMs. The island was bombed by
American aircraft for months prior
to the operation. For three days,
naval gunfire shelled the island. The
Japanese were dug in with more
than 690 reinforced bunkers and
pillboxes, caves and interconnecting
tunnels. The preparatory fires were
not effective!
The Marines landed on 19 February 1945. More than 70,000 would
participate in the operations ashore.
Some of the points Colonel Starling made revealed the ferocity of
the fighting. More US Marines (27)
earned the Medal of Honor on Iwo
Jima than in any other battle in US
History. One-third of all the Marine
Corps casualties in World War II
were taken in the 36 days of fighting on Iwo Jima. Of
approximately 3,400 Marines who landed with the 23rd
Marine Regiment, sixty-six percent (66%) became casualties. The overall US casualty data is as follows:
Service
Killed in Action Wounded in Action
USMC5931
17,272
US Navy 881
1,907
US Army 9
28
The Japanese suffered almost 22,000 killed and 1,083
captured.
Colonel Starling described one particular battle that
occurred on the night of 8-9 March. The Japanese used
1,000 soldiers and Naval Infantry to launch a last-gasp
night attack. The assigned mission was to retake Mt.
Suribachi, take down the US flag and then raise the
Imperial Japanese flag. The Japanese closed to within
grenade range of the command post of the 2nd Battalion,
23rd Marines. When daylight came, 794 Japanese soldiers had been killed in the battle. The Marines lost 90
killed in action and 257 were wounded.
In closing, Colonel Starling made an interesting
comparison of the Marines in 1945 with the Marines of
today. In 1945, a Marine rifleman
carried, on average, 51 pounds on
his back. A mortar man carried 106
pounds on his back. Today’s Marine
rifleman carries 97 pounds on his
back and today’s mortar man carries
137 pounds. These combat loads
include helmet, gloves, vest with
SAPI plates, patrol pack, combat
optic, service rifle, magazines and
ammunition, bayonet, water, food
rations, first aid kit, flashlight /beacon, ballistic eyewear, gas mask with
hood, Gore-Tex top/bottom, knee
and elbow pad set, complete regular
uniform, poncho/liner, batteries and
grenades.The Colonel commented
that somehow we’ve got to figure out
how to reduce the combat load our
Marines must carry.
The audience gave Colonel Starling a standing ovation.
EIGHTH ANNUAL GATHERING OF
Gold Star Parents
this past february, gold star families of 100
Marines, soldiers, sailors or airmen lost in our Nation’s
wars came here to network with each other and to
help each other with the grieving process. In the past
eight years, we have worked with more than 600 Gold
Star families.
We are blessed that we have the East Bay Chapter of the Blue Star Moms, led by Blue Star Moms,
Patty Harris and Michelle Miller, to help us with the
programs. Some years ago, these Blue Star Moms
approached us and asked us to help create a way to
assist Gold Star Parents to network with each other.
The result was a two-and-a-half day event in September 2006 where the Gold Star Parents gathered at the
Marines’ Memorial for grief counseling and networking. Our eigth year of events was held 21-23 February
2013.
Each year, we invite a senior military officer to
speak to the parents at a banquet on Friday night,
with the purpose of lifting the parents’ morale up
after a heavy, very emotional day, and allowing them
to express their pride in their lost loved one. In past
years, our speakers have been: General Jim Mattis,
General Tom Waldhauser, General Tony Jackson,
General Mike Lehnert, General H.R. McMaster and
Lieutenant General John Kelly. This year, we invited
Lieutenant General John Toolan USMC, Commanding General of I Marine Expeditionary Force, to be
our speaker.
On Thursday evening, we held a reception and
invited 300 locals to come visit with the Gold Star
Parents. The parents had arrived earlier in the day and
set up tables with photos of their sons and daughters
when they were 6 months, 6 years, 16 years, and when
they went into the military. The reception attendees
toured the tables and talked with the parents, who
were intent on telling the attendees about their children. General and Mrs. Helen Toolan toured all of
the tables. Most of the Gold Star Parents had no idea
who John and Helen were, as John was attending in a
civilian coat and tie.
Included in the series of events was a memorial
service in the Marines’ Memorial Theatre the next
morning. In addition to the Gold Star Parents, many
supporters attended the service, including Senator Dianne Feinstein, her
daughter, Judge Katherine Feinstein, and the Senator’s State Director,
Sean Elsbernd. A joint color guard posted the colors. Erich Stratmann
sang “The Lord’s Prayer” and “An American Hymn”. A moving slide
presentation with pictures of all the fallen put faces with the names and
brought the packed theater audience to tears. General and Mrs. Toolan
attended. John was in uniform and presented Gold Star Banners to the
mothers or fathers who had not received theirs previously. One of those
accepting a Gold Star Banner for his parents was a brother of a Marine
killed on Iwo Jima on 20 February 1945.
After the memorial service, the parents attended break-out sessions
with grief counselors and psychologists, where they could share their
experiences and stories, to help them cope with the grief of losing a child.
One of the break-out sessions was for siblings of those who were lost in
our wars. Seventeen siblings attended, including the 81-year-old brother
of the Marine lost on Iwo Jima.
Then, at 6 pm, we held a reception and dinner where General Toolan
spoke to the Gold Star Parents as a commander who understood their
loss. It was a terrific talk. The evening closed with music provided by the
1st Marine Division Band. When the band played the service songs, the
parents stood up when they heard the song of the service their loved one
served. The evening ended on an upbeat, high note. It was an amazing
evening.
Many of the parents remained with us on Saturday and engaged in discussion with the networks they developed during the previous two days.
A SPECIAL NOTE OF
Appreciation
to the following for making
this year’s event possible
Land of the Free Foundation (Ed Roski,
Kent Valley and John Semcken)
David and Emily Pottruck
23rd Marine Regiment
Blue Star Moms, East Bay Chapter #101
Brown and Brown Insurance
California Parking Company
Colonel Frank C Koranda USAF (Ret .)
Don & Kathryn Ozenbaugh
Mr . David J . Waitrovich
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George P. Shultz
Lecture Series 2013
SURGEON
GENERAL
OF THE NAVY
Vice Admiral
Matthew L. Nathan
THE GEORGE P. SHULTZ LECTURE SERIES
resumed this February when Former
Secretary Shultz introduced Surgeon
General of the Navy, Vice Admiral
Matthew Nathan.
Admiral Nathan is the 37th Surgeon General of the Navy and chief
of the Navy’s Bureau of Medicine and
Surgery. Having heard his presentation as keynote speaker during San
Francisco Fleet Week 2012, Secretary
Shultz thought that Admiral Nathan
had an important message that should
be shared with a wider audience.
Admiral Nathan’s 19 February talk
was riveting. He described America’s
Navy as a “Global Force for Good,”
with Navy medicine as a key instrument for the mission of global engagement, breaking down barriers between
cultures. He described what military
medicine has done and, particularly,
what Navy medicine is doing daily
to save the lives of our Marines and
sailors doing the fighting for us today.
Advances in technology and techniques enable Navy corpsmen and
doctors to save the lives of battlefield casualties that in the past would
have not been possible. Dismounted
Marines who are wounded have a
98.5% chance of staying alive if they
arrive alive at the Navy medicine’s
forward resuscitative surgical stations
in the combat zone. This advancement in the “Platinum 15 minutes” of
the “Golden Hour” of medical care is
due primarily to Corpsmen or Medics
having improved skills such as tourniquet and quick clotting therapy. He
emphasized that these advances that
begin in battlefield medicine will be
saving the lives of civilians injured in
traffic accidents for years to come. The
Admiral said that one of his biggest
challenges will be to maintain this reservoir of advanced medical capability
as the war in Afghanistan ebbs.
The statistics he cited on the time
to evacuate a badly injured Marine
from the battlefield to the States is
now three days, compared to 45-60
days during World War II. This only
gives the family a few days to reconcile
with the extent of their loved one’s
injuries. He told a heart-wrenching,
but amusing story about a wounded
Marine who arrived in Bethesda after
losing a leg and a hand in Afghanistan.
Previously, his young son had been
promised that his father would take
him to Disney World after his tour in
Afghanistan. When he saw his father
in the hospital, he asked if he would
still be able to go to Disney World.
His mother and father teared up…but
Admiral Nathan assured the young
son that, yes, his father would be able
to take him to Disney World, knowing what great capability was available
right there at Bethesda to help his
father heal. He told him that not only
would the little boy’s father take him
to Disney World, but he would be able
to go on every ride with him. The little
boy brightened up. The Marine asked
the Admiral to approach him. Admiral Nathan then assured the Marine
that they would not only have him
walking on a prosthetic leg, but he
would be running and would be able
to get on the rides with his son. The
Marine whispered to the Admiral that
wasn’t the issue. The issue was that he
didn’t like those rides even when he
had two legs!
Admiral Nathan also talked about
the invisible wounds of war: posttraumatic stress and traumatic brain
injury. Those wounds will require
extensive collaboration between the
public and private sectors. At the
end of his remarks, the audience gave
Vice Admiral Nathan a standing
ovation. You can view the program at
http://www.marineclub.com/videos/.
Foreign Policy Magazine Editor Susan Glasser
on US Foreign Policy in 2013 and Beyond
with the 2012 presidential
election finished, Foreign Policy Editor
in Chief Susan Glasser came to the
Marines’ Memorial on 13 December
to discuss what she predicted would
be on the Obama Administration’s
foreign policy agenda going forward.
Susan’s talk was a whirlwind tour
of foreign policy issues for 2013 and
beyond. She discussed three areas of
focus for the President, beginning
with his pledge to withdraw from
Afghanistan by 2014. There is broad
support for this, but the reality is
complicated by the fact that there
are tens of thousands of troops to
bring home and there is no obvious
successor to Hamid Karzai.
The second major issue, Glasser
said, is the reduction of the US
defense budget. The big debate now
within the Pentagon and administra-
tion is, what are the right kinds of
cuts to make? What kind of military
do we need in a post-post-9/11 era, to
prepare for the conflicts of the future?
Third is nation-building here at
home: if we can avoid becoming
involved in new military interventions
abroad, we can focus our resources on
sorely needed improvements to infrastructure and education.
Glasser characterized Obama’s
approach to global crises: He’s cautious, yet willing to be bold. He’s not a
crusading democracy activist, yet not
a stay-at-home isolationist. His inclination is to prepare America to be a
superpower that picks fewer fights, or
at least picks them more carefully.
She pointed out that, while there
is no new “Obama doctrine” heading into the new term, there is a
full “inbox” of attention-grabbers
— Syria, the rise of Al Qaeda in
the Sahel, a host of non-front-page
Middle East failed and failing states,
instability in Pakistan, and the widereaching impact of potential economic
slowdowns in China and India, which
would quickly overwhelm all other
issues
Finally, Ms. Glasser encouraged
her audience to look beyond the headlines, and search out the “trendlines”
that will determine the policies necessary to stay secure in
a future that includes: (1) the geopolitical game-changer
of a North American natural gas boom; (2) worldwide
urbanization, with up to 75% of humans living in cities
within a few decades; (3) managing resource needs and
environmental stresses with a world population approaching 8 billion; (4) cyberthreats and the proliferation of other
unconventional modes of warfare; and (5) the continuing
emergence of the global middle class, with 1 billion people
lifted out of poverty in the last decade in Asia, as Africa
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Senator Russ Feingold on the Future of American Security
in a program hosted by the
World Affairs Council on 5 February, former Wisconsin Senator
Russ Feingold offered his perspective on US security issues to
Marines’ Memorial and World
Affairs Council Members.
With insight gained through
his service on the Foreign Relations and Intelligence Committees, Feingold suggested that a
variety of factors have contributed to our nation’s failure to
adequately respond to increased
security threats. These include
the oversimplification of complex
problems, the way the war on
terror has been portrayed in public, our limited understanding of
the nature of Islam, and views of
American exceptionalism.
Over a decade after the greatest “wake-up call” in US history,
he says the nation needs to move
from complacency to a renewed
commitment to engage with
the rest of the world in a more
thoughtful way.
After losing reelection to the
Senate in 2010, Feingold wrote
While America Sleeps, which
details how, as a nation, we’ve
lost our focus on foreign issues,
on understanding what is happening in the rest of the world. The
economic collapse, along with a
brutal political environment, contributed to the loss of focus, but
how could we forget how it felt to
be taken totally by surprise as on
9/11? “We need to walk and chew
gum at the same time,” Feingold
admonished.
What keeps us in the dark?
According to Feingold, it’s the
result of political gridlock, parti-
sanship, obsession about the next
election, and the corrupting influence of unlimited and undisclosed
contributions. In addition, while
Feingold believes America is exceptional, he abhors the fortress mentality bred by the attitude of “we’re
number one” exceptionalism.
While America Sleeps borrows
its title from a collection of speeches given by Winston Churchill
when he was an opposition leader,
as the threat that Hitler and German rearmament posed was being
minimized by the British establishment. That book, While England
Slept, illustrates a failure to think
globally. The mindset was: “We
haven’t been conquered for 1,000
years; we’re not used to thinking
about foreign threats.” A similar
mindset that persisted in the US
for decades before 9/11 continues today in spite of that event.
There were warnings which were
not properly assessed, because we
hadn’t acquired the knowledge
and background to interpret them.
To further illustrate this point,
Senator Feingold described a
diplomatic trip he took to Kano,
Nigeria in early 2001. Though
Kano is one of largest Muslim cities in the world, on the ancient
route of Islamic culture and trade
that stretches from Afghanistan
to Timbuktu, he discovered that
the US had no diplomatic presence there. He noticed also that
local children sported t-shirts and
post cards with Osama bin Laden’s
face printed on them. Curious, the
senator asked for a briefing on this
situation and its significance; the
briefing was scheduled for 13 September 2001.
Right after 9/11, he said, Bush
and Powell said all the right things,
and we set about getting our ducks
in a row for a considered response.
Then things went haywire with
the administration’s determination
to go into Iraq. The official list of
60 countries where Al Qaeda had
a presence did not include Iraq,
and yet the invasion was rationalized as having some connection to
Al Qaeda and 9/11. From there,
a country-by-country mentality
ensued…now Mali is a threat, now
Yemen. But, he asserted, we must
learn to think in two directions,
see the interconnections, how
the actors in internal conflicts in
North Africa, Somalia and Nigeria, for example, may have trained
with bin Laden in Afghanistan and
allied themselves with al Qaeda.
We need to know about other
countries’ economies and their
effects on the rest of the world, and
we need to know geography: where
are these places where terrorists
are active and where are they in
relation to one another?
Once we understand the threat,
what do we do? We won’t win
against terrorism through a manhunt. This ignores the complexity
of terrorist groups’ interconnectedness. It’s best, Feingold argued,
to nurture good relationships
with our friends, and also with
the friends of our adversaries. He
gave the example of our friendly
relationship with Indonesia, which
itself has close ties with Iran.
At the end of his prepared talk,
Senator Feingold offered very candid and direct answers to audience
questions. It was a lively and interesting presentation.
Robert Reich on the Economy and Inequality in Obama’s Second Term
on 13 february, robert reich,
former Secretary of Labor, professor,
author and one of Time Magazine’s
ten most effective cabinet secretaries of the last century discussed the
state of the economy, inequality in
the United States, and expectations
for President Obama’s second term.
Mr. Reich’s talk took place the
day after the President’s first State
of the Union address of his second
term, in which the economy was
naturally a prevailing theme. He
took the opportunity to give us a
deeper insight into the condition of
the economy right now, elaborating on the President’s statement
that “We can’t just cut our way
to prosperity.” Reich said that the
central challenge of the economy
these days is not the budget deficit,
but rather jobs and wages. In fact,
if we reduce the deficit too quickly,
we rob the economy of the demand
it needs to keep going at or near full
employment.
He reminded the audience that,
in 2008, there was a major falloff of consumer demand because
of the housing bust. This touched
off an ongoing threat of recession
or depression as people felt poorer
and stopped spending. To put this
into context, Reich told the story
of how the US economy doubled
in size between the late 1970s and
2008, even as the median wage
barely increased at all during the
same period. How was this possible?
Women streamed into the workforce to prop up the family income
and make ends meet. American
workers worked longer and longer
hours (about 300 hours more per
year than the typical European or
Japanese worker). We began using
our homes as piggy banks. Meanwhile, globalization and technology increased consumer choice but
put downward pressure on wages,
especially for non-college educated
workers. When the housing bubble
burst, Reich explained, all these
means of keeping up with consumer
needs were finally exhausted, leaving us with a deep structural problem. Here, he drew a distinction
between consumerism (buying stuff)
and consumption of basic needs,
culture, healthcare, recreation,
childcare, environmental care. Economic demand is about the latter.
Today, the median wage is 8%
below what it was in 2000. Inadequate demand continues, with an
average 2% growth per year, about
half the usual growth during the
last ten recessions. Cutting spending and raising taxes on the middle
class while consumers are still wary
will exacerbate the problem of inadequate demand, causing unemployment to stay high. In fact, Reich
said, we are in the most anemic
recovery on record. And the outlook
is not great, as out of sight healthcare costs and the aging of the baby
boomers put strains on Medicare
and Social Security.
Mr. Reich did a great job of
explaining the problem. Next, he
proposed a solution: When consumers stop spending, government has
to be ready to step in as the “customer”.
More government spending
on infrastructure, education, and
research and development will
improve productivity over time. The
deficit, he explained, has meaning
only in terms of its relationship to
the overall size of the economy. The
faster the economy grows, the better
that ratio becomes, thus the effect
of the current debt on the next
generation depends on improving
economic growth.
When will we know that the
pump has been sufficiently primed?
How long can government go on
spending, when there’s little water in
the well to begin with? The answers
to these questions may be hard to
pin down, Reich concluded, but the
bottom line is that, until we confront widening economic inequality
in our country, a healthy economy
will remain elusive.
In the audience Q&A, Mr. Reich
addressed a wide variety of issues.
On raising the minimum wage, he
believes that the positive employment effects outweigh negative
effects. Also, he argued, making it
in America shouldn’t require 4-year
college degree. There’s a shortage
across the country of technicians
with deep expertise in a single area,
such as office technology, healthcare or mining. We need a system
of technical education, like that in
Germany. This could generate many
and well-paying jobs.
He also addressed the question
of political funding and the skewing
effect of very large contributors, and
shared his dim view of regarding
corporations as people. A handful
of billionaires will be able to buy the
next president, he predicted, and we
cannot tolerate that. Public financing is critically important; at the very
least, we need full disclosure for all
funding sources.
Mr. Reich’s concise and sometimes humorous delivery made the
evening not only informative but
also very enjoyable.
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Rich Botkin on Ride the Thunder: A Vietnam War Story of Honor and Triumph
on 16 january 2013,
we had an outstanding
program, brought to us
by one of our Board’s
Directors Emeritus,
Colonel Bucky Peterson, who also moderated the program. Rich
Botkin (pictured above, at left, with Gerry Turley and Le Ba Binh)
began by telling why he wrote the book about a virtually unknown
story of a handful of American and Vietnamese Marines who fought
against horrendous odds and stopped a brutal 1972 invasion by the
North Vietnamese Army (known as the Easter Offensive). Central
to this story are Captain John Ripley’s heroic acts to destroy the
Dong Ha bridge to delay the North Vietnamese advance further in
South Vietnam.
Some of us in the audience knew John Ripley and considered
him a close friend. He was likely the toughest person we’ve ever
known. He could muster intense inner strength to endure physical
and mental hardships. Richard Botkin captured Ripley’s unusual
endurance as he described how John Ripley heroically dangled for
an estimated three hours under the bridge in order to attach 500
pounds of explosives to the span while under intense, unrelenting
enemy fire. Ripley made repeated trips back and forth while being
shot at to place the explosives. His actions that day are considered
to be the greatest examples of concentration under fire in the
annals of US military history. He was recommended for the Medal
of Honor, but, because there were only two US military witnesses
to his actions, he was awarded the Navy Cross. As a result of John
Ripley’s heroic deeds, the NVA forces were delayed from taking
Saigon for another three years.
The story of Captain Ripley’s actions is captured in a diorama at
the US Naval Academy. Of note is that he earned the “Quad Body”
distinction for making it through four of the toughest military training programs in the world: the Army Rangers, Marine reconnaissance, Army Airborne and Britain’s Royal Marines. He is the only
Marine officer to be inducted in the US Army Ranger Hall of Fame.
What was special about Rich Botkin’s presentation was the fact
that he was joined on the stage by two Marines who were on the
ground in Vietnam fighting that battle. One was Colonel Le Ba
Binh, a Vietnamese Marine and John Ripley’s Vietnamese counterpart. Binh’s entire thirteen-year Marine career was spent in combatrelated assignments. He was wounded nine times and was awarded
virtually every medal for valor his country had to give. In addition,
he was awarded an American Silver Star and four Bronze Star medals. At the conclusion of the war, Binh, like several hundreds of
thousands of other Vietnamese men who faithfully served in their
country’s efforts to remain free of the communist yoke, was sent to
a “reeducation camp” for nearly eleven years. In the first four years,
his wife was uncertain if he was dead or alive. Ultimately, he and his
family would make it to America to start anew. The other Marine who was present was Colonel Gerry Turley
USMC (Ret.). Colonel Turley fought in the Korean War as a PFC,
was given a direct commission and served 30 years in the Corps.
He was a junior Lieutenant Colonel in 1972, part of the Marine
Advisor Unit, when he took control of an out-of-control situation
and helped dull the impact of the massive Communist invasion of
the Easter Offensive. He is the author of The Easter Offensive: Last
American Advisors 1972, which to this day remains on the Commandant’s Reading List.
“The man who does not read good books
has no advantage over the man who
cannot read them.” —Mark Twain
MMA READER’S
CORNER
Books we recommend…
Engineers of Victory: The Problem Solvers who Turned
the Tide in the Second World War by Paul Kennedy
The End of Power: From Boardrooms to Battlefields and
Churches to States, Why Being In Charge Isn’t What It
Used to Be by Moisas Naim
Ike’s Bluff: President Eisenhower’s Secret Battle to Save
the World by Evan Thomas
The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us
About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate by
Robert D. Kaplan
The Twilight War: Conflict with Iran by David Crist
In the Shadow of Greatness: Voices of Leadership, Sacrifice, and Service from America’s Longest War by US Naval Academy Class of 2002
The Partnership: Five Cold Warriors and Their Quest to
Ban the Bomb by Philip Taubman
Games Without Rules: The Often-Interrupted History of
Afghanistan by Tamim Ansary
George Jay Veith on Black April: The Fall of South Vietnam, 1973-75
it won’t be long until vietnam
Veterans all over the United States begin
commemorating the 50th anniversaries
of the Vietnam War. For an American
public that, in large part, knows nothing about the war, and what they do say
they know is incorrect, a good place for
the public (and, perhaps, our elected
officials) to start reading about the war is Jay Veith’s latest book.
Jay Veith spoke here on 12 February 2013 at the invitation of
MMA Director Emeritus Colonel Ken Jordan. The book’s intent is
to portray an accurate and complete understanding of the endgame
— from the 27 January 1973 signing of the Paris Peace Accords to
South Vietnam’s surrender on 30 April 1975.
Jay’s ten-year effort to write this book involved exhaustive
research in American archives, North Vietnamese publications,
dozens of articles, and numerous interviews with key South Vietnamese participants. It represents one of the largest Vietnamese
translation efforts ever accomplished, including almost 100 rarely
or never seen North Vietnamese unit histories, battle studies, and
memoirs. The leaders in Hanoi released several compendiums of
highly classified cables and memorandums between the Politburo
and its military commanders in the south to celebrate the 30th
Anniversary of South Vietnam’s conquest. This treasure trove of
primary source materials provides the most complete insight into
North Vietnamese decision-making ever compiled.
In Jay’s presentation here at the Club, he addressed head-on the
myths accepted as truth about the end of the Vietnam War. One
is that the Vietnamese military didn’t fight. He stated that by 1973,
the South Vietnamese military had developed into a fighting force
quite capable of defeating the North Vietnamese. Most Western
journalists portrayed RVNAF officers as deserting their men in
droves. In reality, very few regular South Vietnamese Army or
Marine officers commanding troops during the final days left their
soldiers. Veith’s research uncovered reports by North Vietnamese
Army commanders about the final days of the war that stated: “…
our main force units lost more than 6,000 men killed and wounded
and almost 100 of our military vehicles were destroyed, including 33
tanks and armored personnel carriers.” Jay spoke about the impact
of US congressional restraints on aid, which devastated America’s
ally and crushed South Vietnamese morale, emboldening the North
Vietnamese. It triggerered the Hanoi decision, despite written
pledges by Hanoi’s leadership against such action, to destroy the
Paris Peace Accords and resume offensive operations. It created “…
the worst foreign policy disaster of the twentieth century.”
A fascinating program!
Tamim Ansary on Games Without Rules: The Often-Interrupted History
of Afghanistan
since 9/11, the us military has
been engaged in a war in Afghanistan.
In December 2009, President Obama
approved a surge of additional forces.
Now, the Administration has started
to withdrawal forces with plans to leave
a residual in 2014. What will Afghanistan be like afterward? Will a study of
history help us anticipate the future? We asked that question and decided to invite Tamim Ansary to
come to the Club on 25 February 2013 and enlighten us. We first
met Mr. Ansary when he spoke here in 2011 on his book Destiny
Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes. His newest book is a very interesting history of Afghanistan and its long,
internal struggle to try to become a nation — a nation frequently
undermined from within, while, every 40 to 60 years, a great power
crashes in and disrupts whatever progress has been made.
In his informal presentation, he explained the complex culture
and power structure of Afghan communities. For example, community leaders and officials are not elected or appointed, but rather
emerge due to favorable connections with other influential commu-
nity members and, sometimes, simply by being in the right place at
the right time. He took the audience through Afghanistan’s major
periods of growth and upheaval, up to the present moment on the
cusp of the region once again emerging from a phase of invasion and
occupation. Having now read his book and listened to him talk, we
were disappointed but not surprised to learn of President Karzai’s
preposterous claims that “…the US is meeting daily elsewhere with
the Taliban”. Tamim Ansary’s book explains Karzai’s behavior as
being consistent with the behavior of prior Afghan leaders.
Ansary’s comprehensive knowledge of Afghan history and
culture and his great storytelling skills gave his audience valuable
perspective on a part of the world where the US has committed vast
resources, but that remains mysterious and misunderstood by most
of us. In the audience question period, he was asked about the situation for women in Afghanistan. He explained that women are still
very limited and restricted in their public movement and opportunities, but that there is hope for the future, with worldwide media, cell
and Internet technology making their way into even small villages.
He acknowledged that in the larger cities, the situation for women
has already improved.
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The Washington Post’s Rajiv Chandrasekaran discusses
the impending withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan
Marine Corps Counterintelligence Assn. Reunion
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WEDNESDAY 22 MAY 2013 · 7:00 PM
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THURSDAY 23 MAY 2013 · 5:30 PM
George P. Shultz Lecture Series with
General John R. Allen
Please attend this special
Our 2013 George P. Shultz Lecture
event to salute our newest
Series continues with guest speak-
generation of Veterans.
er, General John R. Allen, who was
Our
is
Commander of International Security
Major General H. R. McMaster, Commanding
Assistance Force – Afghanistan and US Forces from
General, US Army Maneuver Center of Excellence.
July 2011 to February 2013. Gen Allen played a
MajGen McMaster recently served as Commander,
pivotal role in Afghanistan. He presided over the sig-
Combined Joint Inter-Agency Task Force Shafafi-
nificant growth in the size and capability of Afghan
yat (Transparency) in Kabul, Afghanistan. He is
National Security Forces, the further degradation of
known for his roles in the Gulf War, Operation Iraqi
al-Qaeda and their extremist allies, and the ongoing
Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. After
transition to Afghan security responsibility across
MajGen McMaster’s talk, all Iraq and Afghanistan
the country. Don’t miss the opportunity to meet
Veterans are invited to join him for a reception on
General Allen. This event is co-sponsored with the
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World Affairs Council of Northern California.
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speaker
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Scholarship Alert:
Applications for 2013-2014 Awards Due 30 April
the marines’ memorial association will award 20
scholarships for the academic year beginning in August 2013. Two
of the scholarships are for $10,000 each and five scholarships are for
$5,000 each. The remainder are for $2500 each. All eligible Members, children or grandchildren of Members are invited to apply.
This year, the Board will award two (2) Sergeants Henry and
Jeanne Rose Scholarships in the amount of $10,000 each. This
scholarship is awarded in the name of two Marine Sergeants who left
their entire estate to the MMA. These scholarships are the largest
dollar amount the Association has ever awarded.
Our program will award five (5) Bechtel Engineering and
Science Scholarships of $5000 each to our Members’ eligible
children or grandchildren who are either graduating high school
seniors or are enrolled in institutions of higher education. The S.
D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation funds these scholarships to make the
study of science, technology, engineering and math more attractive.
Bechtel Engineering and Construction is the largest engineering and
construction company in the United States. The company’s significant engineering and construction achievements include the Hoover
Dam on the Colorado River, the Channel Tunnel between England
and France, BART in the Bay Area, the Washington, DC Metro,
and the rebuilding of the London Underground.
New this year, The Hammer Family Scholarship will award
$5000 to five (5) eligible military Veterans who wish to study in
the fields of science, technology, engineering and math. James and
Linda Hammer are Benefactor Members of the Marines’ Memorial
Association eager to assist student Veterans committed to advancing
their education. We will award five (5) scholarships this year.
The Evelyn Bukovac Hamilton Health Care Scholarship
is named for Marine Evelyn Bukovac, who served in the Marine
Corps shortly after World War II and then, again, during the Korean
War. Ms. Hamilton left her estate to the MMA and the scholarship in her name is for $2500 to our Members’ eligible children or
grandchildren who are either graduating high school seniors or are
enrolled in institutions of higher education and studying fields related
to health care.
The Colonel Richard Hallock Scholarship is in honor of
Army Colonel Richard Hallock USA (Ret.). Colonel Hallock was
very proud of his MMA membership and his wife, Mrs. Hallock, continues her affiliation today. We will award two (2) Colonel Richard
Hallock Scholarships in the amount of $2500 each.
One (1) $2500 Edmund K. Gross Scholarship, in memory of
Mr. Gross from a close friend who wishes to remain anonymous, will
be awarded to students studying to be teachers.
The Marines’ Memorial Tribute Scholarship is designed
to aid military personnel leaving full time service and entering an
undergraduate college program. All military personnel who have
transitioned from active duty to reserve or civilian status within the
last three years may apply. We will award four (4) $2500 Marines’
Memorial Tribute Scholarships this year.
• The above categories are limited to undergraduate studies at
accredited educational/technical institutions. Scholarships are not
automatically renewable. Scholarship recipients must reapply each
year and are limited to a total of four awards.
• Applications for the above scholarships are available at
www.mmanetcom.marineclub.com/ScholarshipsHome. We will
accept only one application per applicant. Completed applications
must be postmarked no later than 30 April 2013.
In addition to the scholarships administered by the Marines’
Memorial Association, the Marine Corps Scholarship Association
also awards four (4) Colonel Jack Barnes Scholarships based
on a grant Colonel Barnes made to the MMA. The Association
transferred this grant to the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation in
2002. These scholarships are awarded to Marine Members or deserving sons and daughters of MMA Members who are US Marines; and
to deserving sons and daughters of Members who have served as US
Navy Corpsmen with the US Marine Corps. The scholarships range
from $1000 to $2500, depending on the need of the applicant.
• Barnes Scholarship applications are at www.marine-scholars.org/.
PLEASE SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIPS FOR DESERVING STUDENTS!
All donations received this quarter will be matched dollar for dollar, for as long as matching funds last! This matching challenge is
made possible by a generous grant made by an anonymous donor. SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIPS AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF DOLLAR-FORDOLLAR MATCHING: ONLINE at https://mmanetcom.marineclub.com/DEVScholarship or BY PHONE at 415.673.6672 x224.
ESTABLISH A NAMED SCHOLARSHIP
Would you be interested in sponsoring a scholarship yourself and having the scholarship named after you or a loved one? With a
$25,000 donation, we can work with you to establish such a scholarship. If you are interested, please contact Lecelia Harrison, either
by phone at 415.673.6672 x293 or by E-mail at [email protected].
The Marines’ Memorial Association is an IRC 501(c)(19) Veterans Organization and complies with the IRC 170(c)(3) of the US Tax Code. Your
donation is 100% tax deductible.
Sponsor a Care Package
to aid the men and women deployed in Afghanistan
in achieving their mission of peace and security.
It’s a Great Way to Give Thanks.
Help us support one of most important efforts of our servicemen
and women in Afghanistan: to open and supply schools.
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Your contribution of $75 can help ensure that the next generation of Afghan children
will be able to get an education. Functioning schools stabilize communities
and when communities are stable, less violence occurs.
TO DONATE ONLINE, GO TO www.MarineClub.com THEN CLICK ON “DONATE”
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From Our Chef
Elegant dish for a special brunch
Here is a springtime recipe, using seasonal ingredients,
that’s great for Easter or Mother’s Day brunch.
ASPARAGUS, LEEK AND GOAT CHEESE FRITTATA
6 large eggs
2T whipping cream
½ t salt
¼ t ground pepper
1 T olive oil
1T butter
1 bunch asparagus cut
into ½ inch pieces
1 leek cut in half
lengthwise, sliced thin
and rinsed
3 oz crumbled goat cheese
Preheat broiler.
Whisk eggs, cream, salt and pepper in a bowl.
Heat oil and butter in a 9-inch nonstick ovenproof skillet
over medium high heat. Add leeks and asparagus and sauté
until tender. Add egg mixture and cook, stirring frequently,
until eggs start to set. Sprinkle with crumbled goat cheese,
reduce heat and cook until mostly set.
Place skillet under broiler and broil until top is golden
brown. Let stand for two minutes. Slide onto plate using a
rubber spatula. Cut into wedges and serve hot or at room
temperature.
CROSSROADS
summer 2006 · volume 72 no. 2
OF
T H E
Remembering Bubba
C O R P S
S I D E
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the General
5
You Can Use
7
A Fêtes Vets
8
s In and Out
he Corps
14
s in Review
21
Scholarships
warded
22
of Worldwide
rocal Clubs
30
ming Events
33
ine for Life:
ver Forget
40
Bits & Pieces
o those who have
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who carry on.
SgtMaj Bubba at ease
in Operation BBQ page 7
Marines’ Memorial Association is a non-profit Veterans organization.
Photo: Thomas E. Allen
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ng Tribute:
emorial Wall
THE MARINES’ MEMORIAL FAMILY IS
heartbroken to announce the passing
of our very first mascot, our beloved
English Bulldog “Bubba”. Bubba
entered life as a pup in Arkansas and
left as one of the Superstar Marine
Club Bullies. Known for his signature
— “walking himself” — Bubba loved
to grab his own leash and literally lead
the pack. As his Marine uniform clearly
stated…a true sergeant major! Bubba was featured on a Crossroads
cover, greeting cards, mugs and several items from the Leatherneck
Steakhouse. Every day, Bubba brought smiles to everyone at the Club.
Bubba leaves this world surrounded by the love of our Members, guests,
staff, bully siblings (Bailey and Beau) and, most importantly, his dad,
General Manager Michael Allen.
MMA Board of Directors and Advisory Council
1st Row, left to right: Col Ken
Jordan USMC (Ret.); Col Bucky
Peterson USMC (Ret.); Mr. Ian
Thomson; Mr. Steven M. Snyder;
Mr. J. Barrie Graham; Gen Joseph
P. Hoar USMC (Ret.)
2nd Row, left to right: Mr. Jon
Paulson; Col William E. Peacock
USMCR (Ret.); Gen Tony Zinni
USMC (Ret.); VADM Jody Breckinridge USCG (Ret.); Mr. Leonard
E. Torres; Mr. Eaton Dunkelberger;
Col Chris Starling USMC
3rd Row, left to right: Mr. Eric
Schroeder; SgtMaj Frank Pulley
USMC (Ret.); Ms. Loree Draude
Hirschman; Mr. Gunnar Counselman; LtGen Bob Johnston USMC
(Ret.); Col David Terando USMC;
SgtMaj Sylvester Daniels USMC
Generous Contributions
to Sustain Our MMA Mission
The Marines’ Memorial Association acknowledges the following individuals and organizations for their
generous donations between May 1, 2012 and March 1, 2013.
O O O O Four Star Contributors ($100,000+) O O O O
Former Sergeant E. H. Boudreau
O O O Three Star Contributors ($25,000+) O O O
Mrs. Leone Baker
James & Linda L. Hammer
Land of the Free Foundation
Mr. Walter H. Leach
CAPT Joseph P. Martin, USCG (Ret.)
Lt Col Malcolm S. Rountree, USAF (Ret.)
O O Two Star Contributors ($10,000+) O O
Mr. Allen Cushing
COL Merlyn L. Pugh, USA (Ret.)
Hon. George P. Shultz
Sing for America Foundation
O One Star Contributors ($5,000+) O
Blue Star Moms, East Bay Chapter #101
Robert Ciapponi
Col Frank C. Koranda, USAF (Ret.)
Mr. Donald F. Reid
Mr. Stephen M. Snyder
Snyder Miller & Orton LLP
Mr. Edmund L. Vollmer
MajGen Thomas L. Wilkerson, USMC (Ret.)
Grand Contributors ($1,000+)
Maj Robert L. Altick, USMC (Ret.)
Mr. Henry C. Baker
Dr. Donald L. Barker
Mrs. Octavia S. Barth
Dr. Terrell Bounds
CAPT Robert O Brockmeier, USN (Ret.)
Brown & Brown Insurance
California Parking Company
Col William M. Callihan, USMC (Ret.)
Mr. Thomas W. Callinan
Dr. W. L. Campbell
Mr. Michael W. Chadwick
Mr. Guido E. Colla
Contrast Productions
Dr. Robert J. DeKlotz
Mr. Robert M. Dowd
Mr. Peter E. Dunkelberger
Mr. Ted W. Dutton
CDR Candace C. Eckert, USN
Mr. George L. Farinsky
Fitness Anywhere, LLC
Capt John K. French, USMC
Col Jack T. Garcia, USMC (Ret.)
Dr. James W. Gearhart, M.D.
Golden Gate Breakfast Club
Gourmet Foods
Col John T. Grablewski, USAF (Ret.)
Mr. J. Barrie Graham
Mr. Scott Hept
Gen Joseph P. Hoar, USMC (Ret.)
Ms. Elizabeth Holmes
Honeywell International Charity Matching
Mr. William K. Hope
CAPT William J. Hoskins, USN (Ret.) &
CAPT Iffath A. Hoskins, USNR (Ret.)
LtGen Robert B. Johnston, USMC (Ret.)
Col Kenneth D. Jordan, USMC (Ret.)
Mr. Gary M. Kennedy
Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Klees
Col G R. Klemmer, USMC (Ret.)
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald E. Kunz
CAPT James E. Lacy, USN (Ret.)
Mr. Victor A. Lakin
LCDR Thomas F. Lantry, USN (Ret.)
CPT Lesley R. Lederer, USA (Ret.)
Mrs. Terry P. Long
Dr. Patricia L. Lundberg
Mr. John T. Lyons
Mr. Robert M. Mahr
CAPT Elgene G. Mainous, USN (Ret.)
Mr. Samuel Matyas
Mr. Brian McCullough
Mr. Timothy B. McGrath
Maj James M. Mitchell, USAF (Ret.)
Capt Jess Moore, USMC
MajGen James M. Myatt, USMC (Ret.)
Col Joseph J. O’Brien, USMC (Ret.)
Mr. Rodney K. Smallwood
Maj Edward M. O’Shaughnessy,
Craig & Nancy Smith
USMC (Ret.)
COL Sheldon L. Spector, USA (Ret.)
Mr. Donald W. Ozenbaugh, Jr.
CAPT Michael R. Steffenson,
Gen Peter Pace, USMC (Ret.)
USNR (Ret.)
Mr. Richard O. Pancost
Mr. Stephen R. Stepler
& Mrs. Donice B. Pancost
& Mrs. Susan M. Scarritt
Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation Mr. Gerald D. Sullivan
Mr. Jon W. Paulson
Mr. John L. Sullivan II
Col William E. Peacock, USMCR (Ret.) SYSCO
Mr. Mark E. Pennington
Mr. James D. Toole
CAPT Denton L. Peoples, USN (Ret.) Mr. John L. Tormey
Mr. David Perez
Dr. & Ms. Alexander Villicana
Mr. Charles E. Phillips
Mr. Jack W. Walker
Mr. James E. Ribera
Ms. Frances A. Weinberg
Mr. Vincent E. Rigoni
Wilcox Frozen Foods
COL James D. Ritchie, USA (Ret.)
COL G. Russell Wiley, USA (Ret.)
CDR Richard M. Rosenberg, USN (Ret.) Mr. Douglas R. Young
Col H. Gary Roser, USMC (Ret.)
Gen Anthony C. Zinni, USMC (Ret.)
CAPT William L. Sale, USN (Ret.)
Sgt. John R. Sasser
Col Byron T. Schenn, USMC (Ret.)
LtCol Norman L. Schoening, USAF (Ret.)
Mr. Hugh C. Scott
Sequoia Exploration, Inc
1stLt Emmett W. Skinner, USMC (Ret.)
Dr. Robert B. Small
Major Contributors ($250+)
Col Joe W. Abdelnour, USAF (Ret.)
CAPT Ira Hearst Coen, USN (Ret.)
LTC Robert E. Adler, USA (Ret.)
CAPT Robert J. Cole, USN (Ret.)
Mr. Lawrence J. Aguilar
Mr. Roger W. Cole
Col Aleda J. Ahlgren, USAF (Ret.)
Mr. John S. Colla
CAPT Jimmy E. Albright, USN (Ret.)
Mrs. Mary J. Comey
COL Robert K. Allen, USA (Ret.)
Col Wade H. Cooper, USMC (Ret.)
Mr. Rene A. Angus
Mr. Joseph Corvino
CAPT Rexford R. Arnett, USN (Ret.)
Col James A. Corwin, USAF (Ret.)
Mr. Edgar D. Aronson
LtCol Harry A. Cotesworth,
Mr. Jerome D. Ashford
USMC (Ret.)
Mr. Joseph J. Ashworth
Coyle Hospitality Group
LtCol & Mrs. John J. Asmus, USAF (Ret.) Ms. Hazel L. Cramer
Atlas Peak Foundation
Earle E. Crandall, Ph.D.
COL Thomas H. Auer, USA (Ret.)
Mrs. Virginia Cromer
Mr. Robert N. Austin
Mr. Daniel N. Cunningham
Col John W. Axline
Mr. James S. Cunningham
Mr. Donald P. Bacci
CAPT Thomas H. Curry, USN (Ret.)
Mr. P. W. Bachan
Mr. Joseph M. Dague
Mrs. P. Pasha Baker
Dr. Donald J. Dal Porto
Dr. Thomas L. Balding
Col James W. Davis, Jr.
COL Frederick T. Barrett, USA (Ret.)
Mr. Gregory L. Davis
LCDR George H. Bauer, USNR (Ret.)
Mr. Rodney Davis
Mr. Coy F. Baugh
Mr. Burley A. Daye
Col Boyd H. Beckner, USMC (Ret.)
Mr. Charles V. De Voss
LtCol James W. Bell
Dr. Thomas J. DeCaro
Cpl Benedict E. Bellefeuille, USMC
BG Robert J. Deitz, USA (Ret.)
CAPT Elgie L. Bellizio, USN (Ret.)
Del Monte Meat Co.
Mr. John J. Belsito
CSM Harlan E. Dirks, USA (Ret.)
Dr. Todd W. Berg
Mrs. Mary D. Dixon
COL Richard W. Bergson, USA (Ret.)
Mr. Lawrence G. Dobbins
Col Frank W. Berry, USAF (Ret.)
Ms. Leslie Donovan
Mr. Lawrence W. Bill
CAPT Donald L. Dostal, USNR (Ret.)
Mr. Luther E. Birdzell III
Mr. Stanley A. Doten
Mr. Leroy W. Blankenship
Mr. Stanley L. Dowson
CDR Richard R. Blasi, USN (Ret.)
Mr. Joseph F. Dox
BrigGen Thomas V. Draude, USMC (Ret.)
Mr. Harry H. Bleecker, Jr.
Mr. Douglas W. Dreyer
Col Charles C. Bock, Jr.
Mr. Joseph N. Du Canto
Dr. John R. Bogie
LtCol Carl H. Dubac, USMC (Ret.)
Mr. Bruce L Boham
CAPT Denis C. Duffy, USN (Ret.)
Prof. Spencer J. Bolich
Marion Duley
Mr. Robert A. Booth
CAPT Leslie H. Dunlap, USN
LtCol Richard J. Borda, USMC (Ret.)
Maj Jeffery J. Durdin, USMCR
Mr. Charles R. Bowen
Mr. John L. Easley
Mr. R. Allen Box
Mr. Jose I. Echeverria
RADM Roger E. Box, USN (Ret.)
CAPT William A. Elliot, USN (Ret.)
Mr. John D. Brennan
MCPO Robert C. Enders, USN (Ret.)
Mr. William A. Brennan
Liliana Espinoza
MSgt Albert J. Brink
Col Joseph M. Favor, USMC (Ret.)
CDR Robert L. Brown, USN (Ret.)
Maj James A. Felchlin, USAF (Ret.)
Mr. Roger L. Brown
LtCol Donald C. Fenton
Mr. Steven R. Bryan
Mr. Gerald T. Ferrari
Mr. Robert F. Burke
CAPT James V. Ferrero, USN (Ret.)
Mrs. Maureen E. Buscher
LtCol Oliver C. Field, USAF (Ret.)
CAPT Rita Cain, USN (Ret.)
SMSgt Richard A. Fife, USAF (Ret.)
California Shellfish Co., Inc
Mr. Charles T. Fitch
Capt Homer R. Campbell
Maj John J. Flaherty, USMC (Ret.)
Canadian Forces
Mr. Edward J. Fleming
Mr. Joseph Caracci
Col Joseph F. Flynn, USMC (Ret.)
Gen Michael P. C. Carns
Mr. Mahlon G. Foote
LtCol Pat Carothers, USMC (Ret.)
CWO & Mrs. John B. Carr, USMC (Ret.) Mr. Leroy Forehand
Mr. James B. Foster
Mr. Robert R. Carrigan
Mr. Richard L. Fraioli
Mrs. Sandra J. Carroll
Col Denis J. Frank, USAF (Ret.)
LtCol William F. Cashel, USAF (Ret.)
Mr. Thomas F. Fricke
Mr. Andrew N. Cattano, M.D.
CAPT Glenn L. Gaddis, USN (Ret.)
COL Mark B. Chakwin, USA (Ret.)
MSgt Thomas A. Gafford, USMC (Ret.)
Mr. Thomas R. Chatham
Mr. Fred Gartley
CDR Arjun B. Chatterjee
Dr. Donald R. Gerth
Dr. Henry Chessin
Mr. Philip C. Gevas
Mr. Francis J. Chiappardi
CDR William M. Gibson, USN (Ret.)
Mr. Stephen P. Christie
Dr. Paul W. Gikas
Mr. Michael Clarke
Mr. Walter H. Girdlestone
Mr. Ted A. Class
Mrs. Dolores M. Gladden
LtCol John Clatworthy, USMC (Ret.)
Col Guy M. Close, USMC (Ret.)
LtCol Joseph Glasgow, Jr., USAF (Ret.)
CAPT Forrest D. Goetschius, USN (Ret.)
Mr. John D. Gomme
Louis & Madeleine Gonzalez
Dr. & Mrs. Mark Gorney
Gen Alfred M. Gray, USMC (Ret.)
Mr. George L. Gray
Mr. Phillip D. Green
Mr. Harold T. Greene
Gen Wallace C. Gregson, USMC (Ret.)
LtCol Daniel R. Grenier, USAF (Ret.)
LTC Antionette A. Griffin, USA
Mr. Cyrus R. Griffin
Mr. Ples A. Griffin
Dr. James A. Grimes
Mr. Ray Groover
Col David B. Grover, USAF (Ret.)
COL Nathan P. Hale, USA (Ret.)
LTC Mary A. Hall, USA (Ret.)
Mr. Jon A Hall
Mr. John G. Halliday
Ms. Linda G. Hammer
Col Richard S. Harder, USAF (Ret.)
Dr. Burr C. Hartman
Mr. Don Haslett
Mr. & Mrs. Travis E. Hausauer
Mr. Gary B. Heinrichs
Col Lee V. Heldt, USAF (Ret.)
COL Paul B. Heller, USA (Ret.)
Mr. Bruce S. Henderson
Mr. Thomas S. Henderson
Mr. Donald H. Hillebrandt
Mr. E Mark Himelstein
Mr. Loren G. Hinkelman
TSgt William M Hinkle, USAF (Ret.)
Mr. Walter A. Hiskett
Mr. Robert A. Holub
Mr. Michael J. Howard
Capt Edward A. Howell, USAF (Ret.)
LtCol John Hubner, USMC (Ret.)
Mr. Harry L. Hufford
Dr. Helmer W. Huseby
IATSE Local 16
Mrs. Maria S. Jacobs
Mr. Tack S. Joe
ADM John Michael Johnson, USN
(Ret.)
COL Patricia Johnson-Teranishi,
USA (Ret.)
Mr. Douglas A. Johnstone
Mr. John P. Jovicich
LtCol Raymond W. Kalm, Jr.
Mr. Robert T. Kastl
Mr. Steven L. Kaverman
Mr. Francis D. Kelly
Mr. Peter C. Kelly
CAPT David G. Kemp, USN (Ret.)
Mr. John M. Kemp
Mr. & Mrs. Theodore W. Kessler, Jr.
Dr. John M. Kiely
Mr. William W. King
Mr. Albert F. Knorp, Jr.
Mrs. Lois M. Kreuzberger
MAJ & Mrs. Thomas Kripinski, USA
Mr. Walter T. Kuhlmey
CWO Vladimir N. Kuminoff,
USCG (Ret.)
Mr. Thomas L. La Rose
LTC Robert C. Lacoste, USA (Ret.)
LTC Michael R. Lampton, USA (Ret.)
Dr. Barton Lane
Col Lee F. Lange II
Mrs. Veronica Lanier
CPO Richard B. LaTondre, USMC (Ret.)
CAPT James C. Lee, USN (Ret.)
CAPT Richard J. Leupold, USN (Ret.)
LtCol David D Lindsey, USAF (Ret.)
Mr. William A. Lisano
Mrs. Shirley M. Liu
Mrs. Wilma Longpre
Mr. M. D. MacCallum, Jr.
CDR John H. MacKinnon, USN (Ret.)
Col Joseph M. Magaldi, USMC (Ret.)
Maj Gerald O. Mallette, USMC (Ret.)
CDR Michael K. Maly, USN (Ret.)
CAPT John F. Manning, USN (Ret.)
Marine Corps Coordinating Council
LtCol Frederick A. Martin, USAF (Ret.)
Mr. Thomas E. Martin, Sr.
Mr. Stephen C. Martinelli
MGySgt Charles J. Mathieu,
USMC (Ret.)
Robert & Mary L. Matison
Mr. Drury E. Mc Call
Mr. William B. McTear
& Mrs. Mary A. McTear
Mr. John T. McClain
Maj Warren C. McKendree, USAF (Ret.)
Mr. Patrick R. McKenna
BrigGen Joseph J. McMenamin,
USMC (Ret.)
RADM Phillip F. McNall, USN (Ret.)
Col J. Dennis McQuaid, USAFR (Ret.)
Mr. Jesse D. Medlen
Mr. Linwood E. Melton
Capt Soterios J. Menzelos, USMC (Ret.)
CAPT Raymond F. Mercker, USN (Ret.)
Dr. Robert C. Meredith, USN (Ret.)
CDR Arthur Merz, USN (Ret.)
Mr. Henry L. Metzler
Col Richard M. Meyer
Mr. John F. Meyers
Mrs. Catharine J. Miller
Mr. George R. Moffitt, Jr.
Mr. Hiram B. Morgan
Ms. Shirley T. Morris
MAJ Eric J. Mueller, USA (Ret.)
LtCol R. R. Mulder, USAF (Ret.)
Dr. John C. Munna
James I. Munson
Mr. Wyche Murphy
LtCol Dillard O. Myers, USMC (Ret.)
Col George M. Nakano
Mr. R. Barry B. Nance
BrigGen Michael I. Neil, USMC (Ret.)
Mr. Peter L. Newberg
LtCol David T. Newell
Mr. Bruce S. Newell
Mr. Melvin E. Nichols
Ms. Jennifer Norris
Mr. William D. Norwood
Mr. John D. O Brien
Mr. William E. O Connor
CDR James W. OGrady, Jr.
CAPT Edward J. O’Neill, USN (Ret.)
Mr. Gerald J Origlia
CAPT Peter H. Orvis, USN (Ret.)
LtCol Richard H. Overgaag, USAF
Mr. Randell L. Oyler
Mr. Peter J. Paffrath
LtCol Ronald A. Paige, USAF (Ret.)
COL Louis A. Pappas, USA (Ret.)
Mr. Ross C. Parr
Mr. Jeffrey S. Parris
LtCol Larry F. Parsons, USMC (Ret.)
BG Frank A Partlow, Jr., USA (Ret.)
Mr. Anthony Paskevich
& Mrs. Claire Paskevich
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Mr. John Payne
LtCol Val R. Pemberton
Col Daniel P. Pender, USMC (Ret.)
Mr. Rudolph A. Peretto
Mr. Roland C Petersen, USN (Ret.)
Col Harry W. Peterson, USMC (Ret.)
LtCol Marshall L. Phillips, USMC (Ret.)
Ms. Betty L. Pipho
Mr. Robert V. Polenzani
LTC Michael C. Powanda, USA (Ret.)
Mrs. Helen C. Prather
Mr. William A. Preston
Private Spring Water Inc
Mr. Charles W. Proses
Mr. Mark F. Radcliffe
& Mrs. Dianne Brinson
Mr. Jorge Ramirez
LtCol Larry Rannals, USMC (Ret.)
Mr. Arlon J. Rasmussen
Gerd F. Rauter, M.D.
LCDR Gordon R. Ray, USN (Ret.)
Col Thomas F. Reath, USMC (Ret.)
CAPT Dennis A. Rhyne, USN (Ret.)
Col Robert F. Rick, USMC (Ret.)
Mr. Kenneth L. Riner
Mr. Daniel W. Roberts
Mr. George P Rodgers
CAPT Carlos A. Rosende, USN (Ret.)
CAPT Marion E. Roudebush, USN (Ret.)
Mr. Noel Michael Rucka
Col David S. Russell
Mr. Ray P. Russell
Mr. Richard L. Russell
VADM Norbert R Ryan, USN (Ret.)
Mrs. Susan S. Salt
San Francisco Fine Pastry
COL Henry A. Sandbach, USA (Ret.)
Mr. Christopher E. Schabacker
Mr. Robert A. Scheel
LTC Juergen H. Schleicher, USA (Ret.)
Ms. Delia W. Schmedding
Schmitt Heating Co., Inc.
LCDR Carl J. Schulz, USN (Ret.)
LtCol Norman A. Scott, USAF (Ret.)
GEN Robert W. Sennewald, USA (Ret.)
Mr. Walter R. Severson
CAPT Harold P. Sexton, USN (Ret.)
Mr. Gary W. Shaffer
Shamrock Office Solutions
Maj Gwynne H. Sharrer, USMC (Ret.)
CAPT Robert W. Sheldon, USN (Ret.)
Mr. Joseph M. Shimmon, Jr.
Mr. Frank J. Shissler
Dr. Ben Shwachman
2ndLt William J. Sichko, Jr.
Mr. Robert W. Skelton
Mr. Timothy G. Smale
LtCol Kim E. Smith, USMC (Ret.)
Col Robert W. Smothers, USAF (Ret.)
Mr. Charles P. Sokol & Mrs. Carol Sokol
Mr. & Mrs. Jerol M. Sonosky
Col William A. Speary, USMC (Ret.)
MAJ Ronald S. Speigle, USA (Ret.)
CAPT James P. Staes, USN (Ret.)
Mr. Stanley B. Staples
Col William R. Starke, M.D.
Mr. Louis J. Steck
MajGen Orlo K. Steele, USMC (Ret.)
LtCol William L. Stein, USMC (Ret.)
LTC Glenda M. Steward, USA
MajGen John T. Stihl, USAF (Ret.)
Mrs. Elizabeth Stingley
Mr. Don B. Stout
CAPT William E. Strain, USN (Ret.)
Mrs. Judith K. Sullivan
1LT Joel F. Summerhill, USA (Ret.)
Mr. Philip Sunshine
Col James T. Swift, USAF (Ret.)
Staff Sergeant Henry L. Tassinari
Mr. William E. Taverner
Tawani Foundation
Mr. John B. Taylor
Mr. Thomas H. Taylor
Mr. William J. Taylor, Jr.
Col John C. Thomas, USMCR (Ret.)
Ms. Tracy Thompson
Col John R. Todd, USMC (Ret.)
Mr. Michael Tomlinson
Mrs. Nancy Dee Tovar
Mr. Richard C. Traynham
Dr. Joe P. Tupin
Mr. Herbert W. Tuttle
CPT Montague M. Upshaw, USA (Ret.)
Maj Daniel P. Van Grol, USMC (Ret.)
Mr. Louis R. Varvello
Vegiworks
Mr. Lloyd Von de Mehden
Mr. Rahe H. Von Hoene
Mr. Kenneth W. Waldorf
Mr. Bruce Walker
RADM William A. Walsh, USN (Ret.)
Capt Richard E. Watson
Mr. David A. Watson
Mr. Nelson S. Weller
Mr. Robert D. Wenger
LtCol Sidney E Whiting III, USAF (Ret.)
CDR August M. Wildberger, USN (Ret.)
Mr. Robert B. Wilhelm
CAPT James M. Williams, USN (Ret.)
Col David L. Wittle, USMC (Ret.)
CPT Leland Wong, USA
Mr. Kai M. Wong
Mr. Joel A. Wright
Mr. Paul L. Wyckoff
Mr. Frank E. Xavier
Mr. Gary T. Yancey
Capt John S. Young, USAF (Ret.)
Jack Zee
CAPT William B Zell, Jr., USN (Ret.)
Recent “In Honor and In Memory” Contributions to the Living Memorial
Mr. Burris M. Ray
In honor of
In honor of
Sergeant Matthew Abbate, USMC
LtCol Peter S Beck, USMC (Ret.)
CSM Harlan E. Dirks, USA (Ret.)
The following donations are
In memory of
In memory of
MSgt Eugene Talmadge Alexander
Anthony Bellucci
Donna Cambio
CAPT Gil A. Balaoing, USN (Ret.)
Mrs. Patricia Carey
In honor of
Raymond Harrison
All Marines
Carl & Maryann Lisa
Capt Andrew B. McFarlane, USMC (Ret.) Stephen & Linda Lucas
In honor of
Howard Nebitt
All Marines
Robert & Donna Pacheco
Rosewood Estate Condominium Assn. Inc.
Mr. Scott Hept
Anthony Tanzi
In honor of
All who have sacrificed
Bay City Medical Supplies
in service to our Country
In honor of
Mr. Michael C Belmessieri
Mr. Peter J. Paffrath
In memory of
Todd W. Berg
Bubba Allen
In honor of
Valdemar Olson & Ronald P. Berg
Ms. Susan Page
In memory of
SSgt Henry L. Tassinari
Bubba Allen
In memory of
CWO Ron Borgens, USMC
Barbara Alloway
In memory of
Dolores Carr
Mrs. Nellie Alloway
In memory of
John Bunner
Ms. Barbara A. Anderson
In memory of
LtCol John E. Lockie, USMC (Ret.)
Roy C Anderson
In memory of
Janet Busby
Ms. Pauline C. Angleman
In memory of
Col & Mrs. Harold R. Neal, USAF (Ret.)
LtCol Louis Wolf Angleman
In memory of
LCpl Daniel Clinton Cameron, USMC
Dr. Donald L. Barker
In memory of
Mr. John D. Brennan
SSgt Faoa (AP) Apineru, USMC
In memory of
Thomas Cartwright
Ms. Christy Miller
In memory of
LCpl Aaron C. Austin
In memory of
Sal Colla
Marcella Comparini
Mr. Randell L. Oyler
Mr. Lazaro G. Alvarez
In memory of
LCDR Warren D Cress, USN (Ret.)
Likai Jin
In memory of
Mr. Edward J Devine
Capt William L. McKenna, USMC (Ret.)
In memory of
LtCol LeRoy M. Duffy
Mr. Ted W. Dutton
In memory of
Larry Dutton
Mrs. Judith A. Hanley
& Mr. Daniel E. Hanley
In memory of
Tim Farasyn
Mr. James R. Miller
In memory of
Sgt Tommy Glasscock
Dr. Coral Smith
In memory of
BrigGen John S. Gong
CDR Thomas O. Metz, USN (Ret.)
In memory of
David H. Gorman, USMC
Col Wilfred K. Abbott, USAF (Ret.)
In memory of
Mr. Philip Grignon
Mrs. Jane W. Borg
In memory of
Karl Grimes
Louise Rockhold
In memory of
Mr. William C. Gruber
Mrs. Maryon D. Hoffman
In memory of
Mr. Jay F Hoffman
Mr. & Mrs. Alton J. Holmes
In memory of
Tom Holmes
Sgt Joseph R Kroner
In memory of
Mr. Elmo Holsten
Mr. Melvin L. Bacharach
In memory of
TRC Hood
Lucretia & Marolyn Howe
In memory of
Mr. William C Howe
Mr. Carleton E. Rowe
In memory of
Anita Jackson
Gretchen, John & John Z Clatworthy
In lieu of flowers for
Mrs. Bella Jung
Mr. Vincent E. Rigoni
In memory of
SgtMaj David M. Kendrick
In honor of
LtCol William M Kull, USMC (Ret.),
Flying Leatherneck
Col Michael F. Farren, USAF (Ret.)
In honor of
Alexander La Bier
Mrs. Ruth M Langstaff
In memory of
LtCol Harold A Langstaff, USMC (Ret.)
LtCol John E. Lockie, USMC (Ret.)
In memory of
Wanda Lockie
Mr. Patrick R. McKenna
In honor of
Linnea Lomax
Ms. & Mr. Toni D. Allen
In memory of
Mr. John K Lopez
CDR Dianne L. Obeso, USN (Ret.)
In memory of
Lt Herbert Lucas
John & Barbara Schmidt
In memory of
CDR Alfred (Al) Mabey, USN (Ret.)
In memory of
Mr. George O Macy
Tom & Michelle Bowe
Ms. Donna Yurista
CWO & Mrs. John B. Carr, USMC (Ret.)
In memory of
Capt Matthew Manoukian, USMC
CAPT Dicky Wieland, USN (Ret.)
In memory of
Capt Matthew Manoukian, USMC
Mr. Pete L. Meade
In memory of
R. E. Meade
Mrs. Neva Dyer-Mills
In memory of
Dr. Dennis E Mills
Mrs. Heather L Mobarak
In memory of
Mr. Joseph Mobarak
Mr. John C. Montgomery
In memory of
John W Montgomery, USN (Ret.)
Mr. Robert E. Hurt
In memory of
Gen Roy Moss, USMC (Ret.)
Capt William L. McKenna, USMC (Ret.)
In memory of
Gen Roy Moss, USMC (Ret.)
Mr. Raymond G. Barazoto
In memory of
Carol Mullet
SCPO Thomas L. Murray, USN (Ret.)
In memory of
Frank & Phyllis Murray
Mr. Allan J. Rappoport
In honor of
MajGen James M Myatt, USMC (Ret.)
CAPT Loren L. Obley, USN (Ret.)
In memory of
John A. Obley, USMC
Mr. Robert D. Wenger
In memory of
Marian O’Donnell
Dr. & Mrs. Mark Gorney
In honor of of
Our Wounded Warriors
In memory of
Leroy Pegis
LtCol T. R. White & Mrs. Mary Jo White
In memory of
LtCol Robert V. Perkins
& Mrs. Betty Jane Perkins
Mrs. Carroll C. Brooks
In memory of
Mr. George S. Pillsbury
In memory of
Mr. Gary W Pittman
Mrs. Joann Plotkin
In memory of
Col Karl J Plotkin
In memory of
Carolyn Radlinki
In memory of
Mr. Leonard “Lenny” B Ratto
Mr. James E. Ribera
In memory of
LtCol Ernest J Ribera, USMCR
Mrs. Rosemarie Rick
In memory of
Col Robert F Rick, USMC (Ret.)
Mr. Monroe C. Rothschild
In memory of
Joy Rothschild
In memory of
Mr. Joseph R Schild
Mr. Philip E. Beauchamp
In memory of
Patricia Ellen Scott
Edward & Jane Sebree
In honor of
John Sebree
Mrs. Dorothy M. Shea
In memory of
Capt Robert E Shea, USMC (Ret.)
John McNamara
In memory of
Capt Sean Sims
LtCol Robert J. Skinner, USAF (Ret.)
In honor of
Mr. Gerald M. Skinner, USMC
In memory of
Ed Sutton
Jean & James Bradford
In memory of
LtCol James L Sweeney, USAF (Ret.)
Mr. Wayne G. Failor
In memory of
Mr. Gerald D. Sullivan
In memory of
Anne M. Ropes
In memory of
Jim Sweeney
Jan Denny & Christopher Taylor
In memory of
PFC Adrian William Taylor, USMC
Mrs. Aiko N. Thomas
In memory of
Capt Neil S Thomas
In memory of
Gil Tovar
Lynne Moule & Dean Townsend
In memory of
Ms. June P Townsend
LtCol William L. Waters, USMC (Ret.)
In memory of
LtCol James M. Tully, USMC (Ret.)
Mr. Brian Tuskan
In memory of
John J. Tuskan
Mr. John O. La Gorce II
In honor of
Mr. Degnan K Walker
Carol Bradshaw
In honor of
Billy Gean Webb, Capt, USMC
In memory of
Doug Winn
John Carter
VMware, Inc.
Mr. John T. Lyons
In honor of
Doc Yancey
CDR Christine A. Sullivan, USN (Ret.)
In memory of
Col Robert E Young, USMC (Ret.)
In memory of
Howard Young’s Mother
Recent Memorial Plaque Donations
Memorial Plaques are placed in the 5th floor hallways
Robert Ciapponi In memory of Arthur D. Ciapponi
Peter Orvis In memory of Col Charles Milton & Cecil Jones, Jr., USMC
The Marines’ Memorial Association Welcomes These Members to Benefactor Status
Mr. Lazaro G. Alvarez
Col Marcia J. Bachman, USAF
COL Richard W. Bergson, USA (Ret.)
Mr. John A. Conkle
CAPT Rocklun A. Deal, USN (Ret.)
Dr. James S. Dryden, Jr.
Mr. Peter E. Dunkelberger
MSgt Richard E. Dwelle, USAF (Ret.)
Mr. Raymond A. Eckert
CDR John J. Flynn, USN (Ret.)
Col Owen L. Greenblatt, USAF (Ret.)
Mr. John A. Hardman
Mr. Ronald H. Hirata
Mr. John D. Jorgenson
LtCol James M. McWalters, USMC (Ret.)
LtCol Robert W. Meals, USAF (Ret.)
Capt William J. Milana, USMC
Capt Clarence P. Montgomery, Jr.
Mr. Robert F. Neefus
Ms. Debra S. Ristau
CAPT Christopher L. Schuyler, USN (Ret.)
Col Jaime Solis, USMC (Ret.)
LtCol Edward Stepien, USMC (Ret.)
Mr. Edwin M. Tidwell
Mr. Thomas E. White
Mr. Timothy A. Wright
Mr. Elwood W. Youman
CAPT Herbert A. Zoehrer, USN (Ret.)
Thank you for your support.
BITS AND PIECES
“The word ‘listen’ contains the same
letters as the word ‘silent.’”
—Alfred Brendel
The Winter Crossroads’ “Musty
Smell”
After our mail house sent out the Winter
Crossroads, several of our Members wrote
to complain about the “musty smell” of
the magazine. We apologize for sending
out something with such a foul odor.
Our printer took full responsibility for
the smell. It happened because the coating used to make ink dry faster once a
document is printed came from a batch
in a 50 gallon drum that had gone bad. It
did not surface until after the magazines
were sealed in cartons and sent to the
mail house for mailing. It is the first time
that has happened. Our printer has not
let us down before, has apologized and
made restitution.
“Opportunity is missed by most people
because it is dressed in overalls and
looks like work.” —Thomas Edison
Marines’ Memorial Library
On the 11th floor of the Club is the
library and museum. The collection of
books, bolstered by Member donations,
is impressive. Up to this point, we have
not allowed our Members to take the
books out of the library because we simply couldn’t afford to keep a staff person
on duty there. Our new Living Memorial
Director, Ms. Wendy Shuman, is working on a process to make it possible for
Members to check out books to read and
then return them. Stay tuned.
“You should not live one way in private,
another in public.” —Publilius Syrus
Super Bowl Event
One of our managers had the idea of the
Club hosting a Super Bowl event for our
Benefactor Members. It was a huge hit.
Nearly 200 Members and guests gathered in our Leatherneck Restaurant and
Lounge for the game between the Ravens
and the 49ers. The chef prepared some
terrific “tailgate” food and the crowd
enjoyed the entire event…except that
most of the crowd were 49er fans and
were disappointed in the score. The consensus is that we should do more for our
Benefactor Members.
“About the time we can make the ends
meet, somebody moves the ends.”
—Herbert Hoover
Marines’ Memorial Theatre
Through the generosity of some of our
Members, we have recently upgraded
our sound system in the Marines’ Memorial Theatre. We are very proud of the
new system. We still need to make other
improvements, such as a new lighting
system, so that the Theatre can be a location-of-choice for the performing arts in
San Francisco as well as a premier location for our educational lecture series,
like the George P. Shultz Lecture Series.
As we reported before, our Theatre is
now a separate 501(c)(3). You can make
a tax-deductible donation to help with
the costs of the upgrade.
“Faced with the choice between changing one’s mind and proving that there
is no need to do so, almost everyone
gets busy on the proof.”
—John Kenneth Galbraith
Our Reciprocal Clubs
We have more than 200 Reciprocal Clubs.
We know you Members appreciate this
benefit of membership. The most popular
are the Army Navy Club in Washington,
DC, located one block from the White
House, and The New York Athletic Club,
located on Central Park South. Four of
our Reciprocal Clubs are in New York
City; three are in Washington, DC; twelve
are in the UK; one is in Ireland; seven are
in Australia; and thirteen are in Canada.
A significant number of these Clubs were
brought to our attention by our Members.
We thank them for helping us expand this
program. Most of the Reciprocal Clubs are
private clubs with dress codes. You can
find a link to these Reciprocal Clubs at
www.MarineClub.com.
“America will never be destroyed from
the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed
ourselves.” —Abraham Lincoln
Care Packages
We will still have soldiers and Marines
in Afghanistan for many more months
and we need to support them in every
way possible, to make sure they know we
care. Thus, we will continue to send “care
packages” to them, and we’ll continue
to ask for your donations to help us. We
know the troops appreciate the TRX suspension trainers because it’s tough to stay
in shape in some of the remote areas. We
also include a healthy shipment of school
supplies for the Marines to give to Afghan
schoolchildren. Every single dollar you
donate goes directly to the project.
“It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that
I stay with problems longer.”
—Albert Einstein
Upcoming Events at Your Club
In each edition of our Crossroads, we list
those events coming up in the next few
months that we know Members would
be interested in attending. Quite often,
though, additional events are scheduled
after the Crossroads magazine is printed
and we struggle to get the word out. To
fill that need, we post upcoming events
on our website at www.MarineClub.com.
We also send out a monthly electronic
newsletter. If you send us your email
address, we will make sure you receive
the newsletter. If you have difficulties,
email us at [email protected].
Tell Other Veterans about the
Marines’ Memorial Club
We depend on Veterans spreading the
word about the benefits of membership
in the Marines’ Memorial Association.
You can help us by talking to other
Veterans. In our Member Get a Member
Program, you can earn free night stays at
your Club. Point them to www.MarineClub.com. (Be sure and tell them to list
you as a reference when they join).
“If you would persuade, you must
appeal to interest rather than intellect.” —Benjamin Franklin
Marines’ Memorial Mission and
Purposes
Our purposes are to: “Commemorate,
Educate and Provide Services.” We commemorate the sacrifices of our Veterans;
we educate the public about those sacrifices through our programs; and we provide services to those brave young men
and women currently serving in the US
Armed Forces.
Watch Videos of Past Events
If you can’t come to the Club to participate in some of our events, you can
watch videos of past events on our website at www.MarineClub.com.
“To acquire knowledge, one must
study; but to acquire wisdom, one
must observe.” —Marilyn vos Savant
“A man who trusts nobody is apt to be
the kind of man nobody trusts.”
—Harold Macmillan
“You’ll worry less about what people
think about you when you realize how
seldom they do.” —David Foster Wallace
In Memoriam
Walter Newman passed
away on 8 December 2012
at the age of 92. He was a
World War II Army Captain
of infantry who led Company C of the 137th Infantry during the Normandy landing in June of
1944. He was the first US officer to enter
the town of Saint-Lo. He was shot in the
chest two weeks after the landing and was
evacuated to recover from his wounds. He
was a San Francisco native who attended
UC Berkeley before his Army service. He
became one of San Francisco’s most distinguished citizens. He and his wife of 62
years, Ellen Magnin Newman, supported
Veterans and Veterans’ issues all of their
married life. Walter was on the Board of the
Veterans Health Research Institute and he
was the prime mover in creating a Student
Veterans Resource Center at the San Francisco City College, where there are more
than 1,300 student Veterans. Each May,
he came to Marines’ Memorial to speak
to young students of the French American
School about World War II before the students would travel to France for the anniversary of the Normandy Landing. Walter
Newman will be missed.
may 6, 2013 + 4th annual cabaret
the best of the best!
FEATURING Tom Scott,
Erich Stratmann, Jim
Salestrom, Marcie
Henderson, Shelly Berg,
Billy Valentine, & more!
Proceeds from this performance will benefit the Marines’ Memorial Theatre, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.
looking back
A LIVING MEMORIAL from page 3
The Marines’ Memorial Club is a twelve story building with 138 guest
rooms and suites; the Leatherneck Steakhouse, the twelfth floor
dining room with a vibrant view of San Francisco’s bridges; a library;
and a world-class health club with a lap swimming pool.
Membership in the Marines’ Memorial Club is open to all Veterans of
the United States Armed Forces. Effective 1 January 2005, by virtue
of Veterans’ contributions, the Association is able to offer free annual
membership to all Currently Serving members of the US 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; and,
also effective 1 January 2005, because of our Regular Membership
support, Currently Serving members of the US Armed Forces can
stay at the Marines’ Memorial Club for $79 Sunday through Thursday, and $99 on Friday and Saturday.
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 deliberate, delicate mission 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 exhibits, 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.
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April 20 TANGO LOVERS (ENAMORADOS DEL TANGO)
Our stage ignites with passion, strength and sensuality! This acclaimed and unique Broadwaystyle Tango show features an ensemble of 20 dancers and musicians, including the Queen of
Tango, Mora Godoy, and ensemble director and first soloist, Alfredo Lerida.
April 26-27 HUMANITIES WEST
Bernini’s Rome: Art and Architecture of the Baroque features Theodore Rabb (Princeton
University) and music of Girolamo Frescobaldi and Giulio Caccini, performed by harpsichordist
Corey Jamason and lutenist Richard Savino.
May 12 PIANIST GARRICK OHLSSON
Chamber Music San Francisco presents renowned classical pianist Garrick Ohlsson in recital. This
program includes works of Beethoven, Schubert and Chopin. A perfect outing for Mother’s Day!
May 19 J.S. BACH’S BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS
Chamber Music San Francisco presents the Archetti Ensemble performing the Brandenburg
Concertos No. 4 and 5 — Bach’s merriest masterpieces! Also on the program are works by
Sammartini, Vivaldi and Corelli.
TICKETS: www.cityboxoffice.com · (415) 392-4400
Theatre box office open 90 minutes prior to each performance.

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