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The Marine Corps League is the only congressionally chartered United States Marine Corps-related veterans organization in the United States. Its congressional charter was approved by the 75th U.S. Congress and signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on August 4, 1937.
The Marine Corps League's detachment #124, the William R. Caddy Detachment (Quincy, Massachusetts), was named in honor of the Marine Corps' Medal of Honor recipient in 1946. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] In October 1963, Treasure Island Park in Quincy was renamed "P.F.C. William R. Caddy Memorial Park."
His son, Michael Phillip DeLong, also served as a pilot in the Marine Corps, retiring as a lieutenant general in 2003. [1] DeLong and his wife settled down in The Villages, Florida. Phillip C. DeLong died on July 1, 2006. The Marine Corps League Detachment 1267 in The Villages was named in his honor. [1] [6]
The fledgling Marine Corps League detachment in Fairview has nearly enough members to officially launch. How McDonald's coffee led to a new Marine Corps League detachment for veterans in Fairview ...
The Marine Corps League detachment 857 in Schwab's hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma, is the "Albert E. Schwab" detachment. [6] An exhibit in Schwab's honor was erected at Tulsa International Airport. A statue was later added to it, which was completed in 2011.
Marine Corps League – Col. Justice M. Chambers Detachment – #555 – 8720 Twinbrook Dr. Mentor, Ohio 44060 "Colonel Justice M. Chambers Memorial Bridge" West Virginia: U.S. Route 60 bridge crossing Four Pole Creek from Cabell County to Wayne County.
Camp Tarawa Detachment, Marine Corps League website; References This page was last edited on 21 November 2023, at 12:20 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
On February 18, 2009, the Marine Corps League Detachment #1325 named in his honor was formed in Fayette County, Georgia. [1] The MARSOC Critical Skills Operator of the Year award presented by the Marine Corps Association was renamed in his honor to the Sergeant Clyde A. Thomason Marine Special Operator of the Year Special Operations Command ...