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membership dues are $40.00 a year and are due prior to

August 31st. Please make your check payable to "Pvt.

George Phillips Detachment" and send to the Detachment

address.

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As a suggestion, anyone wishing to provide material should try to have it to the editor

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Next Meeting will be November 20, 2018 @ 1830

Commandant:

Lyle McFarlin

314-630-5647

Sr. Vice-Commandant:

Ed Rau

636-978-3522

Jr. Vice-Commandant/

Public Information

Officer:

Hugh Smith

636-536-7040

Adjutant/Paymaster:

Dennis Simpson

636-230-5976

Judge Advocate/

Benevolence:

John (Jack) Bickerton

314-304-4360

Sgt at Arms: Gerald Gerling

636-271-3778

Chaplain: Larry Schwartz

314-780-3710

Web Sgt: Brad McNeil

636-225-2866

November 2018 Volume XIV – Issue 11

Email PvtGeoPhillips@gmail.com

Detachment Webpage

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Trustee 3Yr:

Elliot Glassman

314-434-4868

Trustee 2Yr:

James

Grgurich

314-852-9511

Trustee 1Yr:

Mike Cicchese

636-208-4676

Jr. Past

Commandant

Gerald Gerling

636-271-3778

Ways & Means:

Elliot Glassman

314-434-4868

Quartermaster:

Rick Shelton

314-677-0087

Eagle Scout Liaison:

Vacant

Editor/Historian:

Carl E. Ramsey

314-304-7915

Meetings 3rd

Tuesday of

Every Month 1930 – 7:30 PM

Mail:

Pvt George Phillips Detachment

Marine Corps League

P.O. Box #1

Ballwin, MO 63022

Meeting Location:

225 Old Sulphur Springs Road

Ballwin, MO 63021-5356

Detachment

Membership as

of October 31

103

Meetings 3rd

Tuesday

of Every Month 1915 – 7:15 PM

Commandant’s Corner:

As we celebrate out 243rd birthday, let us

reflect on Marines and veterans who have gone

before us, the many who have gone before us

and have assured our freedom. We are eternally

indebted to those, and our service men and

women who are serving out country today. God

bless them and God bless America.

Lyle McFarlin

Commandant

Pvt. George Phillips Detachment 1214

Marine Corps League

November 2018

10 – Marine Corps is 243 years old.

11 – WW I ended 100 years ago, 1918.

Tomb of Unknown Soldier dedicated, 1922

13 – Staff Meeting – 1900 Post #208

20 – Membership Meeting & USMC

Birthday Celebration– 1830 Post #208

December 2018

10 – Staff Meeting – 1900 Post #208

17 – Membership Meeting – 1930 Post #208

17 – Auxiliary Meeting – 1915 Post #208

January 2019

8 – Staff Meeting – 1900 Post #208

15 – Membership Meeting – 1930 Post #208

15 – Auxiliary Meeting – 1915 Post #208

MARINE CORPS ORDERS No. 47 (Series 1921) HEADQUARTERS U.S. MARINE CORPS Washington, November 1, 1921

759. The following will be read to the command on the 10th of November, 1921, and hereafter on the 10th of November of every year. Should the order not be received by the 10th of November, 1921, it will be read upon receipt.

1. On November 10, 1775, a Corps of Marines was created by a resolution of Continental Congress. Since that date many thousand men have borne the name "Marine". In memory of them it is fitting that we who are Marines should commemorate the birthday of our corps by calling to mind the glories of its long and illustrious history.

2. The record of our corps is one which will bear comparison with that of the most famous military organizations in the world's history. During 90 of the 146 years of its existence the Marine Corps has been in action against the Nation's foes. From the Battle of Trenton to the Argonne, Marines have won foremost honors in war, and in the long eras of tranquility at home, generation after generation of Marines have grown gray in war in both hemispheres and in every corner of the seven seas, that our country and its citizens might enjoy peace and security.

3. In every battle and skirmish since the birth of our corps, Marines have acquitted themselves with the greatest distinction, winning new honors on each occasion until the term "Marine" has come to signify all that is highest in military efficiency and soldierly virtue.

4. This high name of distinction and soldierly repute we who are Marines today have received from those who preceded us in the corps. With it we have also received from them the eternal spirit which has animated our corps from generation to generation and has been the distinguishing mark of the Marines in every age. So long as that spirit continues to flourish Marines will be found equal to every emergency in the future as they have been in the past, and the men of our Nation will regard us as worthy successors to the long line of illustrious men who have served as "Soldiers of the Sea" since the founding of the Corps.

JOHN A. LEJEUNE, Major General Commandant 75705—21[8]

MEMBERS MATTER, by Lyle McFarlin

I was born September 12, 1947 in Daytona

Beach, Florida. My mother was a registered

nurse at a large hospital and my father was self-

employed as a general contractor. During

WWII my father was a naval aviator and flew

the Wildcat, Hellcat and Corsair fighters.

Growing up in Daytona Beach our family spent

time at the beach, fishing as well as going to

NASCAR races on the beach and later at the

large super speedway. We often visited

historical sites, went to rocket launches at Cape

Canaveral and air shows. When I was younger,

I went to Grapefruit League baseball games in

the early spring when the professional teams

came to Florida to train. I played a lot of

football and baseball growing up. I played

football throughout junior and senior high

school. I graduated from Mainland Senior

High School in May, 1965 and started college two

weeks later. I graduated from Florida State

University in May, 1969 with a B.S. degree in

Criminology. I entered the Marine Corps in October,

1969 and was commissioned a second lieutenant on

December 23, 1969 upon completion of OCS at MCB

Quantico.

In January, 1970, I reported to NAS Pensacola to

begin Naval Flight Officer (NFO) training. My first

military flight was in a UC45J “Expeditor” Beech

twin aircraft which the Navy and Marine Corps had

been using since 1939. In Pensacola I trained in the

T-34 “Mentor”, T-1A “Jayhawk”, T-2 “Buckeye”,

F9F “Panther”, and T-A4 “Skyhawk”. After initial

completion of NFO training I was selected for jet

fighters and transferred to NAS Glynco, Georgia, for

Radar Intercept Operator (RIO) training. At Glynco I

trained in the T-39 “Sabreliner” which was outfitted

with an F-8 Crusader radar. Upon completion of my

RIO training I earned my NFO wings and was

transferred to Marine Fighter Attack Training

Squadron VMFAT-201 at MCAS Cherry Point to

begin my familiarization training in the F-4B

Phantom. Upon completion of my training I was

transferred to VMFA-312, a Marine fighter attack

squadron at MCAS Cherry Point. I initially worked

in squadron maintenance. After completing Aviation

Intelligence Officer training at NAS Norfolk, I

became the Squadron Intelligence Officer. The

squadron deployed to NAS Key West, Florida about

every 6 months to stand “hot pad” duty which

entailed mostly practice scrambles to deter aviation

threats coming from Cuba. We also deployed to NAS

Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, to conduct live

airborne missile shoots and flew into NAS

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in a show of force.

My daughter, Allyson, was born at the MCAS Cherry

Point Hospital in 1974, where my wife, Linda,

worked as a registered nurse. My family lived off

camp at Cherry Point as there was a housing shortage

for junior officers. We had a small rental home

located on Bogue Sound near Cape Carteret. We

Hugh Smith, USMC Officer

really enjoyed the fishing and clamming that

was easily available.

A humorous event happened while I was a first

lieutenant at Cherry Point. A Marine captain

and I were told to report to a grunt major in

charge of the rifle range. We went to his office,

and stood at attention in front of his desk where

he proceeded to yell at us about letting our rifle

qualification with the M-16 lapse and that

Marine aviation officers were less than

professional. The captain was an excellent F-4

pilot who had recently returned from a 15-

month tour of Vietnam, with a Marine fighter

attack squadron flying out of Danang. He was

known to be excellent at providing close air

support to troops on the ground. When the

grunt major finished his verbal assault about us

not qualifying with our primary weapon (M-

16), the captain asked permission to speak

freely. The major told him to speak and the

captain said, “Major, you may consider the M-

16 my primary weapon but I do not. My

primary weapon is the F-4 Phantom. Major,

you let me make one pass with ordinance in my

F-4, and I seriously doubt you will ever be able

to find that damn rifle range.” The Major was

infuriated and ordered us out of his office and

to be at the rifle range the next morning at o-

dark thirty.

I got out of the Marine Corps in August, 1975

as a captain after almost 6 years. I immediately

went back to college on the G.I. Bill at the

University of West Florida in Pensacola,

Florida. I got a B.A. Degree in Accounting and

an M.B.A. in Finance and Accounting. The

campus was full of veterans who had served

during Vietnam.

After completing my M.B.A. in 1978, I went to

work as a budget coordinator with Harris

Corporation in Melbourne, Florida. While in

Melbourne my son, Bryan, was born in 1980.

In August of 1980, I took a job in corporate

budgeting with the Saudi American Oil Company

(ARAMCO) in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. My wife and

I initially planned to go over for about 3 years to save

some money and travel, but it turned into a career

that lasted 27 years.

We met people from many different countries and

cultures. While it opened our eyes that there is a

whole world out there, it also made us really

appreciate all the freedoms and opportunities we have

as Americans.

In 1989 a group of approximately 60 Marines in

Eastern Saudi Arabia formed the Sierra Alpha

Detachment of the Marine Corps League. I was

elected to be their first detachment commandant. The

detachment was comprised mostly of Vietnam era

Marines with a few veterans of WWII and Korea. We

even had two women Marines. The Detachment was

extremely busy during Operations Desert Shield and

Desert Storm (1990-91) supporting the Marines and

other military organizations with home-cooked

meals, desert cookouts near the front lines, as well as

health and comfort items and sports equipment. We

also provided support to the U.S. Air Force and FBI

after the bombing of Khobar Towers in 1996.

I retired from Aramco at age 60 in 2007 after 27

years in the desert kingdom. My wife and I had both

worked full time at Aramco and now it was time to

return to life in America. We knew we would miss

travel to other countries, our friends and desert

camping.

We decided to settle in Chesterfield, Missouri, as it

was close to our daughter, her husband and three

grandchildren who live in Wildwood. Our son and

daughter-in-law and four grandchildren live in

Fountainville, Pennsylvania, north of Philadelphia.

We enjoy the St. Louis area, especially the numerous

cultural activities available. We enjoy going to

concerts as well as plays at the Fox Theatre. We

enjoy exploring the historical sites and back roads of

Missouri. We are both very active in various

committees and social activities in our church, St. Mark Presbyterian in Ballwin.

I transferred into the Private George Phillips Detachment of the MCL as a life member in 2010.

I am Hugh Smith

Linda and Hugh Smith at November 21, 2015 Chris Cakes Pancake event.

Detachment Author by Carl Ramsey

Driving to work Sunday, October 21, 7:50 a.m.

I heard Harry Hamm on KMOX, interview

detachment member Colonel Jack Jackson, on

his new book, Way Beyond the Blue. It tells

how he began as a chopper pilot, was shot

down twice in Vietnam, and later became a

Harrier test pilot. He test-flew the last military

Harrier ever built, as well as the Harrier seen at

the Saint Louis, VP Fair.

I contacted members of our detachment,

including Commandant Lyle McFarlin. Since

the colonel can’t always attend the meetings,

Lyle authorized me to invite him to speak and

have a book signing. His detachment roster

phone number is no longer available. So, I

wrote him a letter on October 22. Hopefully the

commandant or myself will hear back from

him, or he’ll see the newsletter article. I

encourage everyone to buy his book.

November Pictures.

Harry Hope Addresses the Focus Marines

(Date not provided).

John Paruolo’s Holy Cross Lutheran Church

Toys For Tots Team Picture 1

John Paruolo’s Holy Cross Lutheran Church

Toys For Tots Team Picture 2

Nathaniel Philbrick, author of In The

Hurricane’s Eye, the story of the

greatest naval battle of the American

Revolution, at the Saint Louis County

Library with newsletter editor Carl

Ramsey.

Chaplain Larry Schwartz sends us all a

Marine Corps Birthday Greeting.

November Birthday Scroll

Donald Aird Michael Drake

Christy Duval Gerald Gerling

Robert Howard James Hubbard

Jack Jackson Phillip Schroeder

Alan Taylor Bernard Widdis, Jr.

Lois Kessler Marie Kosewicz

Veterans’ Day Humor: What do you call a veteran who goes back in time on a motorcycle to King Arthur’s Court?