Markslams
5 February 2011, 13:34
I haven't seen this posted anywhere else in here.
For those that do not know, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion will be getting a memorial placed at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Virginia.
By the end of 2010, the 1st Recon Battalion Association memorial will be placed in the Semper Fidelis Memorial Garden of the National Museum of the Marine Corps. The memorial will honor the Marines and Corpsmen, serving with the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, who gave their lives in service to their Corps and country during the Korean War, Vietnam War and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The 1st Reconnaissance Battalion Memorial, approved by the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, is a black granite monument standing 101 inches high and 36 inches wide, mounted on a 48 inch x 20 inch base. The two hundred sixty-two Recon Marines and Corpsmen who lost their lives in combat with the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion are identified by their rank, name, age at death and home state inscribed on the face of the monument.
This and more information can be found here (http://www.1streconbnassociation.org/Fall10/FW2010.htm), the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion Association's Fall/Winter 2010 newsletter.
Also you will find in the newsletter a way to honor Recon Marines and Corpsman, living or deceased, by having their name engraved onto a brick placed near the monument. It's a little past the due date on accepting orders for a brick, so wish I had paid more attention to this sooner. I am currently working with members of the 1st Recon Association to see if I can order a brick for my teamleader who died motorcycle accident. I'll post up what I hear.
The association is having this year's reunion at the memorial also. Details are in the newsletter for those interested. From what I have been told before, anyone can attend these reunions regardless of whichever Bn./Co. you were/are in.
For those that do not know, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion will be getting a memorial placed at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Virginia.
By the end of 2010, the 1st Recon Battalion Association memorial will be placed in the Semper Fidelis Memorial Garden of the National Museum of the Marine Corps. The memorial will honor the Marines and Corpsmen, serving with the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, who gave their lives in service to their Corps and country during the Korean War, Vietnam War and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The 1st Reconnaissance Battalion Memorial, approved by the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, is a black granite monument standing 101 inches high and 36 inches wide, mounted on a 48 inch x 20 inch base. The two hundred sixty-two Recon Marines and Corpsmen who lost their lives in combat with the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion are identified by their rank, name, age at death and home state inscribed on the face of the monument.
This and more information can be found here (http://www.1streconbnassociation.org/Fall10/FW2010.htm), the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion Association's Fall/Winter 2010 newsletter.
Also you will find in the newsletter a way to honor Recon Marines and Corpsman, living or deceased, by having their name engraved onto a brick placed near the monument. It's a little past the due date on accepting orders for a brick, so wish I had paid more attention to this sooner. I am currently working with members of the 1st Recon Association to see if I can order a brick for my teamleader who died motorcycle accident. I'll post up what I hear.
The association is having this year's reunion at the memorial also. Details are in the newsletter for those interested. From what I have been told before, anyone can attend these reunions regardless of whichever Bn./Co. you were/are in.