Last Muster: Ernest Dondis (1924 – 2021)
The ranks of First Battalion veterans grows thinner once again. Just today – what would have been his 97th birthday – we learned of the… Read More »Last Muster: Ernest Dondis (1924 – 2021)
John H. Klanke, 1924 – 2019
The ranks of our WWII veterans grow thinner by the day, and I’m saddened to report that another 1/24 Marine has gone on to the… Read More »John H. Klanke, 1924 – 2019
Taps 2016
Each year, this post gets harder to write. I met Wally Duncan at an Iwo Jima veteran’s reunion, Bob Williams and Joseph Solecki at Fourth… Read More »Taps 2016
Last Muster: Edward W. DuBeck (1920 – 2016)
Edward Walter DuBeck, a former machine gun NCO with Companies D and A of First Battalion, 24th Marines, passed away on Saturday, July 2, 2016.… Read More »Last Muster: Edward W. DuBeck (1920 – 2016)
Gerald L. Kyes (1926 – 2016)
Gerald L. Kyes – formerly Corporal Kyes, C/1/24 – passed away on April 26, 2016, just three days after his ninetieth birthday. “Kyser” was born… Read More »Gerald L. Kyes (1926 – 2016)
Last Muster: Edward Curylo (1923 – 2015)
Ed Curylo smokes a cigarette following the Tinian campaign. Edward Curylo, late of Baker Company and Headquarters Company, 1/24th Marines, passed away in January. A… Read More »Last Muster: Edward Curylo (1923 – 2015)