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A sincere
wish for a very
Merry Christmas and
continued success throughout
ihe coming year comes from the Off
:ers and men of Marine Barracks
Adak, Alaska* The splendid
cooperation from all
Departments is
apprec iat ed.
W
1C* j .A
H. 'if HENZEL /
Major, U. S. Marinjy Corps>
Commanding Offic er
Promotion warrants to Private First
Class were presented to ten men here
at Marine Barracks recently* Warrants
were presented with the Commanding Off**
icer's congratulations to:
Pvt G. ABA CHI CHE
Pvt R. BRYANT
Pvt D. CARDENAS
Pvt R. DAVIS
Pvt E. KIBLER
Pvt R. AHNHART
Pvt G* FRIES EN
Pvt J. MONTANO
Pvt D. OLSON
Pvt C. TiMPLE
living completed their Ad
vanced Infantry Combat Train
ing at Chop Pendleton, Calif
ornia, the following Marines
arrived 2 December I960 for a
tour of duty on Adak:
Private Delairo H, COX
Private Erwin R, GOLDEN
Private William D. TAPIA
The Toys for Tots drive has
been completed. The toys are
wrapped, candy and clothing
have been prepared, and sevep
Marines designated to accomp
any the toys to Atka®. It was
quite a successful drive. Al
most 250 toys in all,Of these,
35 were new toys and the rest
were fixed and painted to loojs:
like new®. $35 worth of candy
was donated by Special Servf.
ices and ten boxes of cloth
ing was donated by the Officer’s wives:*
Marines donated $70 for story and color*
ing books as a special gift from us here
at the Barracks* One bicycle and two
tricycles were received during the
drive* Twenty-five toys were selected
for delivery to the Base Nursery* \
The hearty response to the drive i$
greatly appreciated by this Command*
Special thanks go to the Navy and Mar
ine wives who spent Thursday afternoo#
(8 December) wrapping the gifts* The
huge success of this project certainly
reflects on the fine attitude and com
radeship of personnel of this Island*
The oldest weapon in continuous use in the Armed Forces is the Mameluke sword,
worn by Marine Officers, This eword has quite an interesting background. This
short space limits the telling of it, but the jist of the story is that a Marine
Lieutenant named Prefcley 0*BANN0N helped a "royalty" escape from a fight over
who was running the Government in Tripoli, and was presented with the man^ own
sword for his efforts, A complete run-down on one of the Marine Corpus most int
eresting between—wars skirmishes can be obtained at the Station Library, Marine
Officers now wear this sword in honor of this battle, which was the first time
the American flag was planted in Old World soil,_