 Todays do-nuts provided by Quality Auto.  Thank you, John Carvalho, for the coffee donation.  Bruce would like to thank Andy for all his help in selling the bus and to the guys that helped pick up the new bus from Braintree. They are Joe Estrella, Bill Murphy, Brian Brown and John Fay.

  1 March 1960: The Beaufort (South Carolina) Auxiliary Air Station was redesignated a Marine Corps Air Station.   2 March 1776: Raid on New Providence, Bahamas.   2 March 1867: Colonel Jacob Zeilin, 7th Commandant of the Marine Corps, became the first Commandant promoted to Brigadier General.   2-4 March 1943: Allied land-based planes

U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Stephen Lightfoot’s primary challenge is to foresee future military conflicts and make sure America has the weapons, equipment, technology, relationships and training necessary for success. All that, he told attendees of The American Legion’s Washington Conference Tuesday, is not enough. “We can get everything else right, but it won’t work

What about some  “L/CPL JOHN J. VAN GYZEN IV DETACHMENT #1285 – 100TH ANNIVERSARY MARINE CORPS LEAGUE – 1923-2023 – USMC 248TH BIRTHDAY” California wine with your Detachment Patch as the label and the Eagle/Globe/Anchor as the back label, or Sponsor’s Name/Logo as the back label.     Or with the label of your choice.  Fundraisers, 248th

Dear Marine Corps league members. This newsletter is to keep you abreast of what is happening in our detachment. We have finally sold the old bus and purchased a new one. We will be going to the VA hospital in Brockton on Saturday, January 28 to do a pizza party if you want to participate