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WHITE FALCON
Saturday, November 20, 1965
Marine Corps Celebrate 190th Year
The United States Marine Corps at U. S. Naval Station, Keflavik, Iceland, celebrated
the 190th Birthday of the Corps, Nov. 10.
It was initiated with the enlisteds’ ceremonies at the CPO Club at 12 noon. The offi-
cers held their celebration that evening at the Officers Club at 7 p. m.
Performing the traditional Birthday Message and cake-cutting ceremony at the en-
listeds’ party was Lt. Col. Cloyd V. Hines, commandant of the Marine Barracks.
Also, during the festivities at the CPO Club, was serving the first two slices of cake
Lt. Col. Cloyd V. Hines
to the oldest and youngest Mari-
ne at the Naval Station.
The two Marines were Gy. Sgt.
Frank W. Bliss, who has been in
the Corps 38 years and to Pvt.
Maurice L. Collins, who joined the
Marines on May 1965 at the age
of 17.
In order for the Marines to
take part in their birthday, the
sailors of the Naval Station Se-
curity’s Shore Patrol stood the
gate guard sentry duties nor-
WAY-TO-GO MARINES—RAdm Ralph Weymouth, Commander, Iceland
Defense Force, addresses Marines and guests at the Officers Club
during the Marine Ball. The officers of the Marines detachment look
on. They are Capt. Jean P. Cole, Guard Officer (left foreground),
Major Walter E. Kiracofe, executive officer of the Marine Barracks
(right foreground), 1st Lt. Donald F. Bittner, Asst. Guard Officer
(behind Captain Cole), 1st Lt. John F. Me Dowell, Officer in Charge,
Naval Station Security Camp (behind Major Kiracofe) and Lt. Col.
Cloyd V. Hines, commanding officer of the Marine Barracks (behind
Admiral Weymouth).
WELL DONE, MARINES—Lt. Col. Cloyd V. Hines
reads his Birthday Message to the assembled en-
listed Marines at the CPO Club.
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Later that day the Marine
Ball was held at the Officers
Club’s main ballroom. RAdm
Ralph Weymouth, Commander,
Iceland Defense Force, gave a
speech congratulating the Ma-
rine Corps on their birthday and
fine tradition.
One-hundred and ninety years
ago on Nov. 10 in Tun’s Tavern,
Philadelphia, Pa., an organiza-
tion known as Marines was for-
med as a branch of the United
States Navy.
Their primary mission at that
time was to serve abroad Navy
ships as sharpshooters. A Navy
ship would pull alongside an
enemy ship and Marines would
shoot the enemy with their rifles.
SOUTH VIET NAM—Marines “E” Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th
Marines sweep through a rice paddy near Chu Lai in search of the
elusive Viet Cong.
HONOR GUARD—Marine color
guard presents color during cele-
bration of the Marines’ 190tli anni-
versary. The color guard are (left
to right) PFC Ray L. Cain, Gary
M. Leis (with American flag), PFC
Robert D. Holland (with Marine
flag) and PFC Freddie M. Brown.
(Photos by Singer, AN)
The Marine Corps
long way
has
Pvt. Collins
come
since those
humble begin-
nings. Their
gallantry and
courage have
been emblazon-
ed on the battle-
fields from the
shores of Tri-
poli right up
to our present
day crisis in
Viet Nam.
Now on its 190th Birthday the
U.S. Marine Corps consists of ap-
proximately 17,000 officers and
176,000 enlisted men with an in-
crease of another 30,000 author-
ized by next June.
The Marine Corps is organized
into three Marine Air Wings.
These opperational units are as-
signed to the Fleet Marine For-
ces, Atlantic and Pacific. The
Fleet Marine
Forces also
have compon-
ents known as
Force Troops
which provide
the operating
forces with
tanks, motor
r, o . transport,
Gy. Sgt. Bliss maintenance
and other combat support beyond
that which the divisions and
wings are internally capable of
providing.
The Commandant of the Marine
Corps, Gen. Wallace M. Greene,
Jr. was appointed as the Corps’
23rd Commandant on Jan. 1,1964.
As General Greene concluded in
his Birthday Message, “To all Ma-
rines everywhere—regular, re-
serve, retired and to their fa-
milies, I send personal greetings
and best wishes on the 190th
Birthday of our beloved Corps.”
Gen. Wallace M. Greene, Jr.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARINES—Lt. Col. Cloyd V. Hines, Comman-
dant U. S. Marine Corps Barracks, Iceland, cuts the birthday cake com-
memorating 190 years of Marine Corps history. PFC Robert H. Doriot
looks on with pride.
SHARPSHOOTERS—The Marine Corps mission has changed since
this painting depicting Marines of the USS Wasp in action against
HMS Reindeer in 1814. The Marine Corps mission, then, was to serve
as sharpshooters aboard Navy ships.
ATTENTION—The five-man Marine Security Guard at the U. S. Em-
bassy in Reykjavik also celebrated the Corps birthday in grand fashion.
From left are Cpl. J. N. Baker, Sgt. E. J. Wolff, Gy. Sgt. F. E. Patten,
NCOIC, Sgt. J. Erkes, Cpl. R. Smith. (Photo by Wyatt, PH2) ,