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Welcome to Marine Corps League Detachment 759
Lynchburg, Virginia
Regular meeting date is the second Thursday of each month at
The American Legion Post 16
1301 Greenview Drive at 1900
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| | | This week in Marine Corps history | | Sun. Jan 22nd 2012 | 22 January 1969: Vietnam, Op-Dewey Canyon began, 1617 enemy KIA.
23 January 1942: Japanese invaded New Britain, New Ireland, the Solomons.
24 January 1874: Detachments formed for Battalion-size exercises off Key West, Florida.
25 January 1922: "U.S.S. Galvaston" Marines landed to reinfo...
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| | This week in Marine Corps history | | Mon. Jan 16th 2012 | 16 January 1991: Marines participated in the offensive air action against Iraq as Operation Desert Storm began....
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| | Message from Commandant Bud Perry | | Wed. Jan 11th 2012 | 1/10/12
COMMANDANT’S MESSAGE
I’ll start by wishing all members and their families a happy and healthy New Year, hoping your holiday season was enjoyable.
With the start of this New Year I would like to see our membership come back together, all pulling in the same direction.&nbs...
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| | This week in Marine Corps history | | Mon. Jan 9th 2012 | 12 January 1967: General H. M. (Howling Mad) Smith, "Father of Amphibious Warfare," died....
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| | This week in Marine Corps history | | Wed. Jan 4th 2012 | 7 January 1969: The Medal of Honor was posthumously awarded to 1stMarDiv Chaplain, Lt. V.R. Capodanno, U.S. Navy, who was killed in action in Quang Tin Province, Vietnam on 4 Sept. 1967....
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