The Port Washington Marine Corps League Detachment

The Port Washington, N.Y. Detachment of the Marine Corps League (#614), was chartered on 7 February 1986.We are a group of active duty, reserve and former United States Marines (and U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsmen who served in Marine Corps FMF units). Our purpose? "Members of the Marine Corps League join together in camaraderie and fellowship for the purpose of preserving the traditions and promoting the interests of the United States Marine Corps, as well as providing camaraderie and assistance to Marines, as well as to their widows and orphans".

We count among our members, Marine Corps veterans of Pelelui, Iwo, and Okinawa, the Korean War, Viet Nam, Operation Iraqi Freedom and every other "clime and place where we could take a gun." Our membership boasts officers and enlisted, grunts, air wingers, supply personnel, administrators and Marines from every other MOS of the Corps. Our common bond is that we are Marines!

If you're presently serving either in the active Marine Corps, the reserves or you're an honorably discharged former Marine or FMF Corpsman looking to connect with other Marines to rekindle that special "Esprit de Corps" that only Marines can share, if you like to swap sea stories, share memories, if you want to reconnect to old friends or make some new friends, we invite you to join us!

We meet the second Thursday of each month during the months September through June, at 2000 hrs(8:00 PM for those of you who forgot how to tell military time) at the BPO Elks Lodge:
30 Haven Ave. Port Washington, N.Y 11050
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Contact us at USMC7585@gmail.com

Thursday, May 28, 2009




Well, as was mentioned earlier, the detachment participated in the Port Washington Memorial Day Parade. The pictures are now online. These 2 are a sample for your viewing pleasure. Click on each picture and a larger version will open in your browser. You can view the rest of them here .
Our Color Guard members are (from L to R) Chris Sacoccia, Mike Kummer, Rudy Jonak and John Bauman.
Mike and Chris also represented The Corps as members of the Honor Guard, which presented a 21 gun salute to our fallen Service Men and Women at the end of the day's ceremony.
Well done and Bravo Zulu Marines!


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