Monday, November 10, 2008

The Marine Corps Birthday Celebration at the National Museum of the Marine Corps

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There were two cake cutting ceremonies at the Museum today. At the 1000 ceremony, our oldest Marine was First Sergeant Don Thompson, born in 1917, enlisted in 1943, saw action on Tarawa and several other Pacific Islands. The youngest Marine was PFC Michael Scottodiluzio, born in 1989, enlisted March 2008, just completed boot camp four days ago.

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For the 1300 ceremony, the oldest Marine was Sergeant Major Philip Mackert, born in 1919, enlisted in 1941. The youngest Marine was Lance Corporal Kris Horn, born 1989, enlisted January 2008.

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These are just a sampling of the photos that I took to view the rest of the album click here:
Marine Corps Birthday at the Museum 2008.

Directions to download the photos or to order them from Target are located at this link:
Directions to Download. I do not make any money from any of the photos that I take at Museum events.

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