T H E L A S H U P. Commandant s Comments. Greetings Marines, Corpsmen and Associates:

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1 T H E L A S H U P NEWSLETTER OF THE HARFORD COUNTY DETACHMENT, MARINE CORPS LEAGUE Pete Arnold, Commandant Raymond F. Ayres, Newsletter Editor May 2013 Detachment Officers: Pete Arnold, Commandant Gene Wlock, Sr. Vice Commandant Evie Remines, Jr. Vice Commandant Jeff Beavers, Judge Advocate Donald Benson, Jr. Past Commandant & VAVS Representative Charles Warns, Jr., Fallen Marine/ Ceremonial Unit Coordinator Craig Reeling, Adjutant/ Scouting Coordinator Dick Wischhusen, Paymaster Bill Yarbrough, Chaplain Warren McNicholas, Sergeant at-arms James S. Cantonzaro, Public Information Officer Bud Reick, Quartermaster Dave Franz, Historian Larry Dietrich, Harford County Veterans Commission Representative James F. Ports, Legislative Officer Inside this issue: Commandant s Comments, From the Sr. Vice Commandant Detachment Calendar, From the Sr. Vice Commandant, Adjutant Notes Jr. Vice Commandant s Page 3 Detachment Business and Activities 4-7 MODD Pound 333, Marine Corps History VFW Lounge, Det Shirts, Det History, and Cell Phones for Soldiers CRS Flooring America and Detachment Rifle Raffle Fund Raisers MCL Conference and Convention Information Detachment Author 13 Detachment Supporter Ads 14 About The Lash Up, Submissions 15 Commandant s Comments Greetings Marines, Corpsmen and Associates: At our April meeting State Commandant Ed Ross installed the detachment elected officers and appointed officers. I thank you for allowing me to lead the detachment for another year. At the end of April a number of members attended the state convention in Ocean City. A lot of good information came out of the convention. The highlight of the convention for me was the guest speaker at the dinner banquet. BGen Lori Reynolds was the speaker. Gen Reynolds is the Commanding General, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island and Eastern Recruiting Region. She is also a native of Baltimore. At the convention two of our members were elected to state positions. Craig Reeling to junior vice commandant and Evie Remines to judge advocate. Charlie Warns and Don Benson were both appointed as aide-de-camp. 15 May was a busy day for our detachment. Three members set up a display at APG for Military Appreciation Week. Eleven members went to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center at Bethesda. The Marines Helping Marines Foundation held there monthly cook-out for the wounded warriors. Our detachment was the principle sponsor of the May 15th cook-out. What an uplifting experience it was to be around and talking to our wounded warriors from all the services. Wild Bill Collins has a bus trip going to the Marine Corps Museum on 27 June. Contact him if you want to go on the trip. The ceremonial unit is getting busy. We need all the members of the ceremonial unit to participate in the upcoming events. Practice is every Wednesday evening at 1830 at the VFW. Sr. Vice Commandant Gene Wlock s gallbladder surgery went well and as I write this he is home recuperating. Semper Fidelis, Pete Arnold

2 PAGE 2 NEWSLETTER OF THE HARFORD COUNTY DETACHMENT, MARINE CORPS Detachment Calendar From the Sr. Vice Commandant Marines, Corpsmen and Associates, May 27 Memorial Day Ceremony, Shamrock Park, Bel Air, 11:00 a.m. 28 Detachment Meeting at VFW Post, 7:00 p.m. June 6 Detachment Adopt-a-Hwy Clean Up Detail, 9:00 a.m. meet at VFW parking lot 7 Bel Air First Friday Event 15 Detachment Picnic, 3203 Rutledge Road, Fallston, MD 25 Detachment Meeting at VFW Post, 7:00 p.m MCL Mideast Division Conference, Hagerstown, MD July 4 Independence Day Parade and Detachment Rifle Raffle Drawing 5 Bel Air First Friday Event 23 Detachment Meeting at VFW Post, 7:00 p.m. First, I would like to say thank you for all the well wishes receiving regarding my recent surgery. I am home recuperating and hope to be back in full swing at the detachment and golf course in a few weeks. Our community activities have began for this year. The Bel Air First Fridays events have started. Their first event on May 3 was a great event and thanks to detachment members who came out to support the event. The next event date is June 7. As always the First Fridays take place at the corner of Office and Main Streets, 5-8pm. The remaining First Friday dates are July 5, August 2, September 6, and October 4. If you can volunteer to support any of these dates please give me know. Again this year we will be supporting the 2013 MD State BBQ Bash on August 9 and 10. This is Maryland's BIGGEST & BADDEST Barbecue Event. On Friday, August 9, the event runs from 4-10pm & Saturday, August 10, 12-10pm. We will be looking for volunteers to support the Bash each day. This is the same weekend we will have our MCL tent at the Havre de Grace Seafood Festival recruiting new members and will also need members to staff our tent. The festival starts Friday, August 9, 3-8pm; Saturday, August 10, 10am-8pm; and Sunday August 11, 10am-6pm. Don t forget to mark your calendar for the above dates and if you can volunteer to support any activity please let me know. Semper Fi, Gene Wlock August 2 Bel Air First Friday Event MCL National Convention, Grand Rapids, MI 7 Purple Heart Day 9-10 MD State BBQ Bash 9-11 Havre de Grace Seafood Festival 27 Detachment Meeting at VFW Post, 7:00 p.m. September 2 Labor Day 11 Patriot Day 17 Constitution Day 20 POW/MIA Recognition Day 24 Detachment Meeting at VFW Post, 7:00 p.m Modern Day Marine Expo, Quantico, VA Adjutant Notes Meeting Minutes: They are ed to the membership monthly. Copies are provided at meetings. If you really want a copy and do not have , come to a meeting. This helps keep our mailing costs down. I am maintaining a master list. Please notify me with any changes. This is the PRIMARY way we communicate with our membership. Many items or events are time sensitive and occur between meetings. Plus it s free. Can you use a spouse s address? YES, if you don t have one. I only send out Official Business s. No junk or spam stuff. me today to join the list. S/F, Craig P. Reeling Adjutant@HarfordCountyMarines.org

3 NEWSLETTER OF THE HARFORD COUNTY DETACHMENT, MARINE CORPS PAGE 3 Jr. Vice Commandant s Page Fellow Marines, I want to thank you for re-electing me as Jr. Vice Commandant for the upcoming year. I am assuming I ve been doing my job well enough to be given another term! If you didn t attend the Department Convention in Ocean City then you may not be aware that I was also elected as Department Judge Advocate. I will be working with Jeff Beavers and all the other Detachment JAs in order to get all Detachment s Bylaws up to date and to assist with any issues that may come up. It is also my goal in the upcoming year to update the Department Bylaws so that they are current with changes implemented with National. This will make our Detachment JA s job easier as they will only have to look at one reference point to ensure the Detachment s Bylaws are current. If you have ever considered running for a Detachment office, I would strongly suggest you start with the JA position. All Officers are required to have a working knowledge of the Bylaws so this is a great starting point for anyone. Per the roster, we ve had nine new members join since I took over as Jr. Vice in That brings our membership strength up to 99 members as of this time. That really isn t a huge growth, considering it isn t even one new member per month. Remember recruiting is the job of all detachment members! Take business cards everywhere you go. If you like to wear USMC hats or shirts, you will inevitably have a Marine come talk to you. Take these opportunities to give them a card and try to get them to attend a meeting. I put cards up on any community bulletin board I see. Wawa, Starbucks, groceries stores anywhere that I see one! I don t know if workers are throwing them away or if Marines are taking them, but the cards are usually gone when I go back. There is a space on each business card in which to write your name so you can get credit for the new member. Detachment Recruiter Ribbon Dave Narango received our Recruiter of the Year award for Great job, Dave! He was responsible for bringing in most of the new Detachment members this past year. Also, if you ever have a Marine use the excuse of not having enough time to join the Detachment; refer them to the Maryland Marines Marine-at-Large Detachment. They can become a member of the MCL and not be obligated to do anything! They will still get the Semper Fi and qualify for the MCL license plates among other things. It gets their foot in the door for when they may have a lifestyle change that gives them more time to participate. Then, it s a simple transfer into a regular Detachment. If you have any ideas for recruiting, you can bring them to me via , a phone call or at the regular Detachment meetings. You may have a great idea that will bring in lots of new members, so don t be shy about sharing! I will give you credit for it, I promise! Hope to see you at the next regular Detachment meeting on 28 May. Semper Fi, Evie Remines

4 PAGE 4 NEWSLETTER OF THE HARFORD COUNTY DETACHMENT, MARINE CORPS Detachment Business and Activities Detachment Membership Report The detachment strength according to the April general meeting has the detachment at 99 members of which 90 are paid and 9 in arrears. Of the 99 members 47 are paid life members. RENEWALS: With the exception of life members each member must pay a $35.00 annual renewal each year. This is due during the anniversary of the month that the member joined the detachment. Members who receive a renewal due notice in the mail from National Headquarters should submit their payment to the detachment at the next monthly meeting or by mailing your check to: Marine Corps League Harford County Detachment Attn: Paymaster P.O. Box 656 Jarrettsville, MD If you don t want to deal with annual renewal of your membership think about life membership. Life Membership Dues are as follows: $ $ $ and over $150 Don t forget, every Marine Corps League member is a Marine Corps League recruiter. Semper Fidelis, Dick Wischhusen Paymaster Chaplain s Home Marine Ken Phillips continues with his cancer radiation treatments. He say's after each one the effects knocked him on his ass. As of May 10th, our fellow member Marine Stuart Fuld just had biopsies performed on his lung and lymph nodes due to a spot that was discovered during his recent stay in the hospital. So far, things are looking good and all biopsies are coming back negative. He will be having the "Cyber Knife" radiation treatment in the weeks to come.. Marine Gene Wlock had his gallbladder removed on May 14th. Gene's surgery went well. He is at home resting and may be out of commission for about a month. Keep Ken, Stu and Gene in your thoughts and prayers. Please remember to give me a call at or me at billyarbroughjr@gmail.com to notify me of any illness or passing of a member or family members. For God, Country, Corps and League, Bill Yarbrough Chaplain Welcome Aboard New Member At our March 26 monthly membership meeting Marine Owen McNiff was sworn in to the Marine Corps League and the detachment. Marine McNiff was accepted for membership at a previous meeting. Welcome aboard Marine McNiff. Owen was recruited by Craig Reeling.

5 NEWSLETTER OF THE HARFORD COUNTY DETACHMENT, MARINE CORPS PAGE 5 Detachment Business and Activities Continued Fallen Marine Report It is my sad duty to inform you that since our last newsletter: On March 26th Arthur R. Barget, Jr., of Forest Hill, a Marine Corps Veteran passed away. On Friday, March 29th a Fallen Marine ceremony was conducted at the Evans Funeral Chapel in Forest Hill. A Fallen Marine program for Marine Christopher Meadowcroft was conducted April 1st at the Schimunek Funeral Home in Bel Air. Marine Meadowcroft passed away on March 26th. On April 3, 2013 we conducted two Fallen Marine presentations. Both are WWII veterans. The first was at the McComas Funeral Home in Abingdon to honor Paul E. Lynch Sr. Marine Lynch served in the 4th Marine Division and participated in the invasion of Iwo Jima on February 19, 1945 and received the Purple Heart in that battle. Marine Lynch passed away on March 31st. The second presentation was at the Evans Funeral Chapel in Forest Hill to honor Marine George Frank Prevost who was a veteran of WWII and passed away on April 1st. We will conduct a Fallen Marine presentation on April 7th at the Evans Funeral Home in Parkville for WWII veteran Joseph Wetchy, the father-in-law of detachment member Dick Ellwood who passed on April 2nd. On April 8th, Louis Frock of Jarrettsville passed away. A Fallen Marine ceremony was conducted on April 10th to honor Marine Frock at the Oak Grove Baptist Church in Bel Air. Our thoughts and prayers remain with all the Fallen Marines and their families, especially those we have recognized since establishing our Fallen Marine Program and all the Marines of the past who have reported to the Supreme Commandant; Rest in Peace Mighty Warriors. Respectfully Submitted, Charlie Warns MCL Eagle Scout Program The Marine Corps League supports the Boy Scouts of America as they promote traditional family values to America s youth. Our Eagle Scout Award Program is in place to recognize the achievement of our youth in attaining Scouting's highest award. Every scout who reaches the rank of Eagle Scout is presented a citizenship award. The ceremony is usually held in conjunction with his local troop's Court of Honor ceremony. Upon request, a member from the detachment will attend the Eagle Scout Court of Honor and present a Good Citizenship Award Certificate from the Marine Corps League to the new Eagle Scout. This past month the detachment presented Good Citizenship Award Certificates at three Eagle Scout Courts of Honor on April 14th at the St. Francis DeSales,Abingdon, April 20th at the Timonium Methodist Church and April 28th at the Hereford United Methodist Church. Don t forget to talk up this program whenever you have the opportunity with know Boy Scout troops in the community. For additional information on the program please give me a call or . Semper Fidelis, Craig P. Reeling Phone: Craig.Reeling@MarylandMarines.org Adopt-a-Highway Program THE NEXT ADOPT-A-ROAD CLEANUP DETAIL Date: 6 June Thursday Muster Time: 0900 Muster Location: Jarrettsville VFW RSVP to Mike Buckley Phone: mbuckley2@verizon.net

6 PAGE 6 NEWSLETTER OF THE HARFORD COUNTY DETACHMENT, MARINE CORPS Detachment Business and Activities Continued Marine Corps League License Plates We have a NEW Design for our MCL Plates. At the Dept of MD Sept meeting, a change was voted on and approved. We are in the process of working with MVA to update our logo. The old round logo will be replaced with a 3 inch Eagle, Globe, and Anchor. We will be keeping the same numbering configuration (i.e. ML 9999). The cost remains the same. $30 ($25 to MVA, $5 to Dept of MD). Any member who is in good standing in the Marine Corps League may purchase Marine Corps League organizational license plates (NO motorcycles NON Commercial). You must be the registered owner or co-owner. Detachment point of contact for MCL plates will continue to be Marine Bill Collins. Department POC is Craig Reeling. Please notify Craig at if you would like to obtain the new plates. Note: If you have the old MCL plates and want to upgrade, you will be issued a new plate #. Operation Welcome Home No trip to BWI to welcome home the troops this month. Hopefully we will be back on schedule come June or July to greet the troops. WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW VOLUNTEERS FOR THIS DETAIL. IF INTERESTED PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I can be reached by phone at or e- mail: apetearnold@aol.com. Pete Arnold Commandant

7 NEWSLETTER OF THE HARFORD COUNTY DETACHMENT, MARINE CORPS PAGE 7 Detachment Business and Activities Continued May 4, 2013 detachment members supported the 4th Annual Mike Heede Run at the Kennerdale High School, Fawn Grove, PA. Color guard members posed with Gloria Heede at 5K Run/Walk in honor of her son Michael Heede who was KIA on July 13, The detachment provided a color guard for the opening ceremonies. Detachment members also took time out to visit the with the Truckin for Troops truck at the event. Installation of Detachment Officers for The Marine Corps League, Harford County Detachment 1198 held our annual installation of officers on April 23rd at the general membership meeting at the Jarrettsville VFW post. Department of Maryland Commandant Ed Ross was the installation officer and sworn in the detachment s elected and appointed officers for The elected detachment officers are Commandant Pete Arnold, Senior Vice Commandant Gene Wlock, Junior Vice Commandant Evelyn Remines, Judge Advocate Jeff Beavers and Junior Past Commandant Don Benson. Detachment Marine of the Year The Detachment Marine of the Year award was presented to Evelyn Remines on April 23rd at the monthly meeting. This is the most prestigious award any detachment Marine can receive. Through her dedication to numerous programs and activities, Marine Remines best exemplifies what it takes to be the best of the best. Congratulations Evie! Marines Helping Marines Cookout Photos from the cookout at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center at Bethesda. The Marines Helping Marines Foundation held there monthly cook-out for the wounded warriors.

8 PAGE 8 NEWSLETTER OF THE HARFORD COUNTY DETACHMENT, MARINE CORPS Military Order of the Devil Dogs Pound 333 Woof Woof, By the time this issue of the Lashup comes out, we will have already had our growl at the Cecil Dog House on 18 May. I m sure we all had a great time. I know this because I m an awesome Pound Keeper! LOL I will have to reschedule our July growl from 13 July to 20 July. I still have to confirm with the VFW, but I will pass the word along as soon as it is set. This will be our annual picnic, so our start time for the growl will be 0900 with food served after the growl is over. So hamburgers and hot dogs at 1000! (Don t eat any breakfast that day.) The Mike Heede Poker Run is on the 13th of July. I will be there and I hope all my dogs take this opportunity to come out and help! Mike Heede is the son of Gloria Crothers. He was KIA and his mother now has an annual 5K Run and the Poker Run in order to raise money for the Semper Fi Fund. This would be a great opportunity for the dogs to get out and help a good cause. I will share the details when I get them. Try, if you can, to make it to the growl at the Mid-East Division Conference on 28 June. These growls are always fun as they are open to all ranks of Devil Dogs and you get to meet DDs from different areas. You can see my Pain-in-the-Ass recipient throw me under a bus again!!! That s always entertaining! PDD Craig Reeling receiving Pain in the Ass award for Devil Dogs. As always, keep looking for new pups! We may have a couple of new editions in the next few months. Candidates must be a MCL member for at least a year and be looking to have a good time! Semper Woofing, Evie Remines Pound Keeper Dog Patch Pound 333 Military Order of the Devil Dogs (MODD) The Fun and Honor Society of the Marine Corps League This Month in Marine Corps History 2 May 1946: Marines from Treasure Island Marine Barracks, under the command of Warrant Officer Charles L. Buckner, aided in suppressing the three-day prison riot at Alcatraz Penitentiary in San Francisco Bay. WO Buckner, a veteran of the Bougainville and Guam campaigns, ably led his force of Marines without suffering a single casualty. 5 May 1983: In Beirut, Lebanon, a UH-1N helicopter carrying the commander of the American peace-keeping force, Colonel James Mead, was hit by machine gun fire. The six Marines aboard escaped injury. Colonel Mead and his crew had taken off in the helicopter to investigate artillery and rocket duels between rival Syrian-backed Druze Moslem militiamen and Christian Phalangists that endangered French members of the multinational force. 8 May 1995: In the wake of the most devastating storm to hit the New Orleans area in more than 200 years, a group of Marines and sailors from Marine Forces Reserve demonstrated the quick response synonymous with the Navy/Marine Corps team. Within 24 hours of being called, Marines assisted in the evacuation of 2,500 civilians, and Navy corpsmen treated scores of flood victims. 10 May 1945: The 22d Marines, 6th Marine Division, executed a pre-dawn attack south across the Asa River Estuary and seized a bridgehead from which to continue the attack toward Naha, the capital of Okinawa. 15 May 1862: Corporal John Mackie, the first Marine to earn the Medal of Honor, was commended for service in the USS GALENA during action against Confederate shore batteries at Drewry's Bluff which blocked the James River approaches to Richmond. 16 May 1945: The 22d and 29th Marines continued the attack against Half Moon Hill, a day characterized by the 6th Marine Division as the "bitterest" of the Okinawa campaign. By the 18th, the famed "Shuri line" had been broached. 23 May 1988: The V-22 Osprey, the world's first production tilt-rotor aircraft, made its debut during rollout ceremonies at Bell Helicopter Textron's Arlington, Texas, facility. More than 1,000 representatives from the military, industry, and media, gathered to hear various speakers, including Gen Alfred Gray, Commandant of the Marine Corps, praise the versatile rotor craft designed to meet the needs of 21st Century battlefields. 26 May 1969: Operation Pipestone Canyon began when the 1st Battalion, 26th Marines and 3d Battalion, 5th Marines began sweeps in the Dodge City/Go Noi areas southwest of Da Nang. It terminated at the end of June with 610 enemy killed in action at a cost of 34 Marines killed.

9 NEWSLETTER OF THE HARFORD COUNTY DETACHMENT, MARINE CORPS PAGE 9 In the Lounge at the VFW We welcome the Marine Corps League members to the Lounge, we always need your support. Please keep in mind if you are not a VFW member you MUST sign our guest book upon entering the lounge. If you bring a friend be sure that they sign the guest book as well. Harford County is watching all private clubs, we do not want to make the newspaper for any reason. Come on out the 3rd Tuesday at 6:30 for shrimp night, and bring some friends. We have 1/2 lb. shrimp, fries, and cole slaw for $ We have a signup sheet in the lounge, you can sign up when you come in or call between 6:60 and 9:30 Tuesday- Saturday and to be put on the signup sheet. Cut off is the Saturday night before the shrimp night. Every Thursday night is ladies night and all drinks for ladies are 1/2 price. Perfect for a ladies night out. Detachment Shirts Available Don Benson can furnished detachment members with some very nice detachment golf shirts and sweatshirts with the name Harford County Detachment, Marine Corps League, and the Eagle, Goble and Anchor on the shirts. The price of the golf shirts are approximately $ There are several types of shirts and colors to select from and I would suggest that you check directly with Don at a detachment meetings, call him at or msgte8don@yahoo.com to inquire or order a shirt. Detachment History Book I am always looking for articles, items and photographs from any of our detachment activities to include in our Detachment History Book. If you have any of these items please share them with me. Any original photographs will be copied and returned. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday CLOSED CLOSED 6:30 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. 6:30 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. Don t forget to stop by and look through our history book before or after any of our monthly meetings. Dave Franz, Historian The Cell Phones for Soldiers program is a viable way for us to show our support to the deployed troops. 325 phones collected this past month. To date and since June 2005, the detachment has collected over 13,305 cell phones. These phones are sent to a collection point and exchanged for Telephone Calling Cards which are then sent overseas to our deployed troops. This enables them to call family and friends at no cost to them. If you have collected any phone donations please be sure to bring them to our next meeting. Pete Arnold, CPS Coordinator

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11 NEW SLE TTE R O F THE HA RFO RD COUNTY DE TA CH ME NT, MA RI NE CO RPS PAGE 11 Detachment Fund Raiser Anyone that buys flooring from CRS Flooring America and mentions our detachment, the detachment will receive a donation based on the below scale for your total purchase price. CRS Flooring America specializes in the sale and installation of hardwood floors, carpet, ceramic tile, and resilient flooring products. Located in Kingsville, Maryland, CRS Flooring America (MHIC #8061) has been providing residents of Baltimore and surrounding Maryland counties with quality flooring products and installation since 1975.

12 PAGE 12 NEWSLETTER OF THE HARFORD COUNTY DETACHMENT, MARINE CORPS Mideast Division Conference Hosted by the Department of Maryland and the Antietam Detachment 113 at the Clarion Hotel, Hagerstown, Maryland June 28-30, 2013 Clarion Hotel and Conference Center 901 Dual Highway Hagerstown MD (301) Room rates $79.00 plus tax To make reservations, contact the hotel directly and mention Mid-East Convention 2013 Marine Corps League National Convention Site August 4-9, 2013 The Marine Corps League Department of Michigan is proud to host the 2013 Marine Corps League National Convention at the Amway Grand Hotel in Grand Rapids, Michigan. START YOUR PLANNING NOW TO ATTEND THE NATIONAL CONVENTION.

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14 PAGE 14 NEWSLETTER OF THE HARFORD COUNTY DETACHMENT, MARINE CORPS Detachment Marine Authors Two Books Dick Ellwood, a member of the detachment has written two books. Dick is retired from the Baltimore Police Department. His first book which came out in 2010 is titled, Cop Stories-The Few, The Proud, The Ugly. Cop Stories contains thirty-eight short stories about his twenty-five years on the police department. The stories range from arresting his childhood baseball hero, Mickey Mantle to responding to the civil rights riots of He holds back nothing as he vividly depicts the teeming street life and intricate relationships that go on in one of the most dangerous cities in the nation. From investigating murders to arresting prostitutes and fighting corruption, he doesn t think twice about sharing the gritty details that you won t find on network TV. His second book is titled, Charm City s Blue Justice. This book is a suspenseful, well-crafted, fiction book that will engage you in an intricate and murderous chain of deceptions. The main characters break all the rules in their morbid attempt to make the city safe. In this thriller you will become immersed in the grinding fatigue of a murder investigation. There are many twists and turns with the main characters, which should have you on the edge of your seat throughout the book. From the author s many years in law enforcement, he delivers an explosive thriller written with a dazzling insider s knowledge of police work. Dick will have his books available to detachment members for a reduced price. The books are available on the internet websites and all local bookstores.

15 NEWSLETTER OF THE HARFORD COUNTY DETACHMENT, MARINE CORPS PAGE 15 PUT YOUR BUSINESS CARD HERE LASHUP SUPPORTER CLUB Help support our newsletter by getting some area businesses to place an advertisement in the newsletter. A full page advertisement cost $40.00, half a page $25.00, and a business card advertisement cost $ All advertisements will run for one year. The advertisements help offset the cost of publication and postage for the newsletter. Detachment members who own a business advertise for free. We wish to thank our local business supporters. With their assistance, we are able to publish the newsletter! Thanks! Ray Ayres

16 THE LASHUP Marine Corps League Harford County Detachment #1198 P.O. Box 656 Jarrettsville, MD Phone: About the Lashup This newsletter is published monthly by the Harford County Detachment #1198, Marine Corps League. Lashup is Marine slang from the World War II era that was used to refer to a Marine s outfit or unit. Copies of the newsletters will be distributed to all detachment members and selected Marine Corps League organizations. The views and opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of the Department of Defense, the U.S. Marine Corps, or the Marine Corps League. Submissions Once a Marine, Always a Marine Website Deadline for articles to be published in the detachment newsletter is by the first of each month. All detachment officers are encouraged to put an article in each issue of the newsletter. your articles and stories to Info@HarfordCountyMarines.org or submit article by mail to: MARINE CORPS LEAGUE HARFORD COUNTY DETACHMENT ATTN: NEWSLETTER EDITOR P.O. BOX 656 JARRETTSVILLE, MD Marine Corps League Harford County Detachment #1198 P.O. Box 656 Jarrettsville, MD