Bill Peters, a retired Marine major and docent at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, talks with noncommissioned officers from Headquarters and Service Battalion, who met at The Clubs at Quantico April 15 for a professional military education event about the Vietnam, which stretched from 1955 to 1973. - Bill Peters, a retired Marine major and docent at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, talks with noncommissioned officers from Headquarters and Service Battalion, who met at The Clubs at Quantico April 15 for a professional military education event about the Vietnam, which stretched from 1955 to 1973.
Staff Sgt. James Hartman, Vietnam War Commemoration Events Coordinator, Headquarters Marine Corps; Col. David W. Maxwell, commander, Marine Corps Base Quantico; and retired Maj. Gen. Arnold Fields display the flag to be used during the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the start of the Vietnam War during Friday’s presentation at Lejeune Hall. - Staff Sgt. James Hartman, Vietnam War Commemoration Events Coordinator, Headquarters Marine Corps; Col. David W. Maxwell, commander, Marine Corps Base Quantico; and retired Maj. Gen. Arnold Fields display the flag to be used during the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the start of the Vietnam War during Friday’s presentation at Lejeune Hall.
Retired Second Battalion, Fifth Marine Regiment Marines Roger McDowell, George Fender, Jim Meyers, Mike Fein and Mike Wheeler served together in Vietnam. They met again at the National Museum of the Marine Corps on Oct. 1-2. - Retired Second Battalion, Fifth Marine Regiment Marines Roger McDowell, George Fender, Jim Meyers, Mike Fein and Mike Wheeler served together in Vietnam. They met again at the National Museum of the Marine Corps on Oct. 1-2.
Retired Chaplain Stanley Beach recounts his experiences as a wartime chaplain in Vietnam at the Clubs at Quantico on Aug. 27, 2013. - Retired Chaplain Stanley Beach recounts his experiences as a wartime chaplain in Vietnam at the Clubs at Quantico on Aug. 27, 2013.
Vietcong prisoners await being carried by helicopter to rear area after Operation Starlite. - Vietcong prisoners await being carried by helicopter to rear area after Operation Starlite.
Col. James Brennan, commanding officer, Headquarters and Service Battalion, spoke before the 27 veterans and seven spouses were laid to rest at the Quantico National Cemetery on March 16, 2013. Brennan spoke about service members being a part of the same family. - Col. James Brennan, commanding officer, Headquarters and Service Battalion, spoke before the 27 veterans and seven spouses were laid to rest at the Quantico National Cemetery on March 16, 2013. Brennan spoke about service members being a part of the same family.