Meets at 7:00PM, the 2nd Thursday of the Month at
The Knights of Columbus Hall, 2340 W Grand, Springfield, Missouri

“THE SHOW-ME NEWS”
July 2007, Volume IX, Number VII

IN HONOR OF LOCAL FALLEN MARINES

	Photo Courtesy of The Arlington National Cemetery

Chaplain Ray Glynn reports the following local Fallen Marines during May and June 2007. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of:

4/30 John W. Sparks (Capt.); 85; WW II and Korea; Springfield MO; Certificate presented 5/5.
5/9 Randall Dee Laster; 75; Korea; Sikeston MO; Certificate presented on 5/11 to son in Springfield MO
5/9 Lee Brashear; 72; Korea; Pineville MO; Certificate presented 5/15.
5/21 John William Reynolds; 72; Korea; Ozark MO; Certificate mailed.
5/22 Richard “Dick” H. Hooper; 73; Korea; Springfield MO; Certificate mailed.
6/12 John Michael Faber III; 41; Cassville MO; Certificate mailed 6/14.
3/7 Tipton “Doc” Forrest; 75; Korea U.S. Navy; Springfield MO; Memorial service held 6/15; Final Tribute
paid by Honor Team and Certificate presented.

Mt. Vernon Visitation Team Report

This report comes with a little catching up to do as I took a vacation in May to go to California. I had the opportunity to see my new 2 week old grandson, walk one of my daughters down the aisle and then drove to Tucson to see a granddaughter graduate from high school. In all my business, I missed my May report.

The May visit was pretty exceptional because our gifts were quite different. This time we brought tshirts and socks for all and they were greatly appreciated. I knew the visit would be a good one when I approached Jack Graham in the mess hall and asked “How is it going Professor?” He lit up and asked me how I knew, and the day just flowed on from there. Glen Sarhage immediately slipped his shirt on and called out for all to see.

In June I made the trip by myself but the fellowship was once again, great!! I brought with me another bag of cookies to share and they always open up the path to many good conversations. I remind you that not all of our residents are able to function as well as most of them but they still get the same respect and caring from us. It is always an honor to be able to stop and pray for any needs they may have. Our gifts this visit were greatly admired by all because of its content. It was a bumper sticker quoting former President Reagan “Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem.”

Once again I invite you to come with me at least once and visit our Marine buddies.
Bless the Lord today; for He blesses you everyday.
God Bless you all,
Ray Glynn
Chaplain

DETACHMENT #993 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Detachment Refreshment Stand for Car Show

What: Greater Ozarks British Motoring Club's Annual British Car show
When: July 27 and 28
Where: Cathage Square, Carthage, MO
Info: The Detachjment is scheduled to sell soda and water from our trailer at the Greater Ozarks British Motoring Club's Annual British Car Show in Carthage, MO. We will be set up on the East side of the square. If you can assist, contact Frank at 417 466-2309. We hope to see a lot of MCL shirts and caps walking around the show. It has been rumored that we have a member who has a thing for Austen Healey's.

Labor Day Safety Break May 25-28

The Safety break is one of the largest fundraising events in terms of volunteer hours needed and amount of money raised for detachment functions. SPC Nolan Moody Cmdt. '04-'05 and Judge Advocate Ed Higginbotham, have again taken the lead. Your participation would be greatly appreciated. Signup at the Detachment meetings or call to reserve your spot with Nolan @ 417-894-0083 or Ed @ 417-725-1639.

The Ladies Auxiliary continues to work on the cookbook and is in need of photographs of Marines in Action along with your recipes. Should you have questions, contact Auxiliary President Mickey Dees.

MARINE CORPS LEAGUE AUXILIARY NEWSLETTER We had 10 members attending our June 14, 2007 meeting. Let's keep up the great attendance. It was our turn for the 50/50 this month. Congratulations to the winner, Eddie Flores. At the next meeting we will install Vicki Glynn as Treasurer. I know we will all miss Carolyn Snider, who did such a great job for us. Ray and I had a great time in Maryland and Virginia. We even took time to visit the new Heritage Museum at Quatico, Virginia. Everywhere I went, I handed out my card and asked for recipes and photos for the cookbook. I can't wait to see what kind of a response we get. We all had a great time at the “Cajun Boil Picnic”. Menno and

Theresa out did themselves. As for me, I had no idea they had such a beautiful view from their home and a perfect yard for our picnic get-together. Everyone who came, brought salads, snacks, and sweets. We even had home made ice cream. What a treat!! Hopefully, recipes will be shared. Ray and I felt bad about not staying to help with cleaning up, but our first grandson decided to come into the world that night. Cathi, our daughter, was in labor for six hours before the Doctor told us Cathi would have to have a C-Section. Cathi and the baby our doing fine. His name is Allan Lea Waite, (8 pounds 7 ounces-22 inches long). There will be a group of us going down to Mt. Vernon on July 14,2007. We will meet at the Price Cutter on Kansas Expressway and Republic Road, at 9:15 a.m. We expect to arrive at Mt Vernon around 10:00 a.m. Mary Lou Webb will bring 2 bottles of diet Sprite and Mickey Dees will bring 2 bottles of Sprite. This a party for our Veteran's to celebrate the 4th of July and all the birthdays which occurred during the past 6 months. The Cardinals Baseball games are working out great. Ladies you are all doing a great job! Our next game is July 9, 2007 with the following people working: Vicki Glynn, Lou Ann Stark, Mary Moloney,and Mickey Dee. I look forward to seeing all of you there. Speaking of Cardinals games, don't forget the “Semper Fi Night” game on August 24, 2007. This is a great way for us to show our support for one of our own. As I close this month I want to again say Thank You for your support and all that you are doing. See you at the next meeting on July 12, 2007

Semper Fidelis,
Mickey Dees
Auxiliary President
Southwest Missouri

On June 16, at the beautiful home of Menno and Theresa Perks, a Cajun Boil Feast was enjoyed by the many members and families in attendance. Detachment and Auxiliary members stuffed themselves full of jumbo shrimp the size of your hand, corn on the cob, new potatoes and kielbasa sausage cooked in cajun seasonings, along with a table full of sides and desserts. Members working the Cardinals game in the days following, were discussing how to plan another Cajun Boil in the fall. Sounds great to me!!

9th Annual Chesty Puller Pistol Shoot Results

The Detachment Pistol Shoot, held on June 23 2007, was a great success with 12 shooters participating. Gary Stamper, a non-member, was the overall high shooter. He came with Nolan Moody and will become a League member next meeting. Menno Perks was the Detachment high shooter, with Chuck Powell second. Trophies will be given at the July meeting. Next years shoot will be June 21 2008 at the range in Bois d'Arc. We are planning a new shoot for Oct 27, 2007. We will provide more information and discuss at the July meeting. Paul Primas

Detachment Leads the Springfield Midtown Neighborhood Association's Annual Fourth of July Parade.
On the 4th of July, the Detachment trailer was pulled by Mary Atkinson with your Commandant and Member Paul Primas holding the National and Marine Corps Colors in place. They were followed by Ray Glynn and his custom painted '56 Ford, Joe Hessler and his SUV, and Nolan Moody's Buick with Gurr-Burr riding along. All vehicles had our Flag sets and magnetic MCL signage on the doors. The Flores kids threw candy out the back of the Commandant's pick-up with Eddie Flores and wife Kim walking along the street doing the same. Good time was had by all.

As was noted in the May 2007 issue of the “Show-Me News”, on June 19th, in front of a full house at the Rogersville Senior Center, to include Detachment members Paul Primas, Nolan Moody, Jeff Maloney and Eddie Flores, Chaplain Glynn was presented the Senior Service Award by Lt. Governor Peter Kinder. Along with receiving the award, Ray was also presented a framed Proclamation from the Missouri House of Representatives, by Rep. Bob Dixon and Rep. Mike Cunningham.
Ten days later, on June 29th, Chaplain Glynn was included in a group ten chosen out of 39 nominated as a Volunteer of the Year at the Gift of Time Volunteer Recognition and Awards Luncheon. In the Springfield News-Leader article describing the event, Glynn was noted as stating the following:
“I'm amazed by the generosity of people in the area. Glynn and his wife Vicki moved to Springfield from California about three years ago. "We feel a lot more relaxed here," Raymond Glynn said. ”The people here have welcomed us in and I have neighbors that would do anything for me.“ But that wasn't the case in California, according to the Glynn's. ”I'm as active in the community as he is and I just love it,“ Vicki Glynn said. ”Everybody seems to know each other and there's a very real spirit of people wanting to help one another.“
When I recently congratulated our current Marine of the Year on his community recognition for the work he has done over the past year, he advised that he is being interviewed by the local 417 magazine. But to rest assured, ”my hat still fits. I will be glad to have this all over“.
Note to Ray: Enjoy the spotlight, it is well deserved!!

1. House Approves Record VA Bill
VFW is hailing last Thursday’s House of Representatives vote of 409-2 as a landmark decision that follows through on campaign promises to boost Department of Veterans Affairs funding. Commander-in-Chief Gary Kurpius called it an unprecedented budget that will enable the VA to better plan and care for our wounded veterans of past, present and future.
- Specifically, H.R. 2642, the 2008 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Bill, would increase the VA budget $6.7 billion above 2007 levels. It would hire 1,100 more VA claims adjudicators to help reduce a backlog of more than 685,000 compensation and pension and education claims. It would provide $600 million for three ”Centers of Excellence“ in mental health care, and five polytrauma centers to care for the needs of thousands of men and women returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with serious mental and physical conditions. The bill would increase VA maintenance and repair budgets. And, for the benefit of Category 7 and 8 veterans, the House bill rejects an administration proposal to create annual enrollment fees and raise prescription co-payments for almost 2 million veterans with nonservice-connected disabilities.
- On the Defense Department side, H.R. 2642 would provide a record $21.4 billion for military construction, family housing,
and base realignment and closure actions. The increase would equate to better barracks, family housing and training facilities.
It supports the relocation of 70,000 troops from bases in Korea and Europe to U.S. soil, and provides funding to
increase military strength by 65,000 soldiers, 27,000 Marines, and 9,000 National Guard and Reserve troops.
- Kurpius said the bill lives up to the specialized healthcare needs of today’s war veterans, and improves force structure and quality of life programs for our servicemembers and their families. He now urges the Senate to act quickly on their version of the bill so that a consolidated funding package can reach the president before Oct. 1. It has been eight years since the VA was able to begin a new fiscal year with a fully-funded, on-time budget.

Hospital Corpsmen Celebrate 109 Years MCB CAMP LEJEUNE -- Affectionately called ”Devil Docs,“ Navy Hospital
Corpsmen have been attached to Marine units since the Spanish-American War. The 2nd Marine Division recently honored the establishment of the Navy Hospital Corps in a ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune this month. The Navy Hospital Corps is the only all-enlisted corps in the U.S. military and one of the oldest ratings in the Navy. It's also the most decorated -- 21 Medals of Honor have been awarded to corpsmen, most of them posthumously.
At the ceremony, Marine Brig. Gen. David H. Berger, assistant division commander, 2nd Marine Division, gave a speech to honor the Navy Hospital Corps' past and present sacrifices. ”There are 14 Naval ships named for corpsmen,“ Berger said. ”That says a lot about the respect that the Navy and the Marine Corps have for corpsmen.“ Corpsmen have become an integral part of the Marine Corps. They go everywhere the Marines go, supporting every mission. Marines would struggle to complete a mission without the corpsmen's support. ”When a Marine goes down, the mission continues, but when a corpsman goes down, the unit stops,“ Berger said. Everything comes to a screeching halt.“
Following the speech, the narrator, Chief Petty Officer Shawn Lawson, the battalion chief for 2nd Tank Battalion, read messages from the commander of Marine Forces Command, the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy and the Force Master Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. A detail wheeled a cake out for the oldest corpsman, 57-year-old Senior Chief Petty Officer Larry Tentinger with 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division; and the youngest corpsman, 21- year-old Petty Officer 3rd Class Jacob Tribett with 8th Marine Regiment. Much like the Marine Corps Birthday tradition, Berger served the cake to the oldest corpsman first, who represents the past, and then the youngest, who represents the future.”I was very honored to be the oldest corpsman,“ Tentinger said. ”In 2003, I was told I was the oldest line corpsman in Iraq.“
The ceremony ended as the 2nd Marine Division Band played ”Follow Me“ -- the 2nd Marine Division song, along with ”Anchors Aweigh,“ and ”The Marines' Hymn“ -- a fitting close to a ceremony honoring the respect Marines have for their corpsmen. ”There's not a whole lot of difference between Marines and corpsmen,“ Berger said. ”That's why we wear the same uniform.“
- Story by Lance Cpl. Katie Mathison, II Marine Expeditionary Force

Cagun Boil spread on table, ready to be eaten	Senior Vice and Head Chef Menno Perks ensuring that food quality is A#1
Detachment and Auxiliary Members start to dig in!!	A pan of the good stuff.
Cigar lovers lite em up.	State Representatives Dixan and Cunningham with Lt Governor Peter Kinder after Ray Glenn's Award presentation.
The Glynn's after receiving their awards		Ray's truck along with the detachment trailer before the 4th of July parade