Editor/Publisher: Marc S. Dunne Chartered November 28, 1945 Volume 74, Issue 12 Chartered May 23, 1949

141 December Events

12/9, Detachment 141 meeting

12/10, Wreaths Across America will arrive at Stanley Park at 12 noon

12/11, Christmas Party at the Holyoke Soldiers Home

12/15, Kids Christmas Party at the Barracks Calendar Card Drawing

12/30, Skate Party at Amelia Skate Park from 2:30-3:50 Cookies, brownies, hot chocolate, donuts and juice

Saturday Breakfast

Join us every Saturday at the barracks, 0600-1100 Menu includes, eggs, sausage, home fries, SOS, toast, hash,

pancakes, donuts, juice & coffee

Get Involved, Volunteer!! Uniform Up!

Westfield River Valley Detachment 141

Scuttlebutt Serving the Greater Springfield Area

Hampden & Hampshire Counties

Saepe Expertus, Semper Fidelis, Fratres Aetern, Often Tested, Always Faithful, Brothers Forever

Elected Officers:

Commandant:

Dan Bishop bishopdan@aol.com 413-237-5360 (cell)

Sr. Vice: Gary Janulewicz

doktorjay007@gmail.com 413-355-4304 (cell)

Jr. Vice:

Bob Peloquin bob.peloquin@yahoo.com

413-315-3349 (H)

Judge Advocate: Don (Doc) Rivette

devildoc734@yahoo.com 413-583-8931 (H)

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Commandant’s Corner…..

As a Detachment, we have been ex-

tremely busy through the month of

November.

We had a celebration at the barracks

for the Marine Corps Birthday with

a cake provided by our own Semper

Pi Bakery.

The Detachment was well represent-

ed at the Department meeting in

Plymouth, MA., and on the return

trip we stopped in Fitchburg for the

wake and Marine Ritual for “Doc”

Fregeau, a longtime Marine Corps

League member. He will be sadly

missed.

We received a late notice of a Marine

passing, and we were able to send a

small detachment to the wake. JR,

Larry Holbrook and Vinnie Sulewski were able to perform the ritual

and left an EGA with the Marine.

Our 141 color guard marched in the Veterans Day Parade in West-

field and attended the ceremony at Parker Park. We only had five

members march in the parade and it would have been nicer for a bet-

ter representation. I would like to thank those who participated.

Bev and I were able to visit a 90-year old woman Marine living at an

assisted-living facility in Ludlow. I knocked on the door, and when

she opened it, I asked her if she had been a Marine. She properly

informed me that she was still a Marine. She said that she was a

BAM, which she explained stood for Beautiful American Marine.

Wasn’t that great! She joined the Marine Corps in 1942, and was

one of the first classes to go through Camp Lejeune. We left her

with a Poinsettia plant, birthday card, small cake and an EGA.

As we move into December don’t forget that we have the Skate Party

at Amelia Skate Park and our own Christmas Party at the barracks.

Our next meeting will be December 9, at which time we will have

more information on the upcoming events.

May God be with the Warriors of today and yesterday as they serve

the United States of America.

Semper Fi!

Daniel J. Bishop

Commandant

Thank you Sponsors

Commandant

Dan Bishop

Detachment 141 meets monthly on the second Monday at 1900. So-

cial hour at 1800. Detachment phone number is 413-562-4850.

Appointed Officers:

Paymaster:

Roger Beer rbeer4@comcast.net

413-437-7542 (H)

Adjutant: Kirsten Stern

Kirsten.m.stern@gmail.com 413-530-3525

Chaplain: Larry Holbrook

Holb43@gmail.com

413-277-0554 (H)

Sergeant-At-Arms: Aldo Mancini

manscruffy@comcast.net

413-789-0830 (H)

Web Sergeant: Carrieann Dymon Bailey

skitterto@yahoo.com

860-658-6239 (H)

Jr. Past Commandant: John Rutovich

sakejack61@comcast.net

413-222-2684 (cell)

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Happy Birthday to our following

members:

************

(3rd) Thomas Walsh

PLM, (10th) Joel Nel-

son, Carroll Arnold

PLM, (11th) Lynn

Dupee, (12th) Bill Kana PLM, Francis Curnow

PLM, (13th) Joseph Hart PLM, (18th) Klaus

Maurer PLM, (23rd) John Rutovich PLM, (30th)

Fred Shannon PLM

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December Dues Carter Buxton, James Hibert, Donald Liptak, Lowell Lloveras, Dennis Ostrander, Fredy Pa-lacio, Bob Peloquin, Bill Penkala, James Ross,

Paul Rubera, Kevin Scarborough, Brian Tierney and Robert Wargo

************************

Welcome Aboard John Bartolucci, Carter Buxton, Martin Deva-

sier, Gary Janulewicz, Travis Lelievre, Bob Peloquin, Larry Holbrook, Kirsten Stern and

William Willette

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Thank you sponsors

December 2013 #141 Scuttlebutt Volume 74, Issue 12 Page 4

Minutes from the November 11 Meeting

The meeting was started at 1900 by Commandant Bishop. There were 31 members present as well as 3

Past Commandants, John Rutovich, Brian Dupee and Fran Curnow.

Detachment 141 made 2 new appointments to our ranks, Jeremy Friedrich and Christopher (didn’t get the

last name). Both will be sworn in at this month’s meeting.

Sick & Distressed– Doc Rivette fell and broke a rib. He was in HealthSouth Rehab and is now home rest-

ing. Jack Ramsey is in good spirits as Holyoke Hospital. Bob Potito is home after surgery from cancer.

Joe Knapik is home after having chemotherapy recently. Send a card or give a call to our fellow members.

Wreaths Across America will arrive in Westfield (Stanley Park) on 10 December at 12 noon. The Detach-

ment made a donation of $100. to the Veterans Hospital Christmas Wish List, $100. to the Tree of Lights

(Blue Lights).

A motion was made to send a $50. check to place a half page ad in the New England Division Quad Con-

vention in Essex, Vermont.

A motion was made to raise the membership fee to $35. effective 1 January 2014. All (new) covers have

to be in line with the National by-laws. Covers before 2012 will be grand-fathered in. Check the Depart-

ment web site for the new updates.

April 5, 2014 is the scheduled Scholarship Dinner.

The Holyoke Soldiers Home Christmas Party is scheduled for Wednesday, December 11. Bob Peloquin is

looking for some elves to help pass out the gift packs (71). Cake and ice cream from Semper Pi Bakery

will be on hand.

On October 12, the Detachment books were audited by Sophie Bartosik and found to be in good order.

The 50/50 raffle was $61.00

The Detachment has a new Shooting Team and have named it The MCL, Detachment 141 Frank Real Jr,

Rifle Team in honor of life member Frank Real.

See you in December. Don’t forget to check out the Department of MA web site for any upcoming meet-

ings.

Thank You Sponsors

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The Marine Corps As of December 1, 2013

Active Duty: 195,052 Selected Reserve: 39,880 Reservists: 1,993

1. About 5,800 Marines of II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) are in Afghanistan.

2. In Burkina Fase, Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa conduct non-

lethal weapons training with local forces.

3. In Belize, a Marine civil affairs teams with I Marine Expeditionary Forces conducts civil reconnais-

sance, humanitarian assistance projects and subject-matter expert exchanges to counter transnational

organized crime and boost health preparedness.

4. Burundi, Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa conduct military-to-

military training, focused on logistics planning and execution, with the Burundi National Defense

Force.

5. About 2,400 Marines and sailors with the 13th MEU, embarked with the Boxer Amphibious Ready

Group, provide a crisis-response capability to the Navy’s 5th Fleet area of responsibility. Units in-

clude Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 166

(Reinforced) and Combat Logistics, Battalion 13.

6. Units deploying to Iwakuni, Japan are the Marine Fighter attack Squadron 533, Marine Fighter Attack

Squadron 122 and Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 2.

7. About 100 Marines with 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III MEF clear runways and improve other infra-

structure at West Field on Baker Island, Tinian during the opening stages of exercise Forager Fury II.

8. Members of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 166 assigned to the 13th MEU is supporting the 2013

Dubai Airshow in the United Arab Emirates.

9. About 170 Marines and sailors with from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 167 return to

Camp Lejeune after a deployment to Afghanistan.

10. Marines and sailors assigned to the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, an air-ground task force based

in Japan provide assistance following Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. Units include MV-22B

Ospreys assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262, KC-130 Hercules aircraft with Marine

Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 and 900 Marines with the 31st MEU.

11. Marines with SPMAGTF Crisis Response train at Moron Air Base, Spain to support U.S. Africa Com-

mand.

12. In Uganda, Marines with SPMAGTF Africa conduct military-to-military logistics training centered on

combat engineering with special forces.

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Frank Real Jr, Memorial Rifle Team

L-R, Mike Kunze, Jeff Pickett, Carter Buxton, Fredy Palacio and JB Stern who put it

all together. Below, Fredy and Jeff get ready to shoot while Coach JB looks on. JB

finished first overall in the tournament in New York.

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Past Commandant Brian Dupee and wife

Lynn chat with Detachment 141 members

Elizabeth Brewer and retired Col. Ernes-

tine Stowell at the Holyoke Soldiers

Home. The Detachment was there to cel-

ebrate the 238th Marine Corps Birthday

with all veterans.

Thanks to members Bob Peloquin,

JR, Jeff Pickett, Brian Dupee, Vin

Sulewski, Fran Curnow, Paul

Tessier, Lynn Dupee and Carter

Buxton who celebrated the Marine

Corps Birthday with all veterans at

the Holyoke Soldiers Home. Great

job!

Retired Colonel Ernestine Stowell cuts

the cake at the 238th Marine Corps

Birthday celebration with Liaison Bob

Peloquin looking on.

December 2013 #141 Scuttlebutt Volume 74, Issue 12 Page 8

PDD Arnie Rill being sworn in by PCDD Doug Fisk at the MA Pack

Growl in Worcester. Arnie received his PDD collar because he cannot

travel to the National Convention due to medical concerns. Below, Ar-

nie with members from Pound 318 in Fitchburg.

December 1, 1925: The Locarno Treaty was signed by France, Belgium and Germany, as a preventive

measure to avoid another war in the aftermath of WWI.

December 2, 1804: Napoleon Bonapar te was crowned Emperor of France by Pope Pius VII in Par is.

December 3, 1967: The fir st successful hear t transplant was performed by Dr . Chr istian Barnard at

Cape Town, South Africa on Louis Washkansky, who lived for 18 days.

December 4, 1991: American journalist Terry Anderson of the Associated Press was released, ending

2,454 days in captivity by Islamic Jihad captors.

December 5, 1933: The 18th Amendment (Prohibition Amendment) to the U.S. Constitution was re-

pealed.

December 7, 1941: The U.S. Naval Base at Pear l Harbor , Hawaii, was attacked by over 200 Japanese

aircraft in a raid that lasted just over one hour and left 3,000 Americans dead.

December 8, 1980: Former Beatle John Lennon was assassinated in New York City.

December 9, 1994: Sinn Fein, the Ir ish Republican Army’s political wing, held its fir st formal talks

with Britain in over 70 years.

December 10, 1830: Poet Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts.

December 13, 1862: The Battle of Freder icksburg took place, resulting in 12,653 deaths to Union Forc-

es after 14 frontal assaults against well-entrenched Rebels on Marye’s Heights.

December 14, 1799: George Washington died at Mount Vernon.

December 15, 1791: The Bill of Rights (fir st 10 amendments) became effective following ramification

by Virginia.

December 16, 1944: The Battle of the Bulge began as the Germans launched a big counter -offensive in

the Ardennes Forest along a 75-mile front surprising the American forces.

December 17, 1903: After three years of exper imentation, Orville and Wilbur Wright achieved the

first powered, controlled airplane flight.

December 19, 1946: War broke out in French Indochina as Ho Chi Minh attacked the French seeking

to oust them from Vietnam.

December 20, 1860: South Carolina became the fir st state to secede from the Union, within 2 months,

Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas seceded.

December 21st: Winter begins in the Northern Hemisphere. In the Southern Hemisphere today is the

beginning of summer.

December 23, 1948: The Japanese Pr ime Minister Hideki Tojo was hanged for war cr imes by the U.S.

Eighth Army at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo.

December 24, 1943: General Dwight D. Eisenhower was appointed Supreme Commander of the Allied

Expeditionary Force preparing for D-Day.

December 25, 1868: President Andrew Johnson granted general amnesty to all those involved in the

Civil War.

December 26, 2004: A 9.3 ear thquake on the Indian Ocean seafloor set off a ser ies of tsunami waves

killing 230,000 people and leaving 1.5 million homeless.

December 27, 1831: Char les Darwin set out from Plymouth, England aboard the ship HMS Beagle on

his five year global scientific expedition.

December 29, 1890: Members of the U.S. 7th Calvary massacred 200 Native American (Sioux) at

Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota.

December 30, 1903: In Chicago, a fire inside the Iroquois Theater killed 588 persons, resulting in new

fire safety codes for theaters.

December 31, 1781: The fir st bank in the U.S., the Bank of North America received its char ter from

the Confederate Congress.

December 2013 #141 Scuttlebutt Volume 74, Issue 12 Page 9

Did you Know……

Military Order of the Devil Dogs Pound 276, MA Pack

Pound Keeper: PDD Dan “Honor Platoon” Bishop

WHAT IT IS The Military Order of Devil Dogs is the Fun and Honor Society of the Marine Corps League.

WHAT IT DOES It promotes good fellowship amongst the members of different Marine Corps League Detachments. The Order pro-

vides amusement and entertainment at all gatherings of the League, when and where advisable. It assists in the ac-

complishment of all programs and objectives of the League, preserves and strengthens the principles and ideals of the

League, and maintains true allegiance to the United States of America and its Constitution and laws. It fosters and

extends American institutions of freedom and defends America against all enemies whatsoever. The Order is also

VERY active in raising funds for different charities.

WHO BELONGS The Military Order of the Devil Dogs is made up of only members of the Marine Corps League. The Order accepts

only the most worthy of League members.

HOW TO JOIN You must be a paid-up member and in good standing in the Marine Corps League with at least one year's member-

ship. The applicant must be active in his or her Detachment in the League, and must request membership in the Or-

der. He or she must be recommended by his or her Detachment Commandant and be sponsored by two Devil

Dogs or Pedigreed Devil Dogs. The applicant is then interviewed by the members of the Pound at the Pound Growl.

(A meeting is called a Growl.) If accepted, the applicant must undergo an initiation and swearing-in ceremony. Then

he or she becomes a Pup in the Order.

ORGANIZATION The Pound is on a local level and is usually made up of members of different Marine Corps League Detachments. On

the State level there is the Pack, and on the National level there is a Kennel. There are three different degrees in the

Order. The lowest degree is that of Pup. The next degree is that of Devil Dog. The highest degree is that of Pedigreed

Devil Dog. The Pup wears a black ribbon, the Devil Dog wears a red ribbon, and the Pedigreed Devil Dog wears a

gold ribbon. The ribbon is worn around the neck and a Dog Tag is attached to it.

The head of the Pound is called the Pound Keeper. The head of the pack is the Pack Leader. The head of the Kennel

is also the head of all Devil Dogs and is called Chief Devil Dog.

The Order's many charitable donations not only help people in need, but also build good public relations for the Or-

der, the League, and the United States Marine Corps.

Next MA Pack Growl

TBA

Next Pound 276 Growl

TBA

December 2013 #141 Scuttlebutt Volume 74, Issue 12 Page 10

Support your Detachment, Support

your Community. For only $10 a

month or $100 a year. You can

place your ad HERE, find out how,

call 413-250-5515 or

413-562-4850

Semper Fi!!

December 2013 #141 Scuttlebutt Volume 74, Issue 12 Page 11

Detachment 141 would like to thank all of our sponsors from the community and our membership

for their continued dedication and support of this monthly newsletter.

Westfield River Valley Detachment 141

Marine Corps League, Inc.

71 North Elm Street

Westfield, MA 01085

Visit our website at

www.mclwrv141.com

From the East, take Exit 3 off the Mass

Pike, thru toll booth and stay right on Rt.

202, N. Elm Street. Go down the hill thru

the lights and straight ahead. Stay right,

1st building on left after parking lot.

Saepe Expertus, Semper Fidelis, Fratres Aetern, Often Tested, Always Faithful,

Brothers Forever