marines veterans honor 72nd anniversary of 1st marine division

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John Bailey, a Navy veteran living in Santa Paula,

John Bailey, a Navy veteran living in Santa Paula,

John Bailey, a Navy veteran living in Santa Paula, Calif., chats with fellow corpsmen, including Petty Officer 1st Class Allan C. Indiongco, the lead petty officer serving with Navy Personnel Office, 7th Marine... More

Marines, veterans honor 72nd anniversary of 1st Marine Division

Marines, veterans honor 72nd anniversary of 1st Marine Division

Lance Cpl. James Abernathy, a Marine serving with 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, and a native of Oceanside, Calif., hands over his individual combat equipment to Rod Scheel, a son of a World War II vetera... More

Tom England, a member of the 1st Marine Division Association

Tom England, a member of the 1st Marine Division Association

Tom England, a member of the 1st Marine Division Association and a native of Garden Grove, Calif., and Sgt. Brian Higdon, a parachutist serving with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion and a native of Applegate, Mich.... More

General Ronald Bailey, the commanding general of 1st

General Ronald Bailey, the commanding general of 1st

General Ronald Bailey, the commanding general of 1st Marine Division, salutes as the national anthem is played here, Feb. 1, 2013. Marines here honored and celebrated the 72nd anniversary of 1st Marine Division... More

Niles Holmes, a member of the 1st Marine Division

Niles Holmes, a member of the 1st Marine Division

Niles Holmes, a member of the 1st Marine Division Association and a native of San Dimas, Calif., shows Marines serving with 11th Marine Regiment his original dog tag from when he was enlisted in the Marine Corp... More

John C. Cole, a Marine veteran who served as a rifleman

John C. Cole, a Marine veteran who served as a rifleman

John C. Cole, a Marine veteran who served as a rifleman with 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment during World War II and the Korean War, and John Bailey, a Navy veteran who served as a pharmacist's mate with the... More

Major General Ronald Bailey, the commanding general

Major General Ronald Bailey, the commanding general

Major General Ronald Bailey, the commanding general of 1st Marine Division, pins on a battle streamer to the 1st Marine Division colors here, Feb. 1, 2013. Marines here honored and celebrated the 72nd anniversa... More

Joseph Wong, a retired detective with the Los Angeles

Joseph Wong, a retired detective with the Los Angeles

Joseph Wong, a retired detective with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, holds a picture of himself as a Marine serving in the early 1950s during a dinner in celebration of the 72nd anniversary of the... More

Larry Black, a member of the 1st Marine Division Association

Larry Black, a member of the 1st Marine Division Association

Larry Black, a member of the 1st Marine Division Association and a native of Los Angeles, and many other Marine Corps veterans visited regiments here, Jan. 31, 2013, in celebration of the 72nd anniversary of th... More

Major General Ronald Bailey, the commanding general

Major General Ronald Bailey, the commanding general

Major General Ronald Bailey, the commanding general of 1st Marine Division, pins on a battle streamer to the 1st Marine Division colors as Sgt. Maj. Michael Kufchak, the 1st Marine Division sergeant major, hold... More

Lance Cpl. Joe McDuff, a Marine serving with 11th Marine

Lance Cpl. Joe McDuff, a Marine serving with 11th Marine

Lance Cpl. Joe McDuff, a Marine serving with 11th Marine Regiment and a native of San Diego, shows Al Christensen, a member of the 1st Marine Division Association and a native of San Jose, Calif., the size and ... More

Major General Ronald Bailey, the 1st Marine Division

Major General Ronald Bailey, the 1st Marine Division

Major General Ronald Bailey, the 1st Marine Division commanding general, and Sgt. Maj. Michael Kufchak, the 1st Marine Division sergeant major, march into the dining room during a dinner in celebration of the 7... More

Larry Black, a member of the 1st Marine Division Association

Larry Black, a member of the 1st Marine Division Association

Larry Black, a member of the 1st Marine Division Association and a native of Los Angeles, and many other Marine Corps veterans visited regiments here, Jan. 31, 2013, in celebration of the 72nd anniversary of th... More

Marines stand at parade rest during a dinner in celebration

Marines stand at parade rest during a dinner in celebration

Marines stand at parade rest during a dinner in celebration of the 72nd anniversary of the founding of the 1st Marine Division at the Sheraton Carlsbad Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, Calif., Feb. 1, 2013. They per... More

Major General Ronald Bailey, the 1st Marine Division

Major General Ronald Bailey, the 1st Marine Division

Major General Ronald Bailey, the 1st Marine Division commanding general, cuts a birthday cake during a dinner in celebration of the 72nd anniversary of the founding of the 1st Marine Division at the Sheraton Ca... More

John F. Farritor, a retired first sergeant and the

John F. Farritor, a retired first sergeant and the

John F. Farritor, a retired first sergeant and the oldest Marine in the room, bites into a birthday cake presented to him by Maj. Gen. Ronald Bailey, the 1st Marine Division commanding general, during a dinner ... More

Corporal Kyle Naugle, an alto saxophone player serving

Corporal Kyle Naugle, an alto saxophone player serving

Corporal Kyle Naugle, an alto saxophone player serving with the 1st Marine Division Band, plays during a dinner in celebration of the 72nd anniversary of the founding of the 1st Marine Division at the Sheraton ... More