Marine Corps Vietnam Tankers Historical Foundation's
eNewsletter
Marine Corps Tankers Have Made History. Your Foundation is Making it Known.
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Tank crewmen journal
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Vol. 2 No. 2 Updated: 25 February 2010 |
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Welcome Aboard! Lt. Col. Raymond A. Stewart, USMC (Retired) Founder and President of the Marine Corps Vietnam Tankers Historical Foundation proudly announces the appointment of Colonel William J. Davis, USMC (Retired) to the Board of Director of the Historical Foundation.
His assignments in the Marine Corps included Platoon and Company commands including Command of B Company, 3d Tank Battalion in Vietnam. Subsequent assignments included Guard Company, Marine Barracks Alameda, California; Assistant Inspector/Instructor, 4th Tank Battalion; Commander, 1st Tank Battalion in Camp Pendleton, California and Commander, Marine Security Forces in Japan. Staff assignments in the United States and Japan included tours as the Marine Corps Liaison Officer at the U.S. Army Armor Center, Fort Knox, Kentucky; Headquarters, United States Marine Corps; Exchange Officer with the Office of the Chief of Staff, Army; the G-3 Operations Officer for the 1st Marine Division; the G-3 Operations Officer for the III Marine Expeditionary Force: and as the Chief, Joint Training and Doctrine Division and Chief, Special Operations Division with the United States Atlantic Command in Norfolk, Virginia. His last assignment with the Marine Corps was as the Deputy Director of Marine Corps History and Museums.
He holds a BA degree in History from California State University in Sacramento, California and an MA degree in Political Science from Georgetown University in Washington, DC.
Military awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, two Legion of Merit Medals, two Meritorious Service Medals, two Navy-Marine Corps Commendation Medals with V device, the Combat Action Ribbon, the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry and numerous other awards.
Bill is married to the former Janice Weber of Sanger, California. They have two grown children, Dr. William Cameron Davis of Charlottesville, Virginia, and Sheryl Davis Searing of Norfolk, Virginia and five grandchildren.
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Listen Up!
"The Leatherneck magazine has asked the Foundation to produce an article on the Operation Deckhouse series of operations along the South Vietnamese coast. There has been little written and even less published about this important series of ship-to-shore operations that involved tanks in multiple and significant roles. Please contact Ray Stewart if you have any information, experience, and/or stories - first hand or "sea" or both - that you can contribute to this most important project.
The Word. by Lt. Col. Ray Stewart, USMC (Retired), President
With the information
provided, I can see that over the years in researching articles about
the Vietnam War, the Foundation often using this resource. The "catch"
is that one must be a member of the MCA i.e., subscribe to The
Leatherneck and/or the Gazette. Both of these are great
publications that will keep you up-to-date about what's going on in the
Corps as well as providing stories of our past.
For example, I've
collaborated with Jim Coan (author of Con Thien: The Hill of
Angels) on an article in the Leatherneck, written a number of
book reviews, and also wrote Marine Tanks in the Battle for Hue City
in the Feb. 2008 issue of Leatherneck's celebration of the
40th Anniversary of the TET Offensive. They also post reunions dates,
"mail call", and "searching for" requests. I'm confident that you will
not regret signing up for either (or both) of the Corps' professional
magazines.
Gentlemen - In an attempt to research previous Commandant of the Marine Corps Birthday Messages, I contacted our Foundation friend at the Leatherneck Magazine. Its editor/publisher, Col Walt Ford, USMC (Ret.) replied, in part, with the following:
Semper Fidelis, Ray Stewart
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What's Inside?
Links:
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Bill was
born and raised in the Mount Shasta, California area. Following
his graduation in 1966 from California State University in
Sacramento, he was commissioned a 2d Lieutenant in the United
States Marine Corps. He served as an officer in the United States
Marine Corps for 29 years before retiring in February 1995, when
he became the Director of the MacArthur Memorial, Norfolk,
Virginia. He assumed the additional duties as Executive Director
of the General Douglas MacArthur Foundation in January 1999.
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