Skydiving to Salute – Iwo Jima Marines

Robert Fischer

Colonel Bob Fischer is a 1955 Naval Academy graduate who commanded units from platoons to battalion. From 1961 to 1963 he studied four Asian insurgencies and obtained the Malaya Jungle School syllabus to use at the Counter-guerrilla Warfare Center he …

Carol Mutter

Carol Mutter, born in Greeley, CO, served for over 31 years in the U.S. Marine Corps attaining the rank of Lieutenant General, the first female in all the services to be nominated for three star rank. Her military experience included …

William N. Lindsay III

William Lindsay, Chairman of the Board of Children’s Hospital, and a Marine who served in RVN.

Enlisted in Marines in 1968 as part of the PLC program. He commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant in May, 1972, and attended The Basic School …

Orson Swindle

Orson Swindle is a retired USMC fighter pilot with over 200 missions in Southeast Asia. He was shot down 11/11/66 over NVN, captured, and spent over six years as a POW in Hanoi. His military decorations include two silver stars …

James E. Livingston

Major General James E. Livingston retired on September 1, 1995 following over 33 continuous years on active duty in the United States Marine Corps. His last assignment was the Commander of the Marine Forces Reserve in New Orleans, Louisiana.

He …

Mary Eckhout

Mary is the wife of a US Marine veteran, and the mother of a US Marine. She’s a business owner, bookkeeper, and member of the US Marine Corps Memorial Association, USMC Memorial Foundation, Women Marines Association CO1. She is National …

David Bernard

David was born and raised in rural New York near Binghamton, the son of two middle/high school teachers. He played high school football and hockey developed a passion for teamwork that led him to the Marine Corps.

David received his …

Dean Glorso

Dean Glorso served two years active duty in the United State Marine Corps, from May 1968 to April 1970, with one year service with the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing in DaNang, Vietnam. He finished his active duty as a Legal …

Tom Krueger

Tom Krueger enlisted in the Marine Corps in his Senior year of high school in 1976 and served until 2000. His career included time as an instructor at the Motor Transport School, a Drill Instructor, a Motor Transport Chief, meritorious …

Donald Davis

Colonel Davis was born on February 24, 1968 in Dover, New Jersey. He graduated from Dover High School in June 1986; subsequently attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York; received the Bachelor of Science degree/ Management; was commissioned a …