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The 26th Marines Association is open to Marine 26'ers of all eras... Including
the 26th
Marine Regiment, 26th MAU, 26th MEU, etc., and
all units attached or supporting the same.
Important Links
 
26th Marines Association - Our Origins...
| | | Our reunion was a lifelong dream of Ted
Nichols, a member of Echo Company, 3rd Platoon in country in 1969. He was basically the only
one Harvey Lang had stayed in contact with over the years, with the exception
of occasional contact with others in 3rd Platoon. He wanted this to happen years ago, and then in the spring of
2001, Ted died of cancer. | | | | The
death of Ted was devastating; this loss brought home once again the brotherhood of being a Marine. The facts are we all made
it home, not because of our individual skills or luck, but because we all had each other, and we took care of each other.
Harvey and Mike Townes (know as Nashville Cat deceased
in early 2014), had also been in contact with others off and on since we had returned back to the world in the mid
to late 60's and 1970. We met in September of 2001 and decided to start work on the first reunion. | | | | Sonny Hollub was the first
contact, who had been in contact with several 2/26'ers, Paul Tribus, Doc Charlie Klotz, Rudy Fonseca,
Bruce Killen, Ron Barrett, Lee Martin and others over the years... and it mushroomed from there. | | | | The 26th Marines Association’s website www.26thMarines.com was
created by Sonny Hollub. This site has all the up to date information
regarding, our organizations history, origins, current officers, past and next reunion information, contact information for
members on a voluntary basis, and other information related to our ongoing 26th Marines Association. | | | | All photos of past reunions are posted on our Face
Book page "26th Marines Association"
now, with plans of transferring them to our website www.26thMarines.com. If any of you have pictures you took and want them made available to everyone, please send those pictures to
Sonny for inclusion until further notice. | | | | Quinn Harry found us early on and created his website www.26thMarines.org. His
site has been a repository for Nam photos and a compendium of other historical pictures and information related to our past. This
site is appropriately linked to the 26th Marines Association’s website, as well as the association's website appropriately
linked to Quinn’s. | | | | While we were not for sure how successful we would be in starting this association, we started preparations
for the association's first reunion. In May of 2002, this lifelong dream became a reality, and we were together
again for the first time in 30 years. We have completed 16 annual reunions since and will have our 17th annual
reunion 2017 in the Las Vegas, Nevada. We all owe ourselves a pat on the back for continuing this legacy. | | | | Now you know the background of the start of our 26th
Marines Association which is the intention of this posting including the introduction to the
our new officers and board members along with our goals, and our intentions to keep the association as an ongoing succesfull
association. | | | | The goal of this association is to preserve
our brotherhood, reflect on our past and present for the benefit of all. Our intent as officers and board members
of this association is to not only make this possible, but to improve the next reunion and strength of our organization. | | | | In closing, we would like to tell you, 2017's 26th Marines
Association reunion will be held in the Las Vegas, Nevada area (and as decided at this
2016’s membership meeting)… Savanah, Georgia, Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
and the New York City area will be voted on at this years annual meeting for 2018. | | | | Information related to these 3 cities selected to choose from
for 2018, at the 2017 Annual Meeting, has been posted under "Scuttlebutt" on our website. It will also
be emailed to our email list and posted on the 26th Marines Association website, www.26thMarines.com, under "Reunions" and as mentioned above, presented at the 2017 reunion annual meeting, as well for a vote. | | | | Please check our Association's website www.26thMarine.com often
for updates. | | | | Semper
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~ The 26th Marines Association ~ Board of Directors
~ * * Position is temporary, selected by the current board to fill Bill Hoffman’s position until 2017 Annual Meeting. | | | | | | | Director | Lawrence Mccartney | *Public Information Officer | 419-340-6155 | lemccartney@lemccartney.com | | Director | Ray
Maillet | Secretary/REU Media | 714-420-0642 | rayandcrew@msn.com | | Director | McDonald Peoples | Webmaster/Website | 301-218-0165 | Peoples1910@verizon.net | | Director | Frank Booth | Social Media | 770-598-2233 | | | Director | Richard Soto | Historian | 310-547-4509 | e8top@aol.com | | Director | Walter Heim | Sgt. of Arms | 516-427-7110 | 7aerodoc@optimum.net | | Director | Sonny Hollub | Chairman/Treasurer/REU Coord | 512-825-4730 | sonnyusmc@gmail.com | | | | | | | 26th Marines Association
Mailing Address, 340 Humphrey Dr., Buda, Texas 78610 |
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