DISTINGUISHED MARINE STAMPS DEDICATION CEREMONY – NOVEMBER 10, 2005

MARINE BARRACKS (HOME OF THE COMMANDANT’S) WASHINGTON, D.C.

(Photos by Gerald T. Merna, U. S. Postal Service)

(Compiled and Captioned by Gerald F. Merna)

 

       

UNITED STATES MARINE DRUM AND BUGLE CORPS

 

       

U.S. MARINE CORPS CEREMONIAL MARCHING UNIT, MARINE BARRACKS, WASH., D.C.

 

      

  Gen. Michael W. Hagee          U.S. Marine Corps Color Guard             Mascot Sgt. Chesty XII    Postmaster General J.W. Potter

 

     

UNVEILING CEREMONY OF DISTINGUISHED MARINE STAMPS

 

            

General Hagee and Postmaster General Potter unveil stamps honoring: LtGen. John A. Lejeune; LtGen. Lewis B. “Chesty“ Puller; GySgt. John Basilone and SgtMaj. Daniel Joseph Daly as Country Music Singer Aaron Tippin performs

 

                    

First Lieutenant Gerald F. Merna USMC (Ret.) (1947 – 1968) chats with Marine Commandant General Michael W. Hagee, USMC under Portrait of LtGen. John A. Lejeune, 13TH Commandant of the Marine Corps (1920-1929)