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Corpsmen Memorial Foundation
P O Box 12641
Jacksonville, NC 28546-2641

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In our times of need, they came to our aid and did their duty.  Now
the time has come for us to do ours. 

In the city of Jacksonville North Carolina near the entrance to Camp
Johnson a site has been selected to build a memorial to honor the
man and women of the United States Navy who served at the side
of the Marines as Fleet Marine Force Corpsmen.

As these brave men  and women continue to serve in the heat of battle
in conflicts overseas, yet another generation readies itself nearby
in training.  For generations, the Hospital Corpsman, has entered
bravely the fields of war with The United States Marines.

Often under fire themselves, these brave men and women did
not seek glory, or honor.  They saw it as their duty to aid their
fellow service members and to dedicate themselves to the
preservation of life.  We are compelled to honor their selfless efforts
and to pass on to future generations the respect earned, and the close
brotherhood shared between Marines who have served in battle, and those who served as the Corpsmen by their side.

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      MSgt John Cooney USMC (ret)
1006 Oak Dr, Jacksonville NC 28546
  910 455-1353, cell 910 381-1353

                            
  

Navy Corpsman shine among Marines click here to read story and comments

Gen. Petraeus Thanks Medics and Corpsmen

Former sailor gets Silver Star for Iraq actions

FARMINGTON, N.M. — A former Navy medic was awarded the Silver Star, the nation’s third-highest military decoration, for treating four badly wounded Marines amid machine-gun fire and grenade explosions in Iraq.

Jesse Hickey of Farmington received the medal during a ceremony Jan. 7 at Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Hickey, 26, was walking behind a tank with a squad of Marines on Nov. 16, 2005, in New Ubaydi, Iraq, to check homes for insurgents during Operation Steel Curtain.

Insurgents began shooting from a grove of palm trees and some homes, Hickey said. The squad ran for shelter at another home and found several wounded Marines lying outside.

Hickey began treating an injured Marine when an insurgent tossed a grenade next to the men. Hickey said the Marine picked up the grenade and it blew off his hand as he threw it.

That Marine also received a Silver Star because Hickey said the grenade would have killed them.

“I remember being scared as hell,” Hickey said.

Another grenade exploded and sent shrapnel into Hickey’s legs and arms. He continued to treat wounded Marines and checked pulses on those who had died. He tied a tourniquet on one Marine who lost his leg.

Dennis Rogers, a Marine corporal who lives in Lincoln, Neb., recalled Hickey rushing to help after the men heard someone call for a medic.

“He was the first one,” Rogers said, adding that Hickey didn’t flinch when the grenade exploded.

Although he was wounded, Hickey exposed himself to automatic gunfire while rushing 75 meters through an enemy kill zone to assist and evacuate wounded Marines, his Silver Star citation says.

Once inside a building where the wounded Marines were moved, Hickey directed others in treating the injuries but refused help for his arm.

Hickey said his wounds were not as bad as the others so he refused to leave on a helicopter until the wounded Marines were removed. The citation says Hickey’s efforts were instrumental in saving numerous lives.

Rogers said Hickey deserved the Silver Star.

“He definitely went above and beyond,” Rogers said.

Hickey said those who lost limbs in the explosion would have died from blood loss had he not tied tourniquets on them.

Hickey, who has fully recovered and lives in Farmington, was transported to a hospital in Germany and treated the next day. He was glad to see the Marines at the Silver Star ceremony.

“These guys are like my brothers,” Hickey said.

• Information from: The Daily Times, http://www.daily-times.com

Corpsman to receive Silver Star

OCEANSIDE, Calif. — The Marine Corps will present the Navy Cross on Thursday to a junior grenadier credited with saving the lives of 10 fellow infantrymen and decimating a force of insurgents during a deadly 2005 firefight inside an Iraqi home.

Three other members of his infantry squad with 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, will receive Silver Stars during the ceremony at Camp Pendleton, Calif., according to 1st Lt. Curtis Williamson, a 1st Marine Division spokesman. A fourth Silver Star will be presented to the family of their former platoon commander, who died in the battle against 21 heavily-armed insurgents in western Anbar province.

Navy Secretary Donald C. Winter recently approved the Navy Cross for Lance Cpl. Joshua A. Mooi, a grenadier assigned to Fox Company’s 2nd Platoon. The Navy Cross is the nation’s second highest award for combat valor, after the Medal of Honor.

On Nov. 16, 2005, Mooi’s battalion was targeting al-Qaida operatives in New Ubaydi, along the Euphrates River. The missions were part of operation “Steel Curtain.”

Mooi’s platoon came under attack from insurgents firing automatic weapons and lobbing grenades from several fortified homes, officials said. Mooi cfought back and helped recover four Marines hit by enemy fire.

Six times, he “willingly entered an ambush site to pursue the enemy and extricate injured Marines,” his award citation states. “Often alone in his efforts, he continued to destroy the enemy and rescue wounded Marines until his rifle was destroyed by enemy fire and he was ordered to withdraw.”

His “relentless and courageous actions eliminated at least four insurgents while permitting the immediate care and evacuation of more than a dozen Marines who lay critically or mortally wounded,” it states.

To date. 16 Marines and one Navy corpsman have been awarded the Navy Cross for their combat actions in Iraq.

Winter also approved Silver Stars for:

• 2nd Lt. Donald R. McGlothlin, the platoon commander who was killed as he laid suppressive fire against insurgents in an effort to shield the evacuation of wounded Marines from the house, his citation states.

• Staff Sgt. Robert W. Homer, 2nd Platoon’s sergeant, who fended off enemy grenades, small-arms fire and serious shrapnel wounds to lob suppressive fire and help treat and evacuate wounded Marines before he was ordered aboard a medevac helicopter, according to the citation.

• Cpl. Javier Alvarez, a squad leader who directed several magazines of suppressive fire as Marines tried to aid and evacuate the wounded and who himself was seriously wounded after he grabbed an enemy grenade before it detonated, the citation states.

• Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Jesse P. Hickey, the platoon corpsman who saved several Marines’ lives, at times running into the kill zone through enemy automatic fire to treat severely wounded members despite suffering injuries to one of his arms, according to his citation.

Building dedicated to Iwo Jima corpsman

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — The Marine Corps will dedicate a new medical training facility on Camp Johnson to Petty Officer 2nd Class John “Jack” Bradley.

Bradley was on the summit of Mount Suribachi when his platoon raised the American flag on Iwo Jima.

The Marines will break ground on a 27,000-square-foot training facility Thursday. The building will house a state-of-the-art combat casualty simulation laboratory, a learning resource center for computer-based training and office space for the staff.

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