Photo by Cpl. Jennifer E. Reyes | Marine Corps Installations East | 05.19.2023
U.S. Marine Corps Col. Eric Adams, the chief of staff for Marine Corps Installations East-Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune, gives a speech during a dedication ceremony at the Lejeune Memorial Gardens in Jacksonville, North Carolina on May 20, 2023. The Camp Lejeune Former Landowners group and MCB Camp Lejeune held a ceremony for the official dedication and ribbon cutting for the monument......
Photo by Cpl. Jennifer E. Reyes | Marine Corps Installations East | 05.19.2023
Mr. Charles Broda, the master of ceremonies, gives a speech during a dedication ceremony at the Lejeune Memorial Gardens in Jacksonville, North Carolina on May 20, 2023. The Camp Lejeune Former Landowners group and Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune held a ceremony for the official dedication and ribbon cutting for the monument the Former Landowners donated to the base. The monument sits in the......
Photo by Cpl. Jennifer E. Reyes | Marine Corps Installations East | 05.19.2023
U.S. Marine Corps Col. Eric Adams, the chief of staff for Marine Corps Installations East-Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune, gives a speech during a dedication ceremony at the Lejeune Memorial Gardens in Jacksonville, North Carolina on May 20, 2023. The Camp Lejeune Former Landowners group and MCB Camp Lejeune held a ceremony for the official dedication and ribbon cutting for the monument......
Photo by Cpl. Jennifer E. Reyes | Marine Corps Installations East | 05.19.2023
Camp Lejeune Former Landowners group members look at photos displayed during a dedication ceremony at the Lejeune Memorial Gardens in Jacksonville, North Carolina on May 20, 2023. The Camp Lejeune Former Landowners group and Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune held a ceremony for the official dedication and ribbon cutting for the monument the Former Landowners donated to the base. The monument......
Photo by Cpl. Jennifer E. Reyes | Marine Corps Installations East | 05.19.2023
Mr. Charles Broda, the master of ceremonies, gives a speech during a dedication ceremony at the Lejeune Memorial Gardens in Jacksonville, North Carolina on May 20, 2023. The Camp Lejeune Former Landowners group and Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune held a ceremony for the official dedication and ribbon cutting for the monument the Former Landowners donated to the base. The monument sits in the......
Photo by Sgt. Benjamin Whitten | Defense Media Activity - Marines | 05.18.2023
"We did it," said retired United States Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel Ed Hall during his speech to the attendees of the ceremony. Hall, and many veterans and family members in attendance, had campaigned for many years to have Colonel Lou Schott's Bronze Star Medal upgraded to the Silver Star Medal, in recognition of his heroic and selfless actions during the Battle of Okinawa. Retired......
Photo by Sgt. Benjamin Whitten | Defense Media Activity - Marines | 05.18.2023
Retired United States Marine Corps Colonel Lou Schott was awarded the Silver Star Medal, Thursday May 18th, 2023, for his heroic actions during the Battle of Okinawa on June 20th, 1945. Schott, at 102 years old, is the oldest ranking U.S. Marine Corps officer. His Bronze Star Medal was officially upgraded to a Silver Star Medal during a ceremony at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7472 in......
Photo by Sgt. Benjamin Whitten | Defense Media Activity - Marines | 05.18.2023
Retired United States Marine Corps Colonel Lou Schott was awarded the Silver Star Medal, Thursday May 18th, 2023, for his heroic actions during the Battle of Okinawa on June 20th, 1945. Schott, at 102 years old, is the oldest ranking U.S. Marine Corps officer. His Bronze Star Medal was officially upgraded to a Silver Star Medal during a ceremony at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7472 in......
