Second Battalion, 4th Marines Association, Inc. is a 501(c)(19) organization.
“Some people live their entire lifetime and wonder if they ever made a difference to the world.... Marines don’t have that problem”.
President Ronald Reagan - September 23, 1983
Throughout the years of the Battalion some said we were Bastards...
some said we were Magnificent...
and it was LtCol. Joseph R. "Bull" Fisher that said we are
"The Magnificent Bastards"
To put to rest all of the controversy as to when LtCol. Bull Fisher first used this moniker for "his troops", it was first said while the Battalion was still in Kaneohe Bay Hawaii. He was the incoming Battalion Commander and it was at the change of command ceremony between himself & LtCol. Donald Doxey on 4 June 1964 when he was addressing his troops as their new Battalion Commander. Contrary to a popular & persistent rumor, it was not while the Battalion was involved in Operation Starlite in August of 1965 in S. Vietnam (although he did use the moniker in a conversation with a news reporter during an after Starlite briefing). If it was the first time, then how does one explain that the descriptive phrase was already added to the 2/4 insignia when LtCol. Fisher handed out the new patches and plaques in January of 1965 to the troops of 2/4 while still in Hawaii?
Also, it was Battalion Commander, LtCol. Gene Bench that issued Battalion Order 5600.1B on 24 September 1966 designating that the modified insignia (as used today) be the insignia for the Battalion. The order went on to explain that the insignia was designed by LtCol. Donald Doxey and his wife during his command and was modified again with the addition of "The Magnificent Bastards" in 1964. A copy of BnOrder 5600.1B is available here.
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The Magnificent Bastards Memorial
will be in Semper Fidelis Memorial Park, next to the new
National Museum of the Marine Corps at Quantico, Virginia.
Click here to view the Memorial of the Second Battalion, 4th Marines
The 2008 Reunion of the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines Association
will be held in Angel Fire, NM from 20 August 2008 thru 24 August 2008
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Death of a 2/4 Hero - Ernie W. Wallace
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Bad email and bad postal addresses with a note to Earthlink/Mindspring email users
Officers, Members & Chairs
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Officers & Chairs Would you believe they let these guys run the Association |
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Members & Associate Members Without them, the history would fade from memory |
Sea Horse Newsletter Links
There is a NEW policy as approved by General Membership vote at the 2005 annual meeting as it pertains to the Sea Horse being printed & mailed. If you want a copy in printed format click on the blue link "NEW".
Note: The Sea Horse is delivered electronically via the internet by clicking on the appropriate Sea Horse link below. If you need a hard copy of any issue that is stored in the archives you can always open the file and select Print from your File drop-down menu (12 pages in .pdf or 33+ in web format). Both versions have several options for printing a complete copy or saving the file to your computer for future reference.
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In Our Hearts Forever
A natural part of the cycle of life is that we grow older we leave this mortal world and what it contained for us. As Marines and Sailors we've made many friends and we've formed many family bonds through this wonderful Association. That bond will not be broken by death. Please use the next link and join us as we all say farewell to some very dear friends.
| In Memoriam These friends will be missed by all that knew them (Submit a Death Notice to the webmaster) |
| Typhoon Tip Struck Camp Fuji on October 19, 1979 |
| A Very Special MIA Veteran |
Membership Applications
| Membership Application Printable (for US Mailing) |
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Membership Application For Active Duty Personnel No membership dues! |
| Membership Renewal Printable (for US Mailing) |
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Muster in Non-Membership contact information form |
A very important part of the job undertaken as both the Webmaster and Roster Manager for the Association is to keep accurate records of our Members and our Associate Members...this includes the means we have of contacting them.
The one thing that is presenting a major problem is that E-Mail addresses are changed about as often as a new or tricky name pops into our heads or every time your Internet Service Providers is merged or purchased. This in itself is fine but please, if and when you do change your e-mail address, your phone number or your residential address, please send an update. Click here to go to a simple update page that has been created.
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some internet email providers have set up filters on their servers that pick out certain emails or words within emails, attach an arbitrary 'label' of SPAM and refuse to deliver them to your email box. Those that get bounced back to our server as undeliverable for this reason will also be included in the "Bad email section" below with a notation as such and a note as to what you can do about it.
Where Are These Members --- each month 2% of us changes some form of our contact information without letting your Association know. Use this easy form to tell us.......... Update your contact information
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Missing Members & Members w/ Bad email addresses Please Submit Change |
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Update your contact information Have you moved |
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Change of Email Address Keep your email information current |
History & Raw Courage We Remember
| Battalion History Our beginning and where we've been | What it's all about Love of Country and Corps |
| Some of 2/4's Hero's Above and Beyond | Corpsman Up Who can forget our FMF Corpsman |
| Hero Returns to 2/4 The Battalion's 1st MOH recipient | Silver Star - Bronze Star - Purple Heart |
Special Requests
| Requesting Official Company Rosters |
| Seeking Information Can you help fill in the gaps ??? |
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Who were the Battalion's Sgt Major's
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Reunions & Messages
| 2002 Looking for pictures to post here |
| 2003 Reunion After Action Report |
| 2004 Looking for pictures to post here |
| 2005 Looking for pictures to post here |
Miscellaneous
| Submit Ideas | Photo Album Pg 1 | Photo Album Pg 2 |
thanks to his son, Judson for sending some of these great photos |
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The story behind |
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| Music Clips |
2/4 Coin Information ready for shipment
Writings, Stories, Poems and Open Letters (<<click on the link to the left to open this section)
| For Jimmy Douglas Curry; et al | A 2/4 China Marine (also see the links below) | John Gavel |
| Jim Rogers | Frank Valdez | Tom Williams |
| Wayne Mazy | David Trevino | Ron Isaac |
| Jesse Greer |
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Links, Links and more Links
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