The 8th & I Reunion Association

An organization of Marines
who served at
Marine Barracks
8th & I Streets, S.E.,
Washington D.C.





2010 Reunion
A BIG Thank you! goes to our 8th & I Marine Joe Westner and his wonderful wife, Fran, Ceremonial Guard Company, Drill Team and Body Bearers, 1958-1960, for planning and organizing our five-year reunion at Marine Barracks, 8th and I.





This group picture was taken on 7-23-2010 at the Iwo Jima Memorial.




Taken at the Iwo Memorial ... All in this picture served in the Ceremonial Guard Company during the 1958-1962 period ...
(L to R) John Reim, Larry Hess, Charlie Huha, Jerry Weiss, Dave Pullo, Paul Keegan, Russ Curtis, Tom McHale, Jim Aaron, and Paul Grobski



Taken at the USMC Museum, Quantico, VA ... All in this picture served in the Ceremonial Guard Company during the 1958-1962 period



Taken in the 8th & I dining area ... L to R: Dave Pullo, C.G.C., 1959-1961 Paul Grobski, C.G.C., 1960-1962 Tom McHale, C.G.C and H & S Co., 1960-1962



Taken in the 8th & I dining area ... L to R: Larry Hess, Silent Drill Platoon, 1958-1961 Charlie Huha, Silent Drill Platoon, 1958-1961



Paul Grobski, C.G.C., 1960-1962 ... standing in his Friday Evening Parade position



Group picture on tour of "The Barracks"



L to R: Joe Maglione, Bks. Detach., 1952-1954; Charlie Bergin, Bks. Detach., 1946-1950; Richard Priest, MCI Co., 1954-1955, wreath laying ceremony at the Iwo Memorial ... NOTE: Joe had the ground-breaking detail for the Iwo Memorial; Charlie is a WWll combat veteran (Guam & Iwo Jima) and Korean War combat veteran (Inchon, Seoul, Wonsan, Chosin, & Masan) ... we honor him on our website's Hall Of Valor, http://8thandi.com/valor.html ; Richard had the dedication detail /ceremony for the Iwo Jima Memorial



Frank Reilly, C.G.C., 1959-61 and his wife, Cookie having lunch at the USMC Museum, Quantico, VA



Group enjoying a meal the Marriott-Washington Center, Gaithersburg, MD .... Clockwise (starting at the bottom of the picture): Tom McHale, Jo Pullo, Kay Laurenzo, Joe Laurenzo (Bks. Detach., 1954-1957), John Reim, Mary Lou Reim, and Dave Pullo

All of the Marines in the pictures I submitted served together and knew each other in roughly the 1963-1967 timeframe. Otis Johnson was the Drill Team Member. Bob Brothers was the Color Guard of the Marine Corps. The rest of us were in the CGC Platoons. Pictures submitted by Paul Morin



Bob Brothers and Paul Morin



John Breckenridge and Jim Hales



Jim Donovan, Iwo Keynote Speaker



Paul Morin, Jim Yates, Jim Donovan, Otis J. Hawkins, Ron Hawkins, John Breckenridge, Warren Potter



Joe Ruszkowski (1956-1958) and his lady Charmaine Betz got engaged at the 2010 reunion



Pic 1: Joe Westner, 1958-60 .... wearing red shirt.
Pic 2: Dan Woods, Chaplain .... wearing red hat



Pic 1: Joe Westner, 1958-60 .... wearing red shirt and Jim Donovan, 1964-68 .... wearing light colored shirt.
Pic 2: Joe Westner, 1958-60 ... wearing dark suit



This is a Group Picture taken at 8th & I.



PIC #1 .. L to R: Josephine Pullo, John Reim, 1958-61, Tom McHale, 1960-62.
PIC #2 .. Dave (1959-61) & Josephine Pullo



Skip Quant and Bill Spangler






Taken in front of the Barracks ... L to R: Bob Neal (1962-64), John Gaydos (1961-63), Harry (1962-64) & Dale Moffett, and Sam Frymyer (1961-63)



Color Guard in the rear ... L to R: Harry Moffett, Bob Neal, John Gaydos, and Bill Roadfuss (1970-72)



For Joe Larkin's photos of the 2010 Reunion at 8th and I,  Click here.

For Tom Leonard's photos of the 2010 Reunion at 8th and I,  Click here.

For Walt McLean's photos of the 2010 Reunion at 8th and I,  Click here.

For Dick Doyle's photos of the 2010 Reunion at 8th and I,  Click here.






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