Aloha and welcome to our Detachment Website
We start all our meetings with: "On October 6, 2006 after more than 61 years Marines and Navy Corpsmen returned to Camp Tarawa".
Our Primary mission: keeping alive the history of the men of the 2nd and 5th Marine Divisions who trained at old Camp Tarawa from December 1943 until the Camp was finally closed for good in November 1945.
Keeping this history alive is important because of the sacrifices they made in defense of our nation during WW II for our generation and generations to come. This is our way of thanking them!
Of the 55,000 Marines, Navy Corpsmen and Seabees who trained there, a total of 5,145 were killed in action or died of their wounds. 18,029 were wounded in action in the invasions of Saipan-Tinian and Iwo Jima.
We meet the third Saturday of each month at 1:00 PM please call (808) 883-0069 for directions to our
meetings. Because we are located in one of the premiere vacation locations in the world we invite you to come to our meetings when you are on the Big Island of Hawai'i. Our dress code is resort casual. For more information call John Greenfelder at: (808) 962-0515.
Sincerely and SemperFi,
John Greenfelder
Commandant #1255
O'okola
(808) 962-0515
Brian Jordan
Sr. Vice Commandant
Hilo
Jeff Falkner
Jr. Vice Commandant
Waikoloa Village
John Young
Judge Advocate
Volcano
Herb Lum
Detachment Marine of the
Year 2007
Charter Judge/Advocate
2006-2008
Chief of Staff 2009
Waimea
Alice Browne
Adjutant/Paymaster
Waikoloa Village
(808) 883-0069
Leo Sears
Sgt. at Arms
Waikoloa Village
Norman Stahl
Past Sr. Vice Commandant
2006-2008
Chaplain
Hilo
Kathy Painton
Detachment Marine of
the Year 2008
Public Affairs/Historian
Co Chairman Camp Tarawa
Museum Committee
Waikoloa
(808) 880-9880
Jim Browne
MCL Southwest Division
Distinguished Citizen
Award 2008
Charter (Past) Commandant
2006-2008
Webmaster/Community
Affairs Officer
Chairman / Camp Tarawa
Museum Committee
Waikoloa Village
(808) 883-0069
Camp Tarawa Detachment Marine Corps League #1255
Received the Marine Corps League Meritorious Unit Citation-National level for 2008
Conceptual sketch and floor plan of the Camp Tarawa Museum on the Foundation page
Coming soon, Camp Tarawa Foundation Ships Store!
June 2009
June 20. Regular meeting 1;00 PM at the Waikoloa Village Association meeting room across the lanai from the Tee's at Waikoloa golf course clubhouse restaurant.
CampTarawa Foundation Meeting June 20th 2:15 pm
July 2009
July 3rd Color Guard to open Parker Ranch Rodeo 9:AM
July 4th Color Guard and motorized vehicle in the Kailua-Kona 4th of July Parade 5:30 PM
We would like to thank you for visiting our website, if you are ever down this way make sure you give one of our members a shout we would like to have the opertunity to meet you and your family.
Jim Browne
Charter (past) Commandant 2006-2008
Community Affairs Officer
Webmaster barefoot.one@hawaiiantel.net
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