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THE
NAMES OF CURRENT DETACHMENT MEMBERS ARE NOT TO BE DISPLAYED WITHOUT THE
AUTHORIZATION OF THE DETACHMENT COMMANDER |
| 2010 |
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| Ambassador:
Laurie
S. Fulton |
Company Commander:
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders:
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| 2009 |
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| 2008 |
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| Ambassador: James Cain |
Company Commander:
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders:
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| 2007 |
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| Ambassador: James Cain |
Company Commander:
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders:
Keith Brown |
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| 2006 |
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| Ambassador: James Cain |
Company Commander:
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders:
Keith Brown |
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| 2005 |
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| Ambassador: Stuart Bernstein / James Cain |
Company Commander:
Detachment
Commander:
Watchstanders:
Sgt
Justin Boyce, Sgt Bradley Banks |
In
Oct former New
York City Mayer Rudolph Giuliani visits with
Detachment at
the Marine House.
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| 2004 |
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| Ambassador: Stuart Bernstein |
Company Commander:
Detachment
Commander:
Watchstanders:
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2003
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2002
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| Ambassador: Stuart Bernstein |
Company Commander:
Detachment
Commander:
Watchstanders:
Joshua S. Watson |
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2001
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2000
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| Ambassador: Dick
Swett |
Company Commander:
Detachment
Commander:
Watchstanders:
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Danish
participation in the Single European Currency, the euro, is rejected by
referendum
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1999
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| Ambassador: Dick
Swett |
Company Commander:
Detachment
Commander:
Watchstanders:
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1998
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1997
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| Ambassador:
Edward
Elliott Elson |
Company Commander:
Detachment Commander: SSgt Bernie Laufenberg
Watchstanders:
Sgt Stan Coleman, Sgt Darren Franklin, Sgt Loomis, Sgt
Michael
Uribe, Sgt TJ Vladyka, Cpl Scott Carlton, Cpl Jason Espinosa, Cpl
Bradley J. Cress, Cpl Terry Heichelbech, |
From
Capt Heichelbeck "RSO was Mr. Schilling. Cpl Heichelbeck went
to Bangkok. Sgt Vladyka went on to Moscow.
Marine House was still at Svanemolevej #12. We had
a
fifteen passenger van that we drove ourselves. The Marine
House
was great. We had plenty of room for the five watchstanders ,
plus two spare bedrooms. Our basement contained a bar that
had Tuborg beer on tap, a 10 x 10 dance floor, fooseball
table,
laundry, shower, and sauna. We had a small weight room on the
side of the house .We had bi-weekly parties in the basement and we
invited Embassy staff over for dinner once a month. Pres.
Clinton
visited in July ."
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1996
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| Ambassador:
Edward
Elliott Elson |
Company Commander:
Detachment Commander: SSgt Bernie Laufenberg
Watchstanders:
Sgt Stan Coleman, Sgt Darren Franklin, Sgt Loomis, Sgt
Michael
Uribe, Sgt TJ Vladyka, Cpl Scott Carlton, Cpl Jason Espinosa, LCpl
Terry Heichelbech, |
From
Capt Heichelbech "RSO was Mr. Schilling.Sgt Franklin came from Bejing,
SSgt Laufenberg and Sgt Uribe came from Burundi, Sgt Coleman came from
Dar Salaam and Sgt Loomis came from Haiti." LCpl Heichelbech
to
Luxumbourg to help deactivate the MSG Det. there on July 10, 1996.
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1995
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| Ambassador: Edward
Elliott Elson |
Company Commander:
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: Anthony
Goodwin |
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1994
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| Ambassador: Edward
Elliott Elson |
Company Commander:
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: Anthony
Goodwin |
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1993
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1992
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| Ambassador:
Keith
Lapham Brown / Richard
Stone |
Company Commander:
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders:
SSgt Lawrence P. Fineran, Anthony Goodwin |
Sgt
Fineran is promoted to SSgt and transferred to Brussels. SSgt
Fineran later in his creer is promoted toSgtMaj
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1991
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| Ambassador: Keith
Lapham Brown |
Company Commander:
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders:
Sgt Lawrence P. Fineran, James
Wilds |
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1990
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| Ambassador: Keith
Lapham Brown |
Company Commander:
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders:
James
Wilds. |
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1989
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1988
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| Ambassador: Terence
A. Todman |
Company Commander:
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders:
Steve
Bielawski, Cpl. John R. Kosmela, Sgt. Johnnie B. Ross |
Col.
Don Conroy USMC Ret "The Great Santini" attended the MC Ball as a guest
of Capt Tom Mix USMC Ret (Copenhagen watchstander 1954-55)
who
was working at the Embassy.
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1987
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| Ambassador: Terence
A. Todman |
Company Commander:
Detachment
Commander:
Watchstanders:
Sgt.
Johnnie B. Ross, Cpl. John R. Kosmela |
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1986
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| Ambassador: Terence
A. Todman |
Company Commander:
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders:
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NCOIC's
of MSG Detachments now titled MSG Detachment Commanders.
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1985
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| Ambassador: Terence
A. Todman |
Company Commander:
NCOIC:
Watchstanders: Russell
E. State |
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1984
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| Ambassador:
Terence
A. Todman |
Company Commander:
NCOIC:
Watchstanders:
Russell E. State |
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1983
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1982
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| Ambassador: John
Langeloth Loeb, Jr. |
Company Commander:
NCOIC:
Watchstanders:
Mike Pettet, James K. Riekena |
RSO
was Gerald Hollenbeck who was a former MSG: Khartoum 61-62, Ankara
62-63, Abidjan 63-64.
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1981
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| Ambassador:
Warren
Demian Manshel / John
Langeloth Loeb, Jr. |
Company Commander:
NCOIC: GySgt Alford
McMichael
Watchstanders: Jack
Bush, Mike pettet, James K. Riekena
Jon T. Stutzman |
RSO
was Gerald Hollenbeck who was a former MSG; Khartoum 61-62, Ankara
62-63, Abidjan 63-64.
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1980
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| Ambassador: Warren
Demian Manshel |
Company Commander:
NCOIC: GySgt Alford
McMichael
Watchstanders: Jack
Bush, John "Spider"
Lockhart, Mike Pettet, James K. Riekena, Jon T. Stutzman |
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1979
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| Ambassador: Warren
Demian Manshel |
Company Commander:
NCOIC: GySgt Alford McMichael
Watchstanders:
Jack
Bush, John "Spider" Lockhart, Jon T. Stutzman |
Sgt
McMichael arrives
on Post (Becomes Sergeant Major of the Marine
Corps (2005)
Greenland
obtains Home Rule. First Women Marines accepted for
MSG Training and assignment to the MSG program..
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1978
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1977
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| Ambassador:John
Gunther Dean |
Company Commander:
NCOIC:
Watchstanders:
George
Berry, Robert L. Olson |
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1976
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| Ambassador:Gunther
Dean |
Company Commander:
NCOIC:
Watchstanders: Jeff
L. Ziegler |
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1975
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1974
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| Ambassador: Philip
K. Crowe |
Company Commander:
NCOIC:
Watchstanders: John
R. Steele |
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1973
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| Ambassador: Philip
K. Crowe |
Company Commander:
NCOIC:
Watchstanders:
John
R. Steele, Ray L. Wasson |
Denmark
is admitted to the EC and after a landslide election three new parties
enter the Folketing (Parliament).
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1972
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| Ambassador: Fred
Jesse Russell |
Company Commander:
NCOIC:
Watchstanders:
Ray L.
Wasson |
Assistant
Naval Attache and former watchstander Capt Paul later retired from the
Marine Corps as a LtCol of Marines.
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1971
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1970
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1969
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| Ambassador:
Angier
Biddle Duke /Guilford
Dudley, Jr. |
Regional Marine Officer:
NCOIC:
Watchstanders:
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Assistant
Naval Attache was former Copenhagen watchstander Sgt Jerome T. Paull,
now Capt Paull.
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1968
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1967
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| Ambassador: S Katharine
E. White |
Regional Marine Officer:
NCOIC:
Watchstanders:
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MSG
Dies of Food
Poisoning -
(Incident
mentioned in "Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle
of the Gulf
War and Other Battles ", written by MSG's nephew : Anthony Swofford),
NOTE from Editors: If
you are aware of the details please send them to
history@embassymarine.org)
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1966
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| Ambassador: S Katharine
E. White |
Regional Marine Officer:
NCOIC: GySgt M. D.
Fleming/Cpl Fred Swango
Watchstanders:
Cpl Roger Powers, Cpl.
Fred Swango, Cpl. Nick Vlaservich, Cpl Bob Young |
Nick
returned to
College and later became City Manager for his home town in N.C..
Fred went on to be a Commissioned Officer and was a Major
last I
heard. He also became NCOIC when GySgt Flemming was
med
evac'd.
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1965
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| Ambassador: S Katharine
E. White |
Regional Marine Officer:
Maj. Nate
Adams
NCOIC: GySgt M. D. Fleming
Watchstanders:
Cpl's
Fred Swango, Richard Carlisle, Frank Caires, Roger Powers &
LCpl Nick Vlaservich |
Fred
came from
Baghdad and became ANCOIC. (Cpl Carlisle went on
to do five more MSG tours New Delhi 80-82, Tokyo 82-84, Paris 86-87,
Moscow 87-89, & Paris 89-90 as a NCOIC
& Det Cmdr)
GySgt Fleming came from MSG School.
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1964
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| Ambassador: William
McCormick Blair, Jr. / S Katharine
E. White |
Regional Marine Officer:
Maj Nate
Adams
NCOIC: SSgt Robert L. Alpaugh / GySgt Fleming
Watchstanders:
Cpl's
Richard Carlisle, Paul Heisten, Frank Caires & LCpl Nick
Vlaservich |
Paul
came from Rome,
Frank from Moscow, & Nick from MSG School &
Carlisle
became ANCOIC when Miller left.
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1963
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| Ambassador: William
McCormick Blair, Jr. |
Regional Marine Officer:
NCOIC: SSgt Robert L. Alpaugh
Watchstanders:
Cpl's
John Miller, Bill Meyers, Bill Simpson, & Richard
Carlisle |
Cpl
Miller was the
ANCOIC and came to us from Moscow. Both Simpson
&
Meyers came from Belgrade. Carlisle came from MSG
School
("F" Co @ Henderson Hall)
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1962
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| Ambassador: William
McCormick Blair, Jr. |
Regional Marine Officer:
NCOIC: SSgt
Robert L. Alpaugh
Watchstanders: Cpl's.
John Miller, Bill Meyers, Bill
Simpson, Richard Carlisle. Gene S. Giles |
SSgt
Alpaugh was a E6
Acting GySgt who had been reverted to E6 SSgt and therefor was called
Gunny Alpaugh by all Det members. SSgt Alpaugh had been NCOIC
of
Warsaw before Copenhagen. Marine House was at Svanemollevej #
12. SSgt Alpaugh was single and resided in the
Marine House
with the watchstanders. Det T/O was NCOIC &
four
Watchstanders. Watchstanders only stood watch 1600 to 0800
M-F
and all weekends & holidays. Uniform was full blues
&
unarmed. Assistant Naval Attache was Maj M. W. Snow USMC.
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1961
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1960
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| Ambassador: Val
Peterson |
Regional Marine Officer:
NCOIC: GySgt Diehl
Watchstanders:
Sgt Richard F.
Boone, Sgt Truman E. Brown, Sgt John P. Clelland, Sgt Jim Deaner, Sgt
Louis N. Deaner, Sgt Bruce Jason, Sgt George Overby, Sgt Jerome T.
Paull, Sgt Jack Pease, Sgt Bobby Jack Smith,
Gerald B. Peacock |
Assistant
Naval Attache was Maj M.W. Snow USMC. Sgt Jerome T. Paull
was
later commissioned an officer and was the Assistant Naval Attache in
Copenhagen fron 1969 to 1972.
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1959
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| Ambassador: Val
Peterson |
Regional Marine Officer:
NCOIC: MSgt Francis X. Sweeny
Watchstanders:
Sgt Richard F. Boone, Sgt
Truman E. Brown, Sgt John P. Clelland, Sgt Jim Deaner, Sgt Louis
N. Deaner, Sgt Bruce Jason, John E Kjos, Sgt George Overby, Sgt Jerome
T. Paull, Sgt Jack Pease, Sgt Bobby Jack Smith, |
Sgt
Louis N. Deaner later went to work for the Diplomatic Security Service
as a Security Officer and RSO.
Between being an MSG , Special Agent and RSO,
Lou spent 27 years working in State Dept. Security.
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1958
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| Ambassador: Val
Peterson |
Regional Marine Officer:
NCOIC: MSgt Francis X. Sweeny
Watchstanders:
Sgt Richard
F. Boone,
Sgt Truman E. Brown, Sgt John P. Clelland, Sgt Jim Deaner, Sgt Louis
Deaner, Sgt Bruce Jason, John E Kjos, Sgt George Overby, Sgt Jerome T.
Paull, Sgt Jack Pease, Sgt Bobby Jack Smith, Neil R. Sorenson |
Sgt's
Louis and Jim Deaner were brothers and it is very rare that two
brothers served together as MSGs at the same post much less a small
post like Copenhagen. From Jerome Paull, "Lou Deaner was standing watch
one night. Lou was looking out the window admiring his new
Opel
car that was parked on the street outside the MAAG/Kaserne. A
car
driven by a drunk Dane came around the corner and plowed into Lou's new
car. The driver backed up and drove away. Lou was
panicked.
He could not leave his post to confront the driver.
He
called the Danish police."
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1957
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1956
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1955
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| Ambassador: Robert
Douglas Coe |
Regional Marine Officer:
NCOIC: MSgt White
Watchstanders:
Jack Bartman, Cpl Jack
Berkovitz, Charley Castleberry, Jack Coulson, Don Fritz, George
Goodson, Jim Hanrahan, Dick McCoy, Pfc Tom Mix |
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1954
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| Ambassador: Robert
Douglas Coe |
Regional Marine Officer:
NCOIC:
MSgt Dilworth/MSgt White
Watchstanders:
SSgt Bruce Davenport, Jack
Bartman, Cpl Jack Berkovitz, Charley Castleberry, Jack Coulson, Don
Fritz,
George Goodson, Jim Hanrahan, Sgt Fred Holmes, Dick McCoy, PFC Tom Mix,
Sgt Harold Norden, Cpl Ralph Satterwhite |
American
Embassy building in Copenhagen, Denmark, opened on May 27.
From
Tom Mix Capt USMC Ret'd "When I first arrived in Copenhagen
in
April the embassy was located in a buisness building near Kongens
Nytorv. We had the top floor and stood watch in civilian
clothes.
Marines wore a shoulder holster with a .38 revolver.
In
those days we had two posts, one at the embassy and one with a MAAG
Group at the Danish Army Kaserne near Triangle. The watch
standers would spend one month at each post then trade. When
the
new embassy opened in June we wore blues, no blouse.....Also the watch
standers only stood duty during the closed times (nights, weekends and
holidays) for the embassy." The NCOIC was on duty during
business
hours.
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formal MSG Training Program established by the Marine Corps in November
of 1954. |
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1953
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| Ambassador: Eugenie
Anderson / Robert
Douglas Coe |
Regional Marine Officer:
NCOIC:
MSgt Dilworth
Watchstanders:
SSgt Bruce Davenport, SSgt Gerold Erck, SSgt Jess Sapien, Sgt Bernard
R. Lee, Sgt Fred Holmes, Sgt Harold Norden, Sgt Don Orr, Cpl
Jack
Berkowitz, Cpl Ralph Satterwhite |
A
new
Constitution and a new Act of Succession, the Landsting (second
chamber) is abolished and female succession is rendered possible.
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1952
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| Ambassador: Eugenie
Anderson |
Regional Marine Officer:
NCOIC: MSgt Albert Dilworth
Watchstanders:
SSgt
Bruce Davenport, SSgt Gerald Erck, SSgt Jess Sapien, Sgt Bernard R.
Lee, Sgt Harold Norden, Sgt Don Orr, Cpl Jack Berkowitz, Cpl Ralph
Satterwhite |
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1951
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| Ambassador: Eugenie
Anderson |
Regional Marine Officer:
NCOIC: MSgt Brey
Watchstanders:
Sgt Hare, Sgt Nicholas J.
DeBlis, Sgt Debrtacey, Sgt Bob Leach, Sgt Bernard R. Lee, Sgt Bob
Nusbaumer, Sgt Don Orr |
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1950
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| Ambassador: Eugenie
Anderson |
Regional
Marine Officer:
NCOIC:
MSgt
Brey
Watchstanders:
Sgt Sam Hair, Sgt Nicholas J. DeBlis, Sgt Debracey, Sgt Bob Leach, Sgt
Bernard R. Lee, Sgt Bob Nusbaumer, Sgt Don Orr |
From
Bernard Lee "The original Copenhagen Det was established in the fall of
1950. The Embassy was in a Danish office building and no
uniforms
were allowed...the Embassy which rented the 5th floor of the building
with the Mutual Security Agency on the 4th floor and the Counsulate on
the 2nd floor in another wing...we guarded the MAG as well as the
Embassy...as for quarters, the Embassy helped us sub-Iet places to
stay. I lived in 7 different places in my 24 month tour...the
army payed us monthly ".
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1949
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| Ambassador: Eugenie
Anderson |
Regional Marine Officer:
NCOIC:
Watchstanders:
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Denmark
joins NATO.. First two MSG Detachments established at the
American Embassies in Bangkok, Thailand (6 MSGs) and Tangiers, Morocco
(9 MSG's)
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| 1948 |
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Regional Marine Officer:
NCOIC:
Watchstanders:
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Memorandum
of Agreement between DOS and USMC for the Marine Corps to provide
currently serving personnel to protect classified materials, American
lives, and property at their overseas Embassies signed. MSG's
to
report directly to designated DOS officer at each individual diplomatic
mission.
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