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THE
NAMES OF CURRENT DETACHMENT MEMBERS ARE NOT TO BE DISPLAYED WITHOUT THE
AUTHORIZATION OF THE DETACHMENT COMMANDER |
2013 |
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Ambassador:
Laurie
S. Fulton /
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Company Commander:
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders:
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2012 |
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Ambassador:
Laurie
S. Fulton |
Company Commander:
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders:
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2011 |
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Ambassador:
Laurie
S. Fulton |
Company Commander:
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders:
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2010 |
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Ambassador:
Laurie
S. Fulton |
Company Commander:
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders:
Cpl Nancy Garcia Ortiz |
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2009 |
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2008 |
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Ambassador: James Cain |
Company Commander:
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders:
Sgt Janer (Esco) Escobales |
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2007 |
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Ambassador: James Cain |
Company Commander:
Detachment Commander: GySgt Keith Brown
Watchstanders:
Sgt Janer (Esco) Escobales |
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2006 |
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Ambassador: James Cain |
Company Commander:
Detachment Commander: GySgt Keith Brown
Watchstanders:
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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 Darren Franklin, Sgt Loomis, Sgt
Michael
Uribe, Sgt TJ Vladyka, Cpl Scott Carlton, Cpl Jason Espinosa, Cpl
Bradley J. Cress, Cpl Terry Heichelbech, Bart Lumzy |
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, Bart Lumzy |
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: Sgt
Stan Coleman, Anthony
Goodwin, Sgt TJ Vladyka |
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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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Ambassador: Richard
Stone / Edward
Elliott Elson |
Company Commander:
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: Anthony
Goodwin, Rick Gregory, Joe Hernandez, Mike Miller, Sgt Pete Rosado |
Denmark
joins the EU.
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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, Rick Gregory, Joe
Hernandez, Mike Miller, Sgt Pete Rosado |
Sgt
Fineran is promoted to SSgt and transferred to Brussels. SSgt
Fineran later in his career 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:
Sgt G. Rocco "Slim" Seminara, James
Wilds. |
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1989
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Ambassador:
Terence
A. Todman / Keith
Lapham Brown |
Company Commander:
Detachment Commander: GySgt Drawhorn
Watchstanders:
Sgt G. Rocco "Slim" Seminara, Sgt William Wheeler |
Cpl
Kosmela transferred to Paris Det
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1988
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Ambassador: Terence
A. Todman |
Company Commander:
Detachment Commander: GySgt Drawhorn
Watchstanders:
Steve
Bielawski, Cpl. John R. Kosmela, Sgt. Johnnie B. Ross, Sgt G. Rocco
"Slim" Seminara, Sgt William Wheeler |
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:
Sgt Leonard Grates, Sgt David Johnson |
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:
Detahment Commander: MSgt Frank Keys, A/Det Cmdr
Russell E. State
Watchstanders:
Sgt Leonard Grates, Sgt David Johnson, Sgt Russell Purdue, Sgt Stanley
Purdy, Sgt David Sprang, Sgt G.E. "Chip" Toney, Sgt Mark Widmer |
SSgt Russ
State was transferred to Havana as Detachment Commander
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1984
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Ambassador:
Terence
A. Todman |
Company Commander:
NCOIC: MSgt Frank Keys, A/NCOIC SSgt Russell
E. State
Watchstanders:
Cpl David Johnson, Sgt Russell Purdue, Sgt Stanley Purdy, Sgt David
Sprang, Sgt G.E. "Chip" Toney, Sgt Mark Widmer |
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1983
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Ambassador:
John
Langeloth Loeb, Jr. / Terence
A. Todman |
Company Commander:
NCOIC:
Watchstanders: 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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1982
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Ambassador: John
Langeloth Loeb, Jr. |
Company Commander:
NCOIC:
Watchstanders:
Sgt Thomas Conrad, 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
Sgt Jon T. Stutzman |
RSO
was Gerald Hollenbeck who was a former MSG; Khartoum 61-62, Ankara
62-63, Abidjan 63-64. Sgt Stutzman goes on to retire as a CWO-2.
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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, Sgt Jon T. Stutzman |
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1979
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Ambassador: Warren
Demian Manshel |
Company Commander:
NCOIC: GySgt Alford McMichael
Watchstanders: John
"Spider" Lockhart, Sgt James Loprete, James K. Riekena, Sgt Smith, Sgt
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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Ambassador: John
Gunther Dean / Warren
Demian Manshel |
Company Commander:
NCOIC: GySgt Ted Hollabaugh
Watchstanders:
Sgt George
Berry, Sgt Steve Garcia, Sgt Grugzine, Sgt Larry Iverson, Sgt Robert L.
Olson, Sgt Douglas Peacock, Sgt James Strickler, Sgt Danny Watts, Sgt
Bob Wilson |
Larry
Iverson TAD to Moscow for three weeks after an Embassy fire there.
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1977
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Ambassador:John
Gunther Dean |
Company Commander:
NCOIC: GySgt Ted Hollabaugh
Watchstanders:
Sgt George
Berry, Sgt Steve Garcia, Sgt Grugzine, Cpl Larry Iverson, Laverne
Jones, Sgt Robert L.
Olson, Sgt Douglas Peacock, Sgt James Strickler, Sgt Danny Watts, Sgt
Bob Wilson |
Assitant
Naval Attache was Maj Stan Pratt (ret. BGen)
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1976
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Ambassador:Gunther
Dean |
Company Commander: Maj Draude
NCOIC:
Watchstanders: Sgt
Grugzine, Cpl Larry Iverson, Sgt Watts, 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:
Steve Lowery, Ray L.
Wasson |
Assistant
Naval Attache and former watchstander Capt Paull later retired from the
Marine Corps as a LtCol of Marines. According to Steve Lowery,
Anna Sorensen was still the Marine House Cook.
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1971
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1970
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Ambassador: Guilford
Dudley, Jr. |
Regional Marine Officer:
NCOIC:
Watchstanders:
Steve lowery |
Apollo 12
crew visited the Marine House Feb 24 and 25th 1970
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1969
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Ambassador:
Angier
Biddle Duke /Guilford
Dudley, Jr. |
Regional Marine Officer:
NCOIC:
Watchstanders:
Sgt James Lee Bullock |
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:
Sgt James Lee Bullock |
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/Sgt Fred Swango
Watchstanders:
Sgt Fred Swango, Cpl's Roger Powers, Nick Vlaservich, &
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, Nick Vlaservich & LCpl
Roger Power |
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. Assistant Naval
Attache
was Maj C. J. Killeen USMC. (Maj. Killeen retired in 1982 as
a
Major General of Marines.) |
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1964
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Ambassador: William
McCormick Blair, Jr. / S Katharine
E. White,
DCM MR Carpenter, AdmO Mr Peck, RSO Gene Bishop |
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. Ambassador Blair left to
become
the American Ambassador to the Philippines 1964 -67.
Assistant
Naval Attache was Maj C. J. Killeen USMC. |
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1963
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Ambassador: William
McCormick Blair, Jr.,DCM
MR Carpenter, AdmO Mr Peck, RSO Ward Christensen |
Regional Marine Officer:
Maj Scharnberg
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). Assistant Naval Attache was Maj C.
J. Killeen USMC.
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1962
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Ambassador: William
McCormick Blair, Jr., DCM MR Carpenter, AdmO Mr Peck,
RSO Ward Christensen |
Regional Marine Officer:
Maj Scharnberg
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.
Anna Sorensen was the Marine House Cook.
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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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Ambassador: Robert
Douglas Coe / Val
Peterson |
Regional Marine Officer: Maj
Hersey
NCOIC: MSgt Blake Sneed / MSgt Eaton
Watchstanders:
Sgt Don Barnes, Sgt Richard F. Boone, Joeseph E. Cable, Sgt Conner, Sgt
John King, SSgt LaLogga, Clifton Mundy, Cpl Jack Pease, Neil R.
Sorenson, SSgt L. Terry, Sgt Steve Williams |
The MSG's
moved into the Marine House at Svanemollevej # 12 - this info provided
by MGySgt Don Barnes. USMC Ret.
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1956
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Ambassador: Robert
Douglas Coe |
Regional Marine Officer: Maj
Hersey
NCOIC: MSgt Blake Sneed
Watchstanders:
Cpl Don Barnes, Joeseph E. Cable, Sgt Conner, Sgt
John King, SSgt LaLogga, Clifton Mundy, Cpl Jack Pease, SSgt L.
Terry, Sgt Steve Williams |
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1955
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Ambassador: Robert
Douglas Coe |
Regional Marine Officer:
NCOIC: MSgt White
Watchstanders:
Sgt Jack Bartman, Cpl Jack
Berkovitz, Sgt Charley Castleberry, Sgt Jack Coulson, Sgt Don Fritz,
Sgt George
Goodson, Sgt Jim Hanrahan, Cpl Stanley Henderson, Sgt Dick McCoy, Cpl
Tom Mix, Delbert O'Conner |
Of these
watchstanders, three retired as Officers. Tom Mix and Don Fritz
as Captains and Jim Hanrahan as a Major.
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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, Cpl Jack
Bartman, Cpl Jack Berkovitz, Sgt Charley Castleberry, Cpl Jack Coulson,
Sgt Don
Fritz,
Sgt George Goodson, Cpl Jim Hanrahan, Cpl Stanley Henderson, Sgt Fred
Holmes, Pfc 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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First
formal MSG Training Program established by the Marine Corps in November
of 1954. The New American Embassy at #24 Dag Hammarskjolds
Ale was opened 27 May 1954. (see picture on Copenhagen photo site) |
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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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Ambassador: |
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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