HISTORY THE MARINE CORPS LEAGUE is the organization for all Marines.It takes great pride in crediting its founding in 1923 to World War I hero,then
Major General Commandant John
A.Lejeune.It takes equal pride in its Federal Charter,
approved by An Act of the 75th Congress of the United States of America and signed and approved by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on August 4,1937.The BRANDON-WILBOURN DETACHMENT #820 was chartered by the National Headquarter, Marine Corps League on Sept. 12,1992 as a authorized subordinate local organization of the Marine Corps League.OUR NAMESAKES: Pfc. Morgan M. Brandon, a rifleman, was killed in action at Iwo Jima in Feb. 1945 and Capt. James N."Trey" Wilbourn III, an aviator, was killed in action on 23 Feb.1991 in the Persian Gulf War west of Kawait City.WEB SGT.:JAMES O. NEWELL
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