Front and Center Newsletter – Vol. 3, No. 12, December 2025
Meet the Marine. Be Inspired. FRONT AND CENTER Vol. 3, No 12, December 2025 Opening Spring of 2026 Mission Honor, preserve, and teach the legacy…
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RALPH & TERESA YANELLO
Honoring service. Elevating community. Corporeal E-4 Ralph Yanello served our Nation as a United States Marine from 1959 to 1963. Today, more than six decades…
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While I Breathe, I Hope
Last month, we discussed the state motto of North Carolina and its implications for individuals and for society more broadly. This month, we follow the…
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Front and Center Newsletter – Vol. 3, No. 11, November 2025
Meet the Marine. Be Inspired. FRONT AND CENTER Vol. 3, No 11, November 2025 Opening Spring of 2026 Mission Honor, preserve, and teach the legacy…
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The Measure of Authentic Leadership: Major Samuel Nicholas
In November 1775, the Continental Congress commissioned Major Samuel Nicholas as the first officer of the newly formed Continental Marines. A native of Philadelphia and…
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To Be, Rather Than to Seem
On February 21, 1893, the General Assembly of North Carolina ratified legislation establishing the Latin phrase Esse Quam Videri as the motto of North Carolina. The Latin…
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LtGen Robert F. Hedelund, USMC (Ret) Joins the Board of Directors
Carolina Museum of the Marine is honored to welcome Lieutenant General Robert F. “Fuzzy” Hedelund, USMC (Ret), to its Board of Directors. General Hedelund retired from…
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Front and Center Newsletter – Vol. 3, No. 10, October 2025
Meet the Marine. Be Inspired. FRONT AND CENTER Vol. 3, No 10, October 2025 Opening Spring of 2026 Mission Honor, preserve, and teach the legacy…
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A Steady Hand in the Storm: The Beirut Chaplain Who Never Faltered – George Pucciarelli
On October 23, 1983, a truck bomb destroyed the Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 241 U.S. service members—Marines, Sailors, and Soldiers—who were serving as…
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Tradition
The Marine Corps understands the importance of tradition. Tradition maintains the identity of a people over time, and a healthy tradition contains within it, through…
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Front and Center Newsletter – Vol. 3, No. 9, September 2025
Meet the Marine. Be Inspired. FRONT AND CENTER Vol. 3, No 9, September 2025 Opening Spring of 2026 Mission Honor, preserve, and teach the legacy…
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From Sailor to Servant Leader: Remembering Dr. William Kenneth Morgan
This September, we remember Dr. William Kenneth “Doc” Morgan, Sr., whose life embodied service to country, community, and family. Born in Fairmont, NC, in 1933,…
