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  • Home
    • About
      • Mission
      • Detachment Officers
  • Donations
    • Leave a Legacy
  • Activities & Membership
    • Calendar
    • Color Guard
    • Detachment Activities A-M
      • Balloon Festival
      • Chamber of Commerce
      • Christmas Tree Lot
      • Food Banks
      • Golf Tournament
      • Havasu Memorial Walkway
      • Helping Vets
      • Highway Clean Up
      • Hospice of Havasu
      • LHC Military Moms
      • LHC Scholarships
      • Marine Corp Birthday Ball
      • MODD
      • Murphy Broadcasting
    • Detachment Activities N-Z
      • Online Donations
      • Radio Central
      • Relics and Rods
      • South Side Signs
      • Swap Meet
      • Todays News Herald
      • Toys For Tots
      • VAVS Program
      • Young Marines
    • Membership
      • Associate Membership
      • Auxiliary Membership
      • Regular Membership
    • Meetings
  • Havasu Memorial Walkway
  • Auxiliary
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      • Blood Drives
      • Bunco
      • Food Banks
      • Hospice Of Havasu
      • LHC Scholarships
      • Oktoberfest
      • Spaghetti Dinner
      • USMC Base Twentynine Palms
      • VAVS
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HISTORY OF LAKE HAVASU DETACHMENT

Through the efforts and skills of a number of local Marines and Associates, the Lake Havasu Detachment #757 of the Marine Corps League was chartered on April 3, 1991. The following is a list of the first members of the board.

Commandant – Joe Gianninoto
Senior Vice Commandant – Dick Conway
Junior Vice Commandant – Bob Weeks
Adjutant /Paymaster – Bill Corrao
Judge Advocate – Russ Hill
Chaplain – Leo Arsenault
Sergeant at Arms – Conard Blevins
Newsletter Editor – Bob Keller

Historical list of Commandants and Marine of the Year

Year Commandant Marine of the Year
2012-2014 James McCoy John Pulliam
2012-2013 Bud Watts James McCoy
2011-2012 Bud Watts Jack Howe
2010-2011 Jack Howe Bud Watts
2009-2010 Jim Conroy Dan Arnado
2008-2009 Jim Conroy Jack Hensley
2007-2008 Dan Arnado John Walker
2006-2007 Dan Arnado Jim Conroy
2005-2006 Terry Small Ed Owens
2004-2005 Jorge Maldanado Don Seipp
2003-2004 Charlie Marquez Joe Olinski
2002-2003 Charlie Marquez Terry Small
2001-2002 Clair Riner Joe Osinski
2000-2001 John Walker Charlie Marquez
1999-2000 Charlie Marquez Gene Burns
1998-1999 Clair Riner Al Lemieux
1997-1998 Earl Peterson Clair Riner
1996-1997 Dick Conway Dave Ira
1995-1996 Dave Ira Don Swansey
1994-1995 Bob Walker Nick DeFelice
1993-1994 Bill Stanfill (2 mo-Bob Walker completed) (none)
1992-1993 Bob Walker Simon DeLaGarza
1991-1992 Joe Gianninoto Joe Gianninoto
Local MCL Members attending 1994 Department Convention First Time in Lake Havasu City.


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