BOB SMITH
Marine Corps League Detachment 784

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All information on this page was reviewed and revised as needed on December 30, 2009 by Robert Hauser, the Bob Smith Detachment #784 Web Sergeant..............Persons seeking further information about the Detachment or it's activities are asked to make initial contact through the "Contact Us" button on the Website or by postal mail to P. O. Box 11, Hummelstown, PA 17036. Your requests or questions will receive prompt attention...............Member's personal addresses and telephone numbers were deliberately not posted to ensure the continued security of their privacy...................The Bob Smith Detachment is an active Detachment with approximately 120 members on the roster and approximately 20-35% of the members attending monthly Detachment meetings. This Detachment actively supports the Capital Area-PA Young Marines, the Toys-4-Tots Program, the Keystone Area Council-PA Boy Scout Eagle Recognition & Awards Dinner and other Scout Projects, the local Lower Dauphin High School's band and sports programs..........It also participates in the annual Armed Forces Day Event on City Island, Harrisburg, PA, the Hummelstown Memorial Day Parade and provides the rifle volley, taps and wreaths for the Memorial Day Services at three cemeteries (1 in and 2 just outside) Hummelstown (rifles and blank ammo provided by the Detachment Rifle Team and Pistol Team members)...............The Detachment was instrumental in providing a sigificant number of volunteers who were willing to provide the labor to ensure the Avenue of Flags display at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery could and would be displayed frequently throughout the year. The Detachment has championed it's position further to the Cemetery Director by promoting the project to the public and collecting interment flags from the families responding to the plea for flag donations. Those privately held donated flags are subsequently flown on the Avenue of Flags display (pictures on our website)..............The Detachment also shares the cost of the Hummelstown Borough's Easter Party for the children and the Christmas Party for the local units of the DAV and the local Purple Heart unit and the Detachment. There is also a September Detachment Family Picnic.........And in November, there is the Detachment Marine Ball, usually attended by about 100 people............Also, at various times through the year, the Detachment members visit the hospitalized vets at the Lebanon Veterans Affairs (VA) Hospital in Lebanon, PA. Continuing to serve our Vets, the Detachment has provided Marine T-Shirts, Birthday Ball Cake, pre-recorded VCR movies and DVD's for the hospital's entertainment committee to distribute throughout the wards..........And nearly all of this is funded by the efforts of the dedicated members who sit for hours in the sun, rain, cold and heat of the various climes and places we go to sell raffle tickets or to work the stands at the fireman's carnival or the Fuzzy-Few Carnival in Hummelstown. ..........................................During the year 2009, our Supreme Commandant quietly called Regular Member and Junior Vice Commandant Robert Knight, Regular Member George Hunter and Associate Member Mary Alexander to be with Him. They are missed by their families and this Detachment.

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• The Bob Smith Detachment #784 Website - dot webs dot com