Please join us at our next meeting on September 11, 2018. To commemorate the Anniversary of that fateful day, our
guest speaker will be Marine Lieutenant General (3 Stars) Steven Hummer. Steven will relate about hearing
of an airplane hitting the World Trade Center as he arrived for work as the 7 th Marines Regimental
Commander to him giving his Marines permission to assist Iraqi Civilians who were attempting to pull
down the statue of Saddam Hussein on April 9, 2003. He will relate about taking his 7000 Marines from
California to Kuwait to Baghdad and the obstacles along the way. The 7 th Marines are part of the First
Marine Division. The Division Commander for this period was James Mattis current Secretary of
Defense, the Assistant Division Commander was John Kelly current White House Chief of Staff and
General Joseph Dunford former Commandant of the Marine Corps and current Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff. After his talk, LtGen Hummer will take questions. This meeting is free and open to all. Come as you are.
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