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Unit/Organization Information
  • Marine Corps League
  • Jaime A. Perez, Commandant
  • Morris F. Dixon Jr. Detachment #54
Location
Coin Location: 101A3
Homebase: Clearwater, Florida
Additional Information
Date Acquired: 8 July 2019
Donated by: Jaime A. Perez, Commandant, Detachment 54
Copies: 1 of 1

C006158

Location: 101A3 Height: 1.5

Coin: Individual

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Narrative

Round shaped coin, brass in color, 1 1/2 inches in diameter.

Jaimie A Perez, Commandant, Morris F. Dixon Jr. Detachment #54, Marine Corps League.

The Marine Corps League is the only Congressionally chartered United States Marine Corps-related veterans organization in the United States. Its Congressional Charter was approved by the 75th U.S. Congress and signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on August 4, 1937. The organization credits its founding in 1923 to legendary Marine Corps Commandant John A. Lejeune. The League holds a congressional charter under Title 36 of the United States Code.

Today, the League boasts a membership of more than 60,000 men and women, officer and enlisted, active duty, Reserve Marines, honorably discharged Marine Veterans, qualified Navy Corpsmen and qualified Navy Chaplains and is one of the few Veterans Organizations that experiences increases in its membership each year.