ROF= Ring of fire Odyssey MEF-H = Marine Expeditionary Force- Hargus
USMC Odyssey
Friday November 11, 2016
Once you've run with The Marines you're never the same again. Of all the unique individual Marines I've ever met one of the absolute best was Chuck Beveridge. He was ALL Marine, ALL the way through.
I gathered a few pictures to honor Chuck
Talking with Chuck at Marine Corps League meetings for the last 15 years was a treat. It was always interesting to listen to Chuck. Listening to Chuck tell about his landing on Iwo Jima leading the charge on a bulldozer would make you wet your pants. He didn't realize he was being shot at so much until he saw the bullet holes appear in the dozer exhaust pipe in front of him.
He was a really talented person and worked on Leatherneck Magazine for 2 hitches. Sadly, Chuck died suddenly from some medical complication last week. We will miss Chuck.
Chuck obituary
Charles W. "Chuck" Beveridge (1925 - 2016)
Nov 27, 1925 - Nov 3, 2016 Charles W. "Chuck" Beveridge, retired creative director and artist and recipient of the Purple Heart after being wounded on Iwo Jima in World War II, died Wednesday. He was 90. Mr. Beveridge joined the Marines at 17 with permission from his parents and fought in some of the Pacific Theater's most significant battles from January 1944 through October of 1945. He fought with the Fourth Marine Division on Roi Namur, Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima, where he watched the flag raised on Mount Suribachi from a hospital ship after being wounded. Mr. Beveridge recovered from the wound he received during the amphibious landing and rejoined the battle for Iwo Jima. Mr. Beveridge, who never graduated high school, began his highly successful career as an artist at Leatherneck magazine, where he worked two stints, 1946-1948 and then 1952-1955. A talented artist with a brilliant creative mind, he worked for many advertising agencies around the country and founded his own studios in New Orleans and Florida. Mr. Beveridge retired from Birmingham Magazine and continued to work freelance well into his 80s. He was a member of St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church in Hoover. He is survived by his loving wife Mary, three daughters, Harriett (Coby) Bethke, of Silver Springs, MD; Judi (Paul) Sherman, Lewis, DE; Linda (Daniel) Bailey, Birmingham, AL, nine grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. Family requests that donations be made to the Howlin' Mad Smith Detachment of the Marine Corps League, 1515 Bent River Circle, B'ham., AL 35216. Donations also can be made at the funeral home. The funeral will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Ridout's Valley Chapel in Homewood with visitation at 10 a.m. The family invites friends, after the service, for a reception at Valley Chapel's Edgewood Parlor.
Marine Corps League/ UAB scholarship award 2016 to UAB student Christopher Sykes
L to R: Iwo Jima Marine Chuck Beveridge, Megan Sykes, Chris Sykes, Rachel Fornest, Joe Findley; Howlin' "Mad" Smith detachment Commandant .
RIP Chuck
You never drink twice from the same stream.
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