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AboutTheLeaguePicture_12-01-06.pdf

 

In December of 2006, while working at Grumman in St. Augustine, I received this fascinating mosaic of digital pictures that formed what became the most famous shot of the war...perhaps of our history

"Flags of our Fathers", directed by Clint Eastwood, featured the story of... 

League_LittleRiverCanyon_01-01-09.pdf The River and the Man; in this, Howard and Little River in NE Alabama.
League_Vietnam_12-31-08.pdf Vietnam seems so long ago (in our history); but for those who were there...
League_PaperBoy_12-31-08.pdf  Paperboy's and bicycles are truly Americana; about Howard's experience...
League_Commandment_03-15-09.pdf Recently, Howard was elected as commandant of the NE chapter of the league...
League_VeteranVictory_08-24-09.pdf The league makes a contribution to toward the WWII Patriot Flight Program; another charity is Toys for Tots... 
   

This page is dedicated to Howard Lee Rainer who, at this time, is active in the Marine Corps League; and prior to this service, retired from the Corps in 1978.  This page will include some background on his life dating as far back as childhood - but will also consider some of the present as well. 

Besides his present call is a background as a nurse, a career soldier and his boyhood experiences as an Eagle Scout growing-up in northeast Alabama.  Within these phases of his life should come a rich collection to add periodically to this page. The first two of this collection will be some accounts of the Corp and of his teen years delivering the Birmingham paper.   

It is an opportunity to feature my father on a Web page; and I hope to learn much about him...that I can pass-on to others.   

For more information, you may contact:  hey@hkirkrainer.org

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