Richard T. Spooner Military person

Richard "Rick" T. Spooner (born 1925) is a former officer in the United States Marine Corps and the proprietor of The Globe and Laurel Restaurant in Stafford, Virginia just a few miles south of the main gate of Marine Corps Base Quantico. He served in the Marine Corps for over 29 years and is called by some "the living historian of the Marine Corps".

Personal facts

Richard T. Spooner
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1925
Birth place
California

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Military person

military operations
Battle of Okinawa
Korean War
Vietnam War
World War II
Battle of Saipan
Battle of Tinian
military branch
United States Marine Corps
military unit
1st Marine Aircraft Wing
2nd Battalion 8th Marines
service start1942
service end1972

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Richard T. Spooner on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://theglobeandlaurel.com
  2. http://theglobeandlaurel.com),
  3. http://www.c123rd.com/SaipanDDay.html
  4. http://www.fabuloustravel.com/usa/quantico/quantico.html
  5. http://www.fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2007/042007/04012007/271775
  6. http://www.marineheritage.org/Store_detail.asp?ProductID=2819&NAV=1&CategoryID=82&SortOrder=1
  7. http://www.marineheritage.org/Store_detail.asp?ProductID=710&NAV=1&intCost=0&SearchVal=spooner&SortOrder=1
  8. http://www.saipantribune.com/newsstory.aspx?newsID=110767&cat=1
  9. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/24/AR2007012400029.html