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Yes . Right .

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My

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name is Jack Mattson and uh I'm the

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past commandant of the Marine Corps

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League here in Crowley texas . We are

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the longhorn detachment number 10 69 .

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We have about 25 marines

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and sailors that are part of the

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detachment . And we have a facility

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here that I'm gonna walk us through and

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let you see . We have a 3-bedroom house

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that was donated to us by the a former

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marine who had become independently

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wealthy . But some of the information

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on the back behind me here on the wall

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are some of the things that donations

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that have been given to us . Uh We have

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a television set . We have the ability

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to run a number of Marine Corps type

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movies . Uh , and when we bring the cub

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scouts in here or the boy scouts in or

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bring the the young Marine program in

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or even the pulleys . We're able to

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provide a place for them to get some

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training and motivation and enthusiasm .

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We actually have a meeting room and

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then we also have a kitchen area where

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we're able to provide food for the

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meetings that we have . Normally , we

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have our meetings on the first Tuesday

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of the month and then we have our

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officers meeting on the third Tuesday

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of the month where we make decisions on

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the kinds of things that we want to do ,

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some other memorabilia that we have on

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the wall here and also in our living

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room . We've got some information on

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the wall , some of the certificates

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that are detachment has earned over the

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over the years . And uh in our living

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room here . Mhm . I have a couple of a

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couple of things that that kind of

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implicate what we've done . We actually

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have a golf tournament that we do every

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year and it is for a charity and the

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charity is called wheelchairs for kids .

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But when we started having our golf

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tournaments and giving him some money ,

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we We've been able to give them quite a

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bit of money since uh since we started

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last year , it was $10,000 . But we now

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have 43 Children who are now receiving

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the blessing of this for private one C

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three organization , The wheelchairs

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for kids . So we're real proud about

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that . We're looking for other marines

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that can help us . You know , they say

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that you can take the marine out of the

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battlefield , but you can never take

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the battle out of the brain . Well ,

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we're fighting for these Children and

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we also do the same thing for our toys

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for tots program . And I'll walk you

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into our meeting room now

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And this is where we have our meetings ,

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We set this up so that we can remember

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our Marine corps and all these

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traditions we have over on the wall to

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the rear here are a display of all of

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the memorabilia and some of the things

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in plastic models that have been made

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by some of our our detachment personnel

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and in the uh the center of the room

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obviously is our colors . And I want to

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point out the yellow footprints we do

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bring in new people and the yellow

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footprints are part of the part of the

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program . So again , my name is Jack

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Madison . I'm now the past commandant

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of the Marine Corps League here in , in

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Crowley texas . And we would certainly

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welcome any Marine or any a Corman to

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join our detachment . Our mission

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statement is to support the Marine

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Corps literally to let the society know

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who we are and what we do and and we're

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really proud to do that . Thank you

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very much separate fight .