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Camp Pendleton (Calif.)

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

all ready on the LEFT (vol. 1, no. 2), 1970-09

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Scope and Contents "We're the Cops of the World" [lyrics]; "Cliff on Trial" [Cliff Mansker, Black Marine in confinement]; "Flash!!!" [unity bands]; "Brig Pigs' Gig" [Camp Pendleton brig; imprisoned soldiers physically forced to remove their Black unity bands]; "Tell It To The Left" [Marine Corps "lifers"]; "Fort Hood" [rebellion of 250 Black GIs at Ft. Hood, July 26]; "Oceanside Hi ROTC"; "Peace" [Marines at Camp Pendleton charged with making obscene gestures (peace sign)]; "Liberty or Death" [Marin County...
Dates: Publication: 1970-09

Attitude Check, 1970-02 to 1970-06

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Scope and Contents

Library holdings are four issues, one of which is an undated special issue, ca. 1970.

Dates: Publication: 1970-02 to 1970-06

Attitude Check (vol. 2, no. 1), 1970-02

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Scope and Contents "Military Moratorium Huge Success: 1,000 Marines March in Oceanside" [march on Recreation Park in Oceanside]; "Political Prisoner: M.D.M Member Busted" [active member of Movement for a Democratic Military, Black Marine Wallace Emory]; "Where have all the taxes gone?" [willful destruction of equipment in Vietnam]; "Red Brothers Rising" [Native American liberation]; "Cry, Pvt. Dunkybird, Cry"; "Base Legal Raps: UCMJ Eats It"; "Political Prisoner Speaks to GI's" [reprinted from the Black...
Dates: Publication: 1970-02

Attitude Check (vol. 2, no. 4), 1970-06

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Scope and Contents "MDM to bust the chain" [cover art with reprinted memo from E.N. Snyder, area commander]; "People's Armed Forces Day" [1st annual Armed Forces Day, May 16, 1970, in Oceanside, California, included march and speakers including Brother Bull (Green Machine), Robert Bryan (Black Panther Party), Melody, Derald Duncan, Oscar Rios (Los Siete de la Raza), Tito Garcia (active duty and member of M.D.M.]; "The Dead Fish Award"; "MDM Calendar"; "Get Your Kicks With Nightsticks" [Camp Pendleton's...
Dates: Publication: 1970-06

Black Unity (vol. 1, no. 2), 1970-09

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Scope and Contents "We want all Black men to be exempt from military service"; "Cliff Mansker, Prisoner of War, Camp Pendelton Brig USMC; To go from mercenary to servant of the people" [article about Cliff Mansker, held in Camp Pendleton's maximum security unit for Black liberatory activities]; "U.S. Prisoners of War" [Soledad Brothers (George Jackson, Fleeta Drumgo, and John Cluchette); Bobby Seale; Chip Fitzgerald (Romaine "Chip" Fitzgerald); Los Siete De La Raza (Jose Rios, Nelson Rodriguez, Mario Martinez,...
Dates: Publication: 1970-09

Camp Pendleton deployment

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Identifier: SC003-P-188 to SC003-P-194
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"Camp Pendleton deploying troops" [likely for Gulf War I. Six images: 188: woman sitting alone with flag behind; 189: soldier squatting to see young child on ground; 190: side profile of soldier blowing smoke; 191: soldier hugging older woman and child; 192: soldier speaking at podium; 193: young girls playing on military equipment; 194: duplicate to 189]

Dates: 1968-2001

Jackson, Anthony. Interview, 2023-03-07

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Identifier: SC027-32
Scope and Contents In his interview, Major General Jackson discusses his upbringing in a military family, including participating in a sit-in in a local drug store, and offers a comparison between his military service and that of his father, who served in the United States army. Jackson discusses life on military bases and support systems for deployed soldiers. Jackson recounts the courtship of his future wife, Sue, their early relationship, and the experience of being in an interracial relationship in the...
Dates: 2023-03-07

Military Appreciation Resource Magazine, 2022-01

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Identifier: U 1 .M55 2022 Jan
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National military magazine. Library holdings consist of one issue with articles on Camp Pendleton: "Love at First Sight: Santa Margarita Ranch House," "California's Desert Blossoms at Veterean's Memorial Garden," "Operation Slow Down," "Military Spouse Association of Camp Pendleton."

Dates: Publication: 2022-01

Roberts, Leslee K. Interview, 2022-11-23

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Identifier: RobertsLeslee_JonasonFaye_2022-11-29
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An oral history interview with Leslee K. Roberts, a Marine Corps veteran, who shares her experiences growing up in Ohio, deciding not to become a nun and choosing to leave Ohio by joining the U.S. Marine Corps. She discusses some military regulations, meeting and marrying her husband, and her various homes in North County. She talks about her involvement and support of the Poway community as well as Poway’s early development.

Dates: 2022-11-23

The Door (Vol. 3, No. 13), 1971-11-25

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Scope and Contents "Patient Suvives Balboa -- Barely" [intolerable conditions at Balboa Naval Hospital]; "Racism Revealed at Pendleton" [Charles E. Knox of the Congressional Black Caucus visited Camp Pendleton to talk with Black Marines about racism in the military]; "Reader's Soapbox"; "Unknown Man Succeeds Councilwoman" [F. Gilbert Johnson chosen by San Diego City Council to replace Helen Cobb, who resigned; demonstrations ensued]; "Manslaughter Charged in Abortion" [Sarasota, FL]; "Marvel Introduces Hung-Up...
Dates: Publication: 1971-11-25