The Quantico Leatherneck was started by off-duty US Marines, and in large part by the post printer, Sgt.

[1] The link to Editor & Publisher for February 19, 1921, page 38 contains a passionate article giving the details of the beginnings of the Quantico Leatherneck.

Included: Captain Jonas H Platt, a newspaper man in civilian life, 1st Lt. Angus A. Aull (sp?

)at the officers' training school held an honorary position with the paper and is the author of the linked Editor & Publisher article.

Sergeant J. C. Smith had a background in journalism with his strength lying in the editorial process according to an article published in the November 2017 Leatherneck authored by Bradley Davis.

1944, an additional Leatherneck office was opened at Camp Catlin, Hawaii, and a semimonthly Pacific Edition of the magazine was launched for Marines overseas.Special Pacific Edition World War II saw Leatherneck expand from a simple publication to a war-driven reminder to Marines everywhere of what was at stake in the fight.

Leatherneck Pacific edition was published on the 1st and 15th of each month as an advertisement free magazine for overseas Marines.

Recently, with no one shooting back at him, Lowery set up his camera and took an unhurried photo of the Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Va.

The cover was photographed by Tom Bartlett as the ship's Marine Detachment "presented arms" on the hangar deck.

This standard proudly bears streamers representing those foreign and U.S. awards earned by Marine Corps units for combat action, as well as those of the campaigns and expeditions in which Marine Corps units have participated from the American Revolution through the war in Vietnam.

The Pacific Edition of the Leatherneck was published to distribute the magazine to troops in the field from offices in Hawaii and Guam.