Marine Corps Salutes Bernard Shaw During the Sunset Parade

Marine Corps Salutes Bernard Shaw During the Sunset Parade

  First African American CNN Anchor Serves as the Parade's Esteemed Guest of                                   Honor    WHAT:  The United States Marine Corps will honor the career of Bernard          Shaw, a former Marine turned award-winning journalist, on Tuesday,          June 26, during the Sunset Parade at the Marine Corps War Memorial.          "I am surprised and pleased to be honored by the Marine Corps,"          stated Bernard Shaw. "While discipline started in my home, the          Marine Corps enhanced that value, which became essential in my          career as a journalist."           "Bernard Shaw served his country with great integrity as a Marine,          a model citizen, and certainly as an accomplished journalist,"          noted Brigadier General Richard T. Tryon, Commanding General,          Marine Corps Recruiting Command. "His career embodied our core          values of honor, courage, and commitment, and the Marine Corps          proudly salutes him." As the parade's honored guest, Shaw will join          fellow Marines at the Marine Corps War Memorial to pay tribute to          all Marines who have served their nation, past and present.           The Sunset Parade will offer an audio and visual display of pride          and patriotism, including music by the United States Marine Corps          Drum and Bugle Corps, a precision drill by the Silent Drill          Platoon, and Bernard Shaw alongside the Parade Reviewing Officials.    WHEN:  TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 2007          7:00 - 8:00 P.M.    WHERE: U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial Arlington, Virginia    WHO:   -- Bernard Shaw -- First African American CNN Anchor, U.S. Marine,             and Prized Journalist          -- United States Marine Corps    Contacts: Tia Jackson                    Major Wes Hayes             UniWorld Group, Inc.           Marine Corps Recruiting Command             212-219-7203 /                 703-784-9454             973-930-8924 (cell)             TJackson@uniworldgroup.com     HayesWT@marines.usmc.mil                        PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE                CAMERAS SHOULD ARRIVE BY 6:30 P.M. FOR SETUP  

PRNewswire-USNewswire -- June 26

Source: U.S. Marine Corps

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