SAN CLEMENTE, Calif.—As a crowd gathered on March 31 at Park Semper Fi next to San Clemente Pier, the First Marine Division Band played “God Bless America” to mark the start of the annual reunion of the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, which returned to San Clemente for the first time in 10 years.
“What an honor it is not only to receive this type of recognition publicly, but also to honor and recognize those deserving Marines within the battalion who are serving on active duty, and the importance of seeing the communities they serve and getting to meet some real live Marines serving our country,” Maj. Scott Huesing, a USMC veteran who commanded the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines Echo Company in Ramadi, Iraq, in 2006, said during the ceremony.
