We received the following press release.--RL My fellow New Jerseyians! Please take a moment to sign this on-line petition. It is to get a U.S. postage stamp commemorating Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone. He was Marine from Raritan, NJ who received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions on Guadalcanal in WWII. He was offered any assignment after that and he volunteered to get back into the war. He was later killed while fighting on Iwo Jima and received the Navy Cross for his actions there. He is a true hero. Please sign it. "G/Sgt. John Basilone Stamp Petition" is hosted on the web by PetitionOnline.com, the free online petition service, at: http://www.PetitionOnline.com/USMC0300/ Back to 1st Quarter 2001 List of News Items Back to Master List of News Items Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 2001 by Coalition Web, Inc. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com