CORPSMAN RICHARD D. DE WERT, WHO WAS KIA IN KOREA, APRIL 5, 1951,
WHILE DOING WHAT ALL MARINES HIGHLY RESPECT, AND ARE GRATEFUL FOR,
HAS BEEN HONORED BY THE NAMING OF A HOSPITAL FOR HIM.. HE WENT OUT
FOUR TIMES UNDER ENEMY FIRE TO AID HIS FELLOW MARINES, BUT WAS KIA ON
THE FOURTH TIME.. HE RECEIVED THE MEDAL OF HONOR POSTHUMOUSLY..

THE OCT. 1ST DEDICATION, IN HIS NAME, OF THE NAVAL HOSPITAL BRANCH
MEDICAL CLINIC, BRIDGEPORT, CALIF.. THIS CLINIC,,A BRANCH OF THE
NAVAL HOSPITAL, CAMP PENDLETON, PROVIDES CARE AT BRIDGEPORT IN THE
EASTERN SIERRAS..

THE STAFF REQUESTED THIS BRANCH TO BE NAMED AFTER A CORPSMAN WHO
RECEIVED THE NATIONS HIGHEST HONOR, THE MEDAL OF HONOR.. THIS
HOSPITAL IS LOCATED AT THE MARINE CORPS MOUNTAIN WARFARE TRAINING
CENTER.. OUR LEATHERNECKS LEARNED COLD-WEATHER LESSONS HERE..

RICHARD D. DE WERT'S POTRAIT HAS HIM WEARING HIS DRESS BLUES.. IT WAS
PAINTED BY ARTIST TODD KRASOVETZ, A TEXAS NATIVE, WHO HAS A BROTHER
SERVING AS A CORPSMAN IN IRAQ..

MAY GOD PROTECT HIM AND OUR TROOPS IN IRAQ..

SEMPER FIDELIS