The Marine Corps Birthday Ball

The Marine Corps Birthday Ball was Saturday night. We had a wonderful time. We sat with Attaches from Japan, South Africa and Bangladesh and all our friends from the embassy were there. It was fun to see people we usually see at the bus stop in the morning. Everyone cleaned up very nicely.

You can see the table setting, a few of my fellow attache wives and finally the oldest and youngest Marines in attendance. The oldest was born in 1926 and served in World War II. The youngest was born in 1986 and this is her first posting abroad. All the Marines from the Marine Security force were there. It was great. The Ambassador attended as well.

There were about 470 people there.