Sgt. Grit
Here are two pictures of the Marines in Bermuda welcoming President Dwight D. Eisenhower for his meeting with Prime MInister Anthony Eden of England in February 1957.The top picture is President Eisenhower speaking to the people of Bermuda, Anthony Eden stands in the back ground with the Governor of Bermuda. The bottom picture shows President Eisenhower going to inspect the Bermuda Marines, Captain Grant Dunnagan Commanding Officer of the Bermuda Marine Detachment. salutes the President with his sword, the Naval Captain commander of the Naval Base Bermuda is bringing up the rear. When the President arrived and was coming ashore in one of two boats, a man stood up in the front boat and waved at the people, but when the boats landed at the dock, President Eisenhower got out of the rear boat. Marines guarded the third floor of the Hotel where the talks were being held, where the Desks for the Emissaries worked and all the United States documents for the meeting were held. The British Legation was on the floor below, we were dressed in civilian clothes and armed with .38 revolvers borrowed from the Navy. Prime Minister Anthony Eden quit as Prime MInister some months later due to ill health. Just another day of being a Marine, we were lucky it was in February because a few months later and we would have wilted in the Bermuda sun wearing our Dress Blues.
GySgt. F. L. Rousseau, USMC Retired