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Interrogator Translator Teams Association
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2024 Meeting Minutes-Elections (This
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To all members planning
to attend Gatherings. See Facebook
posting, as well as, MCITTA website
posting for current gathering information. See Gathering Information and
the current registration form for further details. These forms will be updated
annually.
Museum of the
Marine update 2016
"MCITTA is a
fellowship of 0250s and 0251s joined in camaraderie that get
together once a year at various venues to renew friendships and make new
friends. And now can commiserate via Facebook. There
are no dues and the only real requirement is that one must have been an
interrogator or held the 0250 or 0251 MOS.
We no longer send hardcopy newsletters and have opted to utilize
the electronic method both on the Official MCITTA website and Facebook. All
Marines meeting the Interrogator/or Translator requirements are Welcomed
Aboard."
Join us now on Facebook
Revised
Constitution-2018
Revised
Bylaws-2020
We need to make sure we have
current/correct email/home addresses.
Please notify Frank
Signorile of changes
Monument Update (updated May 2015-For
more-see What's New)
What's New
The Marine Corps Interrogator Translator Teams Association is a
fraternal Association of Marine Interrogators of prisoners of war and
Interpreters of foreign languages who have held the Marine Corps MOS of 0250
and/or 0251. Interrogation is an art. Marines so trained have provided
significant contributions to victories on the battlefield
through these up close and personal confrontations with the enemy.
The MCITTA seeks to honor that art and perpetuate the
uniqueness of these Marines and the camaraderie that has been cultivated within
the Interrogator Translator Teams and the ethos of being Marine!
Comment by the 32nd Commandant of the United States Marine Corps:
"One of the
joys of being a Marine is that we continually draw upon our history and
actively celebrate the richness of our traditions. The simplicity of our
lifelong title- 'Marine' -brings forth association with our past and our
present, as well as the promise of our future. The stream of history extending
from yesteryear to tomorrow is a story of both change and consistency, all
centered on fulfilling our duty to the Nation."
General
James L. Jones, USMC
32nd
Commandant of the Marine Corps
Several years ago, a
few Marines attempted to form an association of interrogators. Despite their
effort and noble intent, the organization did not materialize.
In 2002, with the portend of the interrogator MOS fading into history, seven
former USMC Interrogators began again to talk about forming an association that
would be open to all Marine Interrogators in order to perpetuate the
camaraderie and uniqueness of the Interrogator Community of the Marine Corps.
Several months of emails, telephone calls, and local meetings in Arizona and
California, culminated in "A Gathering of The Seven" in Las Vegas in January 2003.
The outcome was the formation
of the Marine Corps
Interrogator Translator Teams Association (MCITTA), defining its purpose and intent, and
appointing interim officers. The MCITTA is
a fraternal organization formed to promote and honor those individuals that
have served in an Interrogator Translator Team in the United States Marine
Corps. The MCITTA is open to all ranks of Marine
Interrogators— all active duty, reserve, retired and honorably discharged
interrogator Marines are welcome.
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The
Founding Seven pictured from Left to Right: Jim Riemer,
Mitch Paradis, Harry Todd, Jim Haskins, Mike Bianchino, Tim Corrigan, and Howard Young. The group met
at the Marine Corps League, Las Vegas Detachment on 14 January 2003 to form
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The MCITTA has been incorporated
under the laws of the State of California. We are a tax exempt, non-profit,
veterans organization under IRS Section 501c (3) of the code. Presently, MCITTA has no dues or fees for membership. The
organization relies solely on member donations for support.
It is our intent to "gather"
as a group once a year in a social environment to meet and renew friendships,
make new friends, share memories, enjoy a variety of special events, and
participate in the gala MCITTA
Grand Gathering Dinner
and Dance. Again, this is a fraternal organization; therefore
the annual Gathering is a reunion, not a convention. Although
we gather to enjoy the camaraderie and reminisce, we will hold a business
meeting to discuss such matters as the direction we wish to follow,
administration, selecting and electing a new slate of team commanders, and to
determine the location for the next Gathering.
Additionally, a primary purpose
of the MCITTA will be to research and write the history
of the Interrogator Translator Teams. We have assumed this task with high
spirit to pursue this noble endeavor with the help and input of every Marine
Interrogator. This must be done, and be done
collectively. The MOS of interrogator/translator only existed for a very few
years in the Marine Corps. We were specially trained
to extract information from an enemy that was unwilling to give it freely. Many
of us were able to do that in the native language of that Prisoner of War. These skills were and remain unique.
The ITT’s themselves were
unique consisting of, generally, one officer and twelve enlisted Marines. Almost always these enlisted men were SNCO’s or NCO’s, which
furthered our uniqueness. How we deployed was different as well. Generally, we were dispatched to the battalion level in sub teams of one
or two interrogators. In this capacity we were usually
"at the front" to maximize the effectiveness of any tactical
information that was obtained. Many Marine interrogators were
wounded and/or received combat decorations for valor in the pursuit of
our "trade" —and some made the supreme sacrifice.
These are the
characteristics we need to preserve for our Marine Corps history. This history must be
documented lest it be forgotten or entrusted to others who do not have
the vis-à-vis experience. We must be the ones who will preserve what we
developed and perfected.
Through the intimate bonds that
we formed while serving in our ITT’s, we hope to rekindle the same spirit of
camaraderie within the MCITTA and ensure that our history and
contributions to history are not forgotten.
So, too, we wish to remember and honor our
departed brothers, especially those who were killed in combat. We intend to accomplish
this by creating a Cenotaph, an Honor Roll of Marine Interrogators and conducting a memorial service each
year at the Annual Gathering as our obligation to them lest their sacrifice be
forgotten.
Though noble in our purpose, we
shall always maintain a "fraternal flavor" to our organization that
will place us in distinction by remaining outside the sphere of political
influence. We shall devote ourselves and our organization to
fulfilling our commitment to those with whom we have served.
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Updated:03/12/2024