San Clemente Marine Support Group - 1st Annual Socks Fore Heroes Golf Tournament

Why Socks?

Our son, LCPL Donald J. Hogan, was killed in Helmand Afghanistan in August of 2009.

In the time period that followed that tragedy, we spent a lot of time with the Marines who served with him. During each of our conversations with these men, we asked them what they needed the most. Their answer? Socks.

Well the infantry spends all of their time on their feet. They have no laundry facilities, so they have to wash their socks in the canals and air dry them. While in California, this would be no problem, but where they are located, the sand and grit gets into them and make them unusable within a couple of days. Speaking to over 100 field Marines, the answer was uniform: “Send us Socks.”