If any of you "Old Salts" are in the Clearwater, Fl area on November 7th there is a Veterans Day Celebration at the Bright House Field in Clearwater between 2-6PM. The USCG Silent Drill Team will perform. Capt.Todd Sokatzuk CO of AIRSTA Clearwater will be among the speakers.
Hey Tom, do you know Don Vining? (CWO4 Ret.) I bumped into him here at the Daytona VA clinic the other day.. He spent a lot of time over in the St Pete area? How about Dwane Jones? Know him? If you see him tell him I said HI...
I'll be heading over to some Arts & Crafts Seafood Festival in Homosassa Springs the weekend of Nov 13th.."http://www.fl-seafood.com/consumers/festivals/homosassa_festival.htm" Been there before.. Had a great time. The guy I bought my 1964 Corvette (Retired E-8 USAF) lives there.
Old Veterans Day Getting ready to show the Flag here at the retirement village.
Inhabitant observers. Average age 90. Coast Guard, One CWO WWII and Vietnam (State Dept), Army one Bull Colonel D Day plus 5 and One Sgt Engineer D Day minus 1, Marines One MGYSgt Korea, Navy One Cdr, CBs, Pacific, USAAF, B-17 LCol and PhD 33 missions driver, we lost the Navy guy from the Bataan Death March.
There are also many civilian and in-betweens. Probably a routine round-up but thought you’d like to see it.
PS: Grits, do you remember Chingach**** from the old chat days? He is back on the boards. ack
PS: Grits, do you remember Chingach**** from the old chat days? He is back on the boards. ack
Yea Chingach is back having fun again.
Hey Ack glad you are ok and in good company at the Vill,I bet you hear a lot of war stories there,tell them all HAPPY Veterans Day to each and all from the old salts forum.
Got to get up early and go to sunday school at the first baptist in Fort Oglethorpe
Take care,hope they serve GRITS there for breakfast
Wray, Better late than never.Don't know Vining. Jones was OinC of 82' out of Clearwater. Last heard he was going to become a home inspector. He was living in the Palm Harbor area. Haven't heard anything bout him in a long time.
Local TV station did a resturant highlight last week on Boyle's Backyard in Palm Harbor. The Coast Guard got a few mentions in the report.
