Wednesday
Nov112009
Veterans Day, 09
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 02:52PM Charleston, WV... Veterans Day. My friend Dyann Simile called me to tell me to come out of my dungeon and see the parade happening outside my door! That's her son playing the cymbals.
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tagged charleston wv, veterans day
charleston wv, veterans day
Reader Comments (7)
Thank you for this. I didn't get to a parade this year. Veterans deserve this day of remembrance. :) I love the photos.
Too bad more communities don't get out there an have a big Veteran's Day celebration! Nice shots!
Excellent photos, as always!
Dude:
You just served up a big ole slice of Americana.
I'd like mine a la mode, please.
Hi Rick, I just wanted to say "thanks" for speaking to our little group last night in Huntington. I really enjoy hearing different perspectives on photography and you gave me some new ways to see things.
Brian
I think I could really, really like West Virginia!
Remember Pearl Harbor -- Keep America Alert!
America's oldest living Medal of Honor recipient, living his 101st year is former enlisted Chief Petty Officer, Aviation Chief Ordnanceman (ACOM), later wartime commissioned Lieutenant John W. Finn, U. S. Navy (Ret.). He is also the last surviving Medal of Honor, "The Day of Infamy", Japanese Attack on the Hawaiian Islands, Naval Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, 7 December 1941.
(Now deceased) 'Navy Centenarian Sailor', 103 year old, former enlisted Chief Petty Officer, Aviation Chief Radioman (ACRM, Combat Aircrewman), later wartime commissioned Chief Warrant Officer Julio 'Jay' Ereneta, U. S. Navy (Ret.), is a thirty year career veteran of World War One and World War Two. He first flew aircrewman in August 1922; flew rearseat Radioman/Gunner (1920s/1930s) in the tactical air squadrons of the Navy's first aircraft carriers, USS LANGLEY (CV-1) and USS LEXINGTON (CV-2).
Visit my photo album tribute to these centenarian veteran shipmates:
http://news.webshots.com/album/123286873BFAAiq
http://news.webshots.com/album/141695570BONFYl
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