Midway Week & TAD
This week is the 69th anniversary of the Battle of Midway. In recognition of that, check with your local VFW/American Legion Post for local observances and try and make it a point to attend. To help, here’s a listing of known events from around the country:
2009 BOM ANNIVERSARY AND UNIT REUNION ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. 3 June, Arlington, VA: formal banquet, Army-Navy Country Club
2. 4 June, Washington D.C.: USN commemoration at the Navy Memorial
3. 4 June, Washington DC, BOM symposium (IMMF)
4. 4 June, Houston, TX: BOM commemoration by NOUS
5. 4 June, Boston, MA: BOM commemoration aboard USS Constitution (I’m sure Maggie will be there – right? – SJS)
6. 4-7 June, New Orleans, LA: USS Yorktown (CV-5) reunion
7. 6 June, Chino, CA: Coral Sea & BOM symposium and air show
8. 6 June, San Diego, CA: BOM commemoration aboard USS Midway.
9. 6 June, San Francisco, CA: formal banquet, Marines Memorial Club
10. 6 June, Jacksonville, FL: BOM commemoration & banquet hosted by Navy League
11. 6 June, Monterey, CA: formal “Dining Out” at Naval Postgraduate School
12. 8 June, Chattanooga, TN: BOM event begins “Navy Week.”
I’ll be observing here in the heartland since this week I am also TAD for training and so posting will, perforce, be light. There are some posts scheduled for publication here and over at the USNI blog 0 (most there focusing on Midway). Wherever you are on the 4th, take pause and remember those who dared, those who fought heavy odds – those who gave their all; and how much different the course of the war in the Pacific would have been otherwise…
w/r, SJS
Links to More Midway Sites:
The Course to Midway: Turning Point in the Pacific 1
Naval History & Heritage Command 1
International Midway Memorial Foundation
Battle of Midway Celebration at Army Navy Country Club
No comments? I commented this morning. Where is it?
spam locker is empty and no sign of an earlier post…and yet this one made it through…
- SJS
The earlier comment was to express my outrage at being listed 5th. I continue to be outraged.
Yes, I will most certainly be there at the Charlestown Navy Yard. I know one would think that in and of itself is a huge draw…but we also have two Midway vets scheduled to be there as well.