Centerville, Ohio 7/4/10

cstaup · Unread post by **cstaup** » July 5th, 2010, 4:15 pm

I had the Honor of having Jack Coveyou WWII Vet who served in the South Pacific with the US Navy

And my Daughter with the Double Bubble in a steel pot

SEABEE62 · Unread post by **SEABEE62** » July 5th, 2010, 4:24 pm

Good pictures.....especially with an ARMY guy as the chauffeur for the NAVY VET....Seabee

WC Matt · Unread post by **WC Matt** » July 5th, 2010, 5:39 pm

SEABEE62 wrote:Good pictures.....especially with an ARMY guy as the chauffeur for the NAVY VET....Seabee

I guess he wanted to arrive in one piece........

Cstaup
Great pictures thanks for posting them. Your mutt looks terrific

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Matt

SEABEE62 · Unread post by **SEABEE62** » July 5th, 2010, 6:51 pm

What ever works......he's worth protecting !!!!! Seabee

WC Matt · Unread post by **WC Matt** » July 5th, 2010, 7:50 pm

SEABEE62 wrote:What ever works......he's worth protecting !!!!! Seabee

Amen to that.

Did I ever tell you that I met the C.O. of the construction battalion (think he was a SEABEE) that built the first operational runway in Normandy?

Matt

SEABEE62 · Unread post by **SEABEE62** » July 5th, 2010, 8:47 pm

Really............that is worth knowing. My father in law ( passed on ) was one of the original Seabees ( this outfit was the story that the "Fighting Seabees " with John Wayne came from) . When Pearl Harbor was attacked, Wake was also attacked , and it took 2 weeks before the Japanese took the island. Then he spent 4 years as a POW in China and Japan. I also enjoy meeting a WW2 Seabee veteran when I can. Thank you for sharing. Seabee

cstaup · Unread post by **cstaup** » July 5th, 2010, 9:05 pm

Here's a video. http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id= ... 1460324024

I don't know if it'll work, as it is in facebook. Let me know

WC Matt · Unread post by **WC Matt** » July 5th, 2010, 9:16 pm

SEABEE62 wrote: Then he spent 4 years as a POW in China and Japan. Seabee

My Friend's neighbour was a Bataan Death march survivor. He was on Corregidor when it fell. The guy's in his 90s and still gets out there and tends to his cows every day.

Matt

WC Matt · Unread post by **WC Matt** » July 5th, 2010, 9:19 pm

Cstaup
Didn't work for me. BTW, Were there any other MVs in the parade?
Matt

csmith · Unread post by **csmith** » July 5th, 2010, 10:10 pm

Cstaup, great photos, thanks for sharing! You have a great looking 151 and I don't think there is a better way to drive one then with top off and windsheild down! Looks like a great day!

toptiger · Unread post by **toptiger** » July 6th, 2010, 2:56 am

great stuff, I like the siren

cstaup · Unread post by **cstaup** » July 6th, 2010, 8:59 am

WC Matt wrote:Cstaup
Didn't work for me. BTW, Were there any other MVs in the parade?
Matt

I guess you need to be logged in to Facebook, I'll put it on youtube though. Just a couple NG HMMWVs at the end of the parade. Yup, I was the only (old) one.

SEABEE62 · Unread post by **SEABEE62** » July 6th, 2010, 9:33 am

Nice video CS.......I checked out your facebook for it. Seabee/ TMM

cstaup · Unread post by **cstaup** » July 6th, 2010, 10:34 am

Thanks for all the good words. here's the utube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_vRGzZZ6cs

Rainman · Unread post by **Rainman** » July 6th, 2010, 1:16 pm

Hard to imagine that you made your candy girl carry the steel pot too. If her arms were tired after the parade, it wasn't from throwing treats to the kids

I think I was just her size when I went to basic training. Like 4 1/2 feet tall and around 80 lbs. That's the way I remember it anyway.

Rainman

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