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Saturday,
June 3
10:00 am -
CG-83527,
CG-83366/
USCG-11 (Tiburon)
Sunday,
June 4
10:00 am -
CG-83527,
CG-83366/
USCG-11 (Tiburon)
Monday,
June 5
10:00 am -Coast
Guard Veterans’ Commemoration
Reception Officers Ward Room, Historic Naval
Reserve Armory Building.
New 87-foot cutter
open for public tours.
12
noon - Coast Guard - Tours of
Cutters
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Combatant Craft of America - a
Nonprofit maritime heritage and
education organization dedicated to
preserving, interpreting and
publicly exhibiting historic
military patrol and rescue boats,
and honoring those veterans who
served aboard them in times of war
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Tuesday,
June 6
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10:00
am -
Coast Guard D-Day 62nd
Anniversary
Commemoration
Historic Ships Wharf plaza.
Program
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Chuck Fowler, Combatant
Craft of America, Master of
Ceremonies
Welcome
Posting of Colors
National Anthem
Invocation
Historic Cutters Background and
Introduction of Honored Guests
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SM3c
Wilfred “Bud” Eberhart,
USCG WWII Veteran and CG D-Day
Rescue Flotilla 1 USCG-11/
CG-83366 Crew Member at
Normandy
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Captain James Burford,
USCGR (Retired), Second Skipper of
CG-83527 (Unable to
attend in person; via telephone)
Keynote Address:
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Rear Admiral Richard Houck,
Commander, Coast Guard District 13,
Seattle
Remarks:
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Mike
Gregorie, Washington State First
Gentleman and Army Vietnam War
Veteran
Comments:
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Dan
Withers, President, Combatant Craft
of America and Navy Vietnam Veteran
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Gordon
Meyers, USCG
Aux & Coast Guard 83-Foot
Sailors Association
Memorial Wreath Laying Ceremony
Attendance Appreciation
Adjourn
Ceremonies
10:45 Post Commemoration
Reception
Officers Ward Room, former Naval
Reserve Armory.
New 87-foot cutter
open for public tours.
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