D-Day Memorial Celebration

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Coast Guard D-Day Rescue Flotilla Anniversary
and 83-Foot Cutter Sailors Commemoration

 
 

Sponsored by:  Combatant Craft of America*
in cooperation with the
Center for Wooden Boats, Seattle Parks Department, U.S. Coast Guard District 13 and Coast Guard 83-Foot Sailors Association

 
Friday, June 2 
10:00 am -  CG-83527 leaves Seattle      Maritime Academy moorage.

10:30 am  CG-83527 arrives at SLUP, Historic Ships Wharf..

10:30 am CG-83366/ USCG-11 (Tiburon) leaves Lake Union Dry Dock moorage under tow.

10:30 am CG-83366/ USCG-11 (Tiburon) arrives at SLUP, Historic Ships Wharf

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 Commemoration Reception  Officers Ward Room, Historic Naval  Reserve Armory Building

 12 noon - Coast Guard Veterans’ Tours of Cutters and new 87-foot cutter open for public tours.


*  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 and peace. 

 
Tuesday, June 6  10:00 am   

Coast Guard D-Day 62nd Anniversary
Commemoration
Historic Ships Wharf plaza.
Program
  Chuck Fowler, Combatant Craft of America, Master of Ceremonies
Welcome
Posting of Colors
National Anthem

Invocation
 
Historic Cutters Background and Introduction of   Honored Guests
SM3c Wilfred “Bud” Eberhart, USCG WWII Veteran and CG D-Day Rescue Flotilla 1 USCG-11/ CG-83366 Crew Member at Normandy
Captain James Burford, USCGR (Retired), Second Skipper of CG-83527 (Unable to attend in person; via telephone)
Keynote Address:
  Rear Admiral Richard Houck, Commander, Coast Guard District 13, Seattle
Remarks:
  Mike Gregorie, Washington State First Gentleman and Army Vietnam War Veteran
Comments:
   Dan Withers, President, Combatant Craft of America and Navy Vietnam Veteran
  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.